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News Highlights

  • Using Business Intelligence to Assess Business Intelligence: The Efficacy Conundrum

    Some adopters seem disinclined to use BI technologies to assess the efficacy of their business intelligence and data warehousing practices.

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  • Kognitio Stays True to Row-Based Databases

    At a time when some in the industry have gone columnar crazy, Kognitio plans to stay true to what works in database technology.

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  • Dashboard Survey Needs Your Input

    Dashboards are increasingly popular as organizations try to improve management insight and the responsiveness. This research study will examine what strategies and actions companies take to widely deploy dashboards, better align corporate strategy and execution, and reduce time-to-decisions.

    Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the survey results so you can compare your organization's performance against your peers, learn where dashboard techniques might bring benefits, and how to get started. Your answers will be kept confidential and only aggregated to see overall results.

    To participate in this 10-minute survey, please start here.

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TDWI Webinar

  • Developing a Data Quality and Integration Strategy

    Data transformation, cleansing, and integration is the most difficult part of a business intelligence project. A comprehensive approach that carefully considers both the quality expectations and the quality of the source system data helps to bring this activity to a manageable level.

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Upcoming Webinars of Interest
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