The success factors those are essential for Business Intelligence projects, in addition to the technical issues and challenges are:
• Scope the project to be able to deliver within at least six months
• Select a specific business subject area; do not try to solve all business requirements within one project.
• Find a sponsor from the upper […]

Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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Basically, a Business Intelligence project has to deal with three major topics:
• Infrastructure
• Data
• Application
• Infrastructure includes all the tasks necessary to provide the technical basis for the Business Intelligence environment. This includes the installation and implementation of new hardware and software, the connectivity between the legacy environment and the new Business Intelligence environment on […]

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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Prompt action on technology needs helps save time and, thus, money!
With a gamut of businesses that include investment banking, securities broking, investment management, institutional equities, asset management, wealth management, mutual funds and so on, Edelweiss Capital Ltd is one of India’s growing integrated investment banking companies. It also plans to make a foray into retail […]

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by admin
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It can be noted that there are some business driving forces behind business intelligence, one being the need to improve ease-of-use and reduce the resources required to implement and use new information technologies. There are additional driving forces behind business intelligence, for example:1. The need to increase revenues, Reduce costs, and compete more effectively. Gone […]

Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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Business intelligence (BI) technology has valuable applications in all areas and levels of government. Correctly implemented, BI systems provide executives, administrators, managers, outside contractors, and even individual citizens with the crucial information necessary to perform their jobs and make decisions more effectively, resulting in better government service and more productivity for every tax rupee. BI […]

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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Business intelligence (BI) is not business as usual. It’s about making better decisions easier and making them more quickly. Businesses collect enormous amounts of data every day: information about orders, inventory, accounts payable, point-of-sale transactions, and of course, customers. Businesses also acquire data, such as demographics and mailing lists, from outside sources. Unfortunately, based on […]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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There is a discussion around that there is a strong need of a CEO for Mumbai. Let’s assume that very soon Mumbai shall have its own CEO. What shall be his role? How will he drive the city? What all resources he shall require to do so?
Mumbai CEO would be a leader with power & […]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Sanjay Mehta
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