Author: Bob Violino

The Future of Business Intelligence

Business intelligence software vendors continue to work to make the technology available to a broader range of users and increase the adoption rate within organizations.

Averting Apps’ Collapse

If vital business applications do not perform the way they’re supposed to, information-technology departments will have some explaining to do. A critical application for handling

How Testing Software Pays Off

Organizations that test software applications while they are under development should find defects before actual implementation, says Melinda Ballou, program director for application life-cycle management

How Much Do You Really Spend?

How much does information technology cost a company? You have to look at both the direct budgeted costs and the indirect—or “hidden”—expenses. The direct costs

Will a New Planning System Bust You?

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation is one of the costliest and most complex information-technology initiatives an organization can undertake. If done well and in