Reporting Tools Vs. Business Intelligence (BI)
White Papers However, Business Intelligence (BI) caters to strategic, tactical and operational needs; providing a platform for complete, comprehensive performance management for today's global, competitive businesses.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Best Practices IBM DB2 Multi-Dimensional Clustering in SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI)
White Papers MDC has been integrated in SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI) applications. This paper provides an overview of MDC and its implementation in SAP NetWeaver BI. It gives guidelines and recommendations for selecting MDC dimensions for SAP...
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 on HP Integrity Superdome Servers for Very Large Database (VLDB) BI Solutions
White Papers Data Warehouse (DW) architects have a wide range of technology options for their Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. Data warehouse solutions based on HP Integrity Superdome servers and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 allow the DW architects to focus...
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
Business Intelligence (BI) Vs. Spreadsheets
White Papers This paper discusses the merits of BI versus spreadsheets in today's global changing scenario. Spreadsheets have been used by small and mid-size organizations to satisfy their demands for analysis, to give them a competitive advantage.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
BI for Business Users: How IT Can Make Business Intelligence Easy for Everyone
White Papers BI isn't just for "Power Users" anymore. The latest BI solutions put the power of advanced business intelligence into the hands of more people throughout the organization - improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making from top to bottom.
[October 23, 2009, 0:00]
BI for Business Users
White Papers Discover how IBM Cognos 8 BI delivers a guided experience and information in context so anyone can find, share, and act on information when they need it most. Find out how the flexible access to information inherent in IBM Cognos 8 Business...
[July 17, 2009, 12:22]
BI vendor bends to support mainframe chipset
Blog I see news of a BI vendor fashioning its core offering to support a powerful mainframe chipset. Information Builders is waving its flag to tell us of new support for the IBM System z/OS computer Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) from the...
[August 27, 2009, 15:06]
IW Solution Briefing Series - Understanding Microsoft's Business Intelligence (BI) Strategy & Partner Opportunities
White Papers This webcast presents an overview of Microsoft's Business Intelligence (BI) Strategy and the opportunity available to people as a partner to engage in this growing market. Key topics include: Microsoft BI opportunity, product roadmap, and...
[April 14, 2007, 1:01]
BI Solution Provider Builds on SQL Server 2005 to Enhance the Power of Customer Data
White Papers To effect this transformation of information into usable business intelligence (BI), ProClarity applies innovative analytic technologies, patented visualizations, web-like navigation, and powerful calculations to drive its solutions.
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
BI on the Move: Cognos 8 Go! Mobile and BlackBerry
White Papers Learn how to put Business Intelligence (BI) tools into the hands of your users anywhere they go. The evolution of mobile applications is moving BI into the front lines of an organization. Going beyond e-mail - how BI on the BlackBerry derives...
[September 6, 2007, 14:02]
COMSYS Continues Innovation With SAS Enterprise BI Server
White Papers SAS Enterprise BI Server provides the common foundation to support both companies' technologies and deliver real-time trending and predictive results necessary for the volatile services industry. As a leading provider of information technology...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Brooks Brothers Standardizes on SAS' Enterprise Wide BI Platform
White Papers With SAS Enterprise BI Server everyone at Brooks Brothers, from the CEO to regional store managers, will have easy access to pertinent information on store performance, regional performance, category performance, promotional effectiveness and...
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
How Do I Manage Multiple Versions of My BI Implementation?
White Papers This case study focuses on the life cycle of a Business Intelligence (BI) system. This case study covers two approaches for managing individually changing versions of your BI system once you have implemented in production.
[May 8, 2005, 0:00]
Charting a Smooth Course to BI Implementation
White Papers The implementation of a business intelligence (BI) environment is not simple, but it does yield tremendous benefits for companies that want to receive the most value from their data resources. This paper discusses the various aspects of any BI...
[December 7, 2005, 0:01]
"Ins" and "Outs" of Installing and Configuring the SAS Enterprise BI Server at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota
White Papers This paper discusses the implementation of SAS Enterprise BI Server at BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota (BCBSM). It provides an overview of the hardware and software architecture and the deployment of SAS Enterprise BI Server within a mature...
[June 2, 2007, 1:00]
TechNet Webcast: Real-Time BI With SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (Level 300)
White Papers There is an increasing demand to make business intelligence (BI) 'real-time'. This webcast discusses the challenges of making BI more real-time, and how some of these challenges can be overcome using new features in Analysis Services, and other...
[June 8, 2005, 0:00]
Putting the Business Back Into BI
White Papers Although BI means "Business Intelligence," it sometimes seems that the technology interests supersede those of the business. If the BI program gives more attention to dashboards, scorecards, OLAP, and data warehouses than to finance, R&D, marketing...
[August 10, 2006, 0:00]
Performance Tuning BI on SAP NetWeaver Using DB2 for i5/OS and i5 Navigator
White Papers Optimal performance of BI queries relies on many factors. Size of the underlying tables, complexity of the query, existence of indexes, sophistication of the query optimizer, hardware configurations and other factors all play a role in the...
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
TDWI Best Practices Report: Pervasive Business Intelligence - Techniques and Technologies to Deploy BI on an Enterprise Scale
White Papers This report is designed for business and technical managers who oversee a business intelligence (BI) environment and wish to learn the best practices and pitfalls for deploying reporting and analysis tools on an enterprise basis.
[March 31, 2009, 1:21]
The Truth Will Keep You Free: Analytics, BI, and Compliance
White Papers Thus, with or without the impetus of legislation, most companies perform some degree of business analytics, and larger enterprises employ increasingly sophisticated Business Intelligence (BI) systems to identify and avoid costly contingencies.
[August 10, 2006, 0:00]



