General Business Intelligence Articles
This archive includes topics related to Business Intelligence (BI) in general as well as BI in the marketplace.
Articles
Mashups and Pervasive BI
by Tom Leoni
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
November 7, 2007
Business intelligence features with an interactive feel and browser-like navigation help spread business intelligence (BI) to a broader and deeper range of end users. Mashups are a great example of how integrating familiar Web 2.0 capabilities into a BI solution helps more end users access the data and information they need. Read More…
More Affordable and Efficient Alternatives for Analysis
by Rachel Shortt
Editor, LogiBIzComm
November 9, 2007
As BI is also becoming more critical to small to mid-sized businesses, today’s organizations need solutions that are scalable, affordable, easy to rollout and to maintain. Traditional approaches to analysis via Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) just do not fit this bill. The cost, complexity and lengthy implementation times of OLAP architectures prohibit wide and immediate availability. Read More…
Business Intelligence for the SMB Market
by John Kyle
VP of Marketing, LogiXML
July 16, 2007
You don’t have to look very hard to see that technology companies are targeting the small to medium business (SMB) market. The legacy business intelligence (BI) software vendors are no exception. The Global SMB market is growing and, with that growth, needs the kind of insight BI can provide. Read More...
Survey Indicates Preference for Corporate-Wide Adoption of BI but Steep Price Tags Limit Universal Adoption
by Rachel Shortt
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
July 11, 2007
A new survey of business intelligence (BI) professionals worldwide reveals that while they overwhelmingly believe that their companies can benefit from the insights BI provides, the perceived high costs of implementing a BI system have prevented more than two-thirds of them from doing so throughout their firms. Nearly 60 percent of respondents agree that knowledge workers throughout organizations should have access to BI capabilities. Other key findings…Read More…
Report from the TDWI World Conference on 'Operational BI'
by Rachel Shortt
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
May 21, 2007
As you know, most conferences seem to have a theme in the sessions themselves as well as in the questions that attendees are asking. Just as we noted in the Gartner BI Summit sessions in March, the Data Warehousing world is also focusing on how to best reach more users across the organization for better, more immediate decision-making. Read More...
Reporting in from the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2007 on Current BI Trends
by Rachel Shortt
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
March 19, 2007
Fresh from the Gartner BI Summit in Chicago last week, I wanted to explore some of the key themes we witnessed. Primarily, the focus was about future trends and the idea of 'Pervasive BI,' which we feel at LogiXML is the Next Generation of Business Intelligence and one of our key drivers for building solutions that make an impact in your business. Read More...
How Should Local Education Agencies Choose Where to Begin a BI Project?
by Shane Quigley
Consultant, QC Technology Decisions
March 17, 2007
For BI solutions to provide value, your project goals must align themselves with an organization’s strategy, maturity, and overall desire to become more efficient, productive and successful. However, with BI, it’s equally important to predict change and to keep pace with your organization’s strategy and maturity. This means solutions must be capable to meet these demands. Read More…
What Is 'BI for the Masses'?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
January 23, 2007
Business intelligence (BI) used to be the domain of specialized statisticians and corporate analysts. Now, BI has spread to all parts of the enterprise. Read More...
The Next Generation of Business Intelligence
by Rachel Shortt
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
December 15, 2006
The term Business Intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) is cropping up more and more in the industry, generally referring to the next generation of BI just as Web 2.0 has come to refer to the next generation of the Web. The focus, like Web 2.0, is on people, empowering users to express their creativity, allowing them to freely access information and produce something meaningful from it while focusing on information sharing, communication, and collaboration. Read More...
Ten Reasons Why You Should Choose Logi Reporting Products over Microsoft Reporting Services
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
September 12, 2006
This article explores ten key reasons why you should choose Logi reporting products over Microsoft Reporting Services. Read More...
How LogiXML BI Products and Features Help Application Developers, ISVs and SaaS Providers
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
August 28, 2006
Building BI components from scratch is not a practical option for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), SaaS Providers and other application developers; and, it can be risky. With LogiXML’s features, your application developers get ahead of the traditional development cycle; your applications offer more features with less time to market and are more attractive to your customers; and, your customers and end users get more value from their data once they are in production. This article describes the far-reaching value that LogiXML’s BI Reporting and Analysis features can quickly bring to your business applications. Read More...
Convergence of Reporting and Analysis in BI
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
August 15, 2006
The idea of coupling reporting and analysis features more closely is becoming more important to organizations. Reporting and analysis together provide an organization with the complete picture and necessary tools to understand the state of the business. And, in most cases, analysis is what business users ultimately want to do when they receive a report. Read More...
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