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The LogiXML Business Intelligence Community Newsletter

July 2007

FEATURED ARTICLES

Business Intelligence for the SMB Market
By John Kyle
VP of Marketing, LogiXML

Complex software, integration and licensing models have made adoption of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in the small to medium business (SMB) market challenging. This market segment requires a different approach to business intelligence than what is offered by traditional solutions and the legacy BI vendors. Read More...

Approaches for Data Mart Implementations
By Arshad Khan
IT Professional, Independent Consultant, and Author

There are two approaches that are commonly used to build data marts, and the one you should choose depends primarily on available resources and time to implement. Read More...

Survey Indicates Preference for Corporate-Wide Adoption of BI but Steep Price Tags Limit Universal Adoption

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. Other key findings...Read More…

FEATURED WHITE PAPER

12 Essential BI Features that Add Immediate Impact to your Business Applications

Read about how easy it is to take advantage of powerful BI features like dashboards, drillable reports and graphs, geographic analysis and interactive visualization tools like heat maps in your everyday business applications. Download Now

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Don't miss LogiXML at these exciting events!

Gartner Midsize Enterprise Summit 2007
September 16-19 , 2008
La Quinta , CA

IT Connect Expo ‘07
October 17 & 18, 2007
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, California

LogiNexus 2008
January 13-16, 2008
Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Have you signed up for LogiNexus yet? Be sure to take advantage of the reduced July price before prices go up in August!

LATEST PRODUCT NEWS

Logi Connector Pack for Salesforce.com

We have just released Logi Connector for Salesforce.com so that you can fully analyze and take action on your critical sales and support data. Read all about it here.

Editor's Note

It’s officially Dog Days of Summer here near the nation’s capital! And, with that said, how about a little trivia? “Dog Days” refer to the most sultry (or is that sweltering?!) part of the summer, but do you know why? Click here to learn all about it.

However, it’s certainly not Dog Days here behind the walls of LogiXML headquarters. We are buzzing with activity, exciting company growth and new product development. We recently launched our latest product line, Logi Connector Pack. This valuable addition to the Logi Product line lets you take full advantage of your sales and support data from Salesforce.com to gain the most insight into your organization.

And, we are well underway on our planning for LogiNexus, the first annual LogiXML User Conference. Get ready for some in-depth educational sessions as well as exciting networking opportunities in sunny Orlando in January 2008. You will not want to miss this event!

Now on with this month’s content. This edition of LogiBIzLink, the bi-monthly newsletter of the LogiXML Business Intelligence Community (LogiBIzComm), features two guest contributors:

Arshad Khan, a top IT professional who has authored a dozen books in diverse fields including Business Intelligence and data warehousing, describes two primary ways to implement data marts depending on organizational needs.

John Kyle, LogiXML’s Vice President of Marketing, who offers his perspective on the growing opportunities for BI in the previously overlooked SMB market.

Thanks to both of them for their valuable insights!

Please drop me a line to share your insight or experiences with BI -- I'd be very interested to hear about your real-world BI perspectives!

Sincerely,

Rachel Shortt
Editor, LogiBIzLink

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