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HR Analytics Help Improve Workforce Recruiting, Performance, And Learning
Human resources (HR) analytics have taken on new importance as organizations strive to hire, develop, and retain the best employees to remain competitive in fields where efficiency and human...
These data charts are based on the June 2011 Global Big Data Online Survey.

Agility Will Shape Business Intelligence For The Next Decade
Forrester continues to see ever-increasing levels of interest in and adoption of business intelligence (BI) platforms, applications, and processes. But while BI maturity in enterprises continues to...
Organization: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Earlier-generation business intelligence (BI) support centers — organized along the same lines as support centers for all other enterprise software — fall short when it comes to taking...
Actuate BIRT Leads, With Jaspersoft Enterprise, SpagoBI, Pentaho Enterprise, And Pentaho Community Close Behind
Comparing open source BI technologies is often an apples-to-oranges comparison: 1) not all vendors include the same functionality in the free community versions of the software versus commercial open...
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Road Map: The Business Intelligence Playbook
In the face of rising data volume and complexity and increased need for self-service, enterprises need an effective business intelligence (BI) reference architecture to utilize BI as a key corporate...

Performance Management: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Business intelligence (BI) is often defined as processes and technologies to manage business performance, with the ultimate goal of making more informed decisions based on real data, not hunches. But...

Mobile Tablet PCs, Not Phones, Will Create Critical Mass For Enterprise Adoption
Mobile devices and mobile Internet are everywhere. Over the past few years, Forrester has tracked continuously increasing levels of adoption and maturity for mobile business applications, but not so...
Assessment: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Forrester's business intelligence (BI) maturity self-assessment model helps BI professionals quickly assess the maturity of their current-state environments. It also allows BI pros to benchmark their...
This set of data charts presents the results of the May 2011 Global Business Intelligence Organization Online Survey.
IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects, and Oracle Lead, With Information Builders, SAS, Microsoft, and MicroStrategy Close Behind
In Forrester's 145-criteria evaluation of enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform vendors, we found that IBM Cognos, SAP BusinessObjects, Oracle, Information Builders , SAS, Microsoft, and...
Tools And Technology: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Building custom business intelligence (BI) solutions is time-consuming and inflexible; therefore, application development and delivery (AD&D) pros heading BI projects should move away from a...
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We are looking to utilize and further promote the SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius software currently in use by looking to: 1) deploy interactive "drillable" to lowest-level-detail Xcelsius dashboards to...
We are looking for a comparative analysis of the financial reporting tools that major US insurance companies are using to perform daily, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports, BI analytics, and...
These data charts present the findings of the Q2 2012 Global BI Maturity Online Survey.
Vision: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Demands by users of business intelligence (BI) applications to "just get it done" are turning typical BI relationships, such as business/IT alignment and the roles that traditional and...
Business Case: The Business Intelligence Playbook
As the demand for pervasive and comprehensive business intelligence (BI) applications increases, so do the complexity and cost of large enterprise BI implementations. Organizations must demonstrate...
Agile Methods Improve Customer Intelligence
Customer Intelligence (CI) is a subset of business intelligence (BI); CI and BI professionals share similar struggles, particularly when it comes to implementing applications that produce valuable,...
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