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PARIS Technologies Launches Time Manager Live™—Timesheet and Project Manager for Microsoft Outlook® Calendars.
Doylestown, PA June 9, 2014. PARIS Technologies, a leader in business technology innovation today announced the launch of Time Manager Live™—a time, project, and resource management solution that utilizes Microsoft Outlook® for LIVE reporting and automatic timesheet...
Infographic: 2014 Business Intelligence Trends
Business Intelligence trends for 2013 included an increase in self service BI, Analytics, and enhanced BI features: from automation to powerful predictive analytics. Although voice command features in BI Applications are not yet available, Business Intelligence technologies are still evolving into more “complete” analysis and decision-making tools, that enhance business processes.We decided to present our top 2014 BI predictions in a fun infographic.
What Would You Ask Your BI Software If It Could Talk Back?
According to a report by Gartner, by 2016, 70% of leading BI vendors will have incorporated natural-language and spoken-word capabilities.The natural-language commands feature may eliminate the tedious, manual creation of reports and manipulation of data. Certainly, the ability to talk naturally to your Business Intelligence solution will be a revolution in the Business Intelligence technology industry. If you had this capability, how would you use it?
Marketing Intelligence from Customer Intelligence
When used together effectively, Marketing Intelligence and Customer Intelligence provide powerful ways to strategize, ensure customer satisfaction, and continued growth. Marketing Intelligence (MI) is a means of collecting data from external sources about markets or industries that a business is looking to penetrate into or already competes in. Customer Intelligence (CI) involves the process of gathering information on customer activity through customer data collection tools such as; Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.
Infographic: Big Data and Predictive Analytics History and Trends
Big data is here to stay and Predictive Analytics is the way to stay ahead of the game. Ever wondered how we got here and were we are going? This really cool infographic by FICO shows some breakthroughs made over the centuries to make Predictive Analytics and the insatiable need to make sense of our data what it is today.
5 Business Intelligence Project Mistakes to Avoid Part 5: No IT and End User Communication
Lack of Communication between IT and End Users. Business Intelligence solutions should appeal to both the IT department and end users.
How to Transform Data into Intelligence that Promotes Growth
Most businesses have the ability to capture data from customer transactions and day-to-day operations, and through research. However, the significant problem after accumulating data is how to turn the data into intelligence that can improve the bottom line. A major issue that businesses battle with when analyzing data is TIME. With so many other crucial activities it becomes difficult to allocate time to analyzing complicated data. This situation is even worse when a business has to battle with limited resources, including staff constraints. Then, too, there are cases when different departments must consolidate data into one critical report—an extremely cumbersome process.
5 Business Intelligence Project Mistakes to Avoid Part 4: Inadequate Training
Insufficient Training For Business Intelligence projects to be successful it is important that users: both IT and end users feel comfortable with using the implemented solution. Solution: All users who will be directly using the BI software solution need to be trained and have access to up-to-date manuals to help them get acquainted with the product.
5 Business Intelligence Project Mistakes to Avoid Part 3: Reports that Take Hours to Run
Business Intelligence software solution providers usually promise a better reporting system for organizations. However waiting for long hours for a report to run can make business intelligence projects ineffective.
5 Business Intelligence Project Mistakes to Avoid Part 2: Long Business Intelligence Migrations
Business Intelligence projects are supposed to offer a quick solution that help organizations to make better informed decisions, attain data security, and discover ways to increase profitability. However, when BI implementations become never-ending, (near-completion projects), they give employees more work than usual.