By Hiten Rathod

Business Intelligence can certainly help any industry to a large extent if it is been deployed and utilized effectively. BI helps the healthcare sector in multiple ways. Silo of data is generated from patient encounters on a daily basis. This data can become useful information with the help of “BI” […]

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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“We would prefer to do everything ourselves. It’s the best way to make sure your know-how stays under your own roof. Yet we seem to have external experts coming and going, just about all the time. Fact is, we don’t have enough manpower, and neither can we be expected to know everything about everything”- Sanjay […]

Posted on March 19th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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A fable that was told in India many years ago. It is a good warning about how our sensory perceptions can lead to misinterpretations.
If I retold this story today to teach a lesson about BI, I might call it “Three blind analysts and a data warehouse.” Business people struggle every day to make sense of […]

Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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There are two kinds of Business Intelligence (BI) systems: Executive Information Systems (EIS), and Decision Support Systems (DSS).

Executive Information Systems (sometimes known as Scorecards or Dashboards, depending on their graphical presentation) are designed to deliver specific key information to top managers at a glance, with little or no interaction with the system. A […]

Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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Author: Hiten Rathod, Head – Strategic Alliances & Channel
Management Information Systems (MIS) professionals focus on integrating information technology solutions and business processes to meet the information needs of organizations, enabling organizations to achieve their objectives in an effective, efficient manner. For an MIS professional, technology is an instrument to enable generating, processing, and distributing […]

Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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Author: Hiten Rathod, Head – Strategic Alliances & Channel
Your business is up over 25% — great news! Or is it? If the economy is also growing at 25%, you’re just keeping pace. And if your nearest competitor is up 50%, you’re losing market share…
The primary activity of data analysis is comparison. Individual facts mean […]

Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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Author: Hiten Rathod, Head – Strategic Alliances & Channel
We are MAIA are 100% product company and our mission is to churn out innovative products in BI space. Till now we have churned out 3 version releases and now the 4th version 1KEY Agile is on brink of the commercial release. This was possible only […]

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Hiten Rathod
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