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Client Inquiry:What Are Best Practices For Scorecard Development?

We are trying to develop a comprehensive executive-level scorecard for our administration area or operations/service areas, not IT. We are looking for best practices to help us develop the format or...

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Report:Use HR Analytics To Optimize Talent Processes

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...

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Blog:To Be (To Cloud) Or Not To Be (Not To Cloud) BI

My colleagues and I have just completed yet another engagement with a large client — one of dozens recently — who was facing a to be or not to be decision: whether to move its BI platform...

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Blog:Key Findings From Forrester's Latest Enterprise BI Maturity Survey (2010 Update)

Here's what the latest numbers from Forrester's 2010 enterprise BI maturity survey show. Organizations that use BI show increased (+5.7% from 2009) levels of maturity. However,...

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Report:BI Maturity In The Enterprise: 2010 Update

This set of data charts presents the findings from Forrester's Q4 2010 Global BI Maturity Online Survey. The data charts also highlight the differences and trends from our Q4 2009 survey.

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Report:Forrester's Data Management Reference Architecture

Align Data Management Roles To Create Stronger Business Value

The continuing explosion in data volume, increasing numbers of business users, growing data complexity, compliance requirements, need to support global operations, and growing need for real-time...

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Blog:BI In Russia And Israel

I recently had both the privilege and pleasure to do a deep dive into the cold and warm BI waters in Russia and Israel. Cold - because some of my experiences were sobering. Warm - because the...

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Blog:Use A Four-Step Approach To Select The Right BI Services Provider

BI projects are never short, and, alas, many of them don't end since a fast-paced business environment often introduces new requirements, enhancements, and updates before you're even done...

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Blog:When ROLAP Is Not A ROLAP

I get many inquiries on the differences and pros and cons of MOLAP versus ROLAP architectures for analytics and BI. In the old days, the differences between MOLAP, DOLAP, HOLAP, and ROLAP were...

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Report:Quantify The Tangible Business Value Of BI

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...

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Report:Decide When To Buy, Build, Or Outsource BI

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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Blog:Top 10 BI Predictions For 2013 And Beyond

It’s that time of year again, when everyone starts asking for the BI predictions for next year. Good news: We did a pretty good job on the last year’s predictions, and so there’re...

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Blog:What Is ADV And Why Do We Need It?

As one of the industry-renowned data visualization experts Edward Tufte once said, “The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensional; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich...

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Blog:Top 10 Business Intelligence Predictions For 2012

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...

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Report:A Practical How-To Approach To Mobile BI

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...

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Blog:Agile Business Intelligence Solution Centers Are More Than Just Competency Centers

By Boris Evelson and Rob Karel Our latest BI solution center (BISC, which in our definition is more than a BICC/BI COE) report is now live on the Forrester website. Here’s a brief summary....

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Report:Updated 2012: BI Service Provider Short-Listing Tool

Create a shortlist using our tool to find the right set of providers based on your technology requirements, industry, project size, and geographic scope.Eliminate or add partners based on factors...

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Blog:To BI Or Not To BI — That Is The Question For SAS

First of all, congratulations, SAS AR team, for one of the most efficiently and effectively run events. SAS needs to make up its mind whether it wants to be in the BI game or not. Despite what...

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Report:How To Build An Effective BI And Data Management Program Framework

Business process professionals driving data management initiatives face many challenges when creating complex, cross-enterprise, multiyear strategies for data management, business intelligence (BI),...

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Report:BI Service Provider Short-Listing Tool

Firms should use the Forrester BI Service Provider Short-Listing Tool to input details about geographic scope, technology needs, and type of third-party support (i.e., consulting versus...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2010

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...

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Blog:Data Discovery And Exploration - IBM Acquires Vivisimo

Today IBM announced its plans to acquire Vivisimo - an enterprise search vendor with big data capabilities. Our research shows that only 1% to 5% of all enterprise data is in a structured, modeled...

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Report:Update 2011: Forrester's BI Maturity Assessment Tool

Forrester recommends using this business intelligence (BI) maturity assessment tool at the beginning of any new strategic BI initiative to help you better understand your current state and strategic...

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: Enterprise BI Platforms, Q4 '10

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Report:Craft Your Future State BI Reference Architecture

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...

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