Inviting BI Thought Leadership

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Life after Business Intelligence

Business today moves at the speed of information. Getting right information into right hands at right time is essential. Business initiatives that have the biggest impact on company’s bottom-line get enabled after Business Intelligence (BI). BI soon becomes IT’s ‘must have’ application.
Single view representation and analysis of enterprise data adds an additional thrust to smart [...]

Semantic layer technology reduces value of BI investments

New generation BI tools like 1KEY BI do not need semantic layer
The semantic layer is a business translation layer that sits between the database and the end user which was the traditional way of generating reports with old aged BI software tools.
A semantic layer will be able to create technically sophisticated SQL and in many [...]

Democratisation of BI

Life saver in times information overload, believes experts
“Have I bit more than I could possibly chew?” was the thought that flashed across Suresh Shanmugham’s mind, as he got down to the deliverables that he had committed to. As the head of IT at Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd (MMFSL), Suresh, in a board meeting, [...]

No Soft Option

Construction software has emerged as an essential investment for construction companies aiming for better and faster project outcomes, finds Charu Bahri.
To more hard sells required for software in the construction industry – the fast pace and competitive nature of today’s construction projects necessitate high-tech help in the form of software to take care of every [...]

Increase Velocity of Decision Making

Operational BI delivers the right information at the right time to the right business users to enable them to react rapidly to solve business problems and satisfy new business requirements. It helps organizations work smarter and become more agile, which in turn enables them to be more competitive and to improve customer satisfaction.
By authorizing operational [...]

Making Better Decisions Faster

The main goal of Business Intelligence (BI) is to help people make decisions that help a company’s achieve its goals and promote its competitive advantage in the marketplace. In short, BI empowers organizations to make better decisions faster.
In any organization, managers, from the front desk employees to the CEO, make decisions by considering their experiences, [...]

BMI responds to changes in business conditions with actionable information

Comprehensive Business Intelligence (BI) Application Addresses Data Analysis & Dynamic MIS, ad-hoc Reporting Needs of Brand Marketing India
Established in 202, Brand Marketing India (BMI) is the holding company for the Calvin Klein Jeans, Calvin Klein Underwear and French Connection businesses in India. Within a short span of over 3 years, BMI has opened over 100 [...]

TEKMINDZ, MAIA join hands to Provide BI Solutions

MAIA Intelligence welcomes TEKMINDZ to its channel to provide operational BI, rich real-time reporting analytics for latter’s enterprise-scale customers

MAIA Intelligence, a leading provider of Business Intelligence (BI) software products today announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Samin TekMindz, a software engineering company that builds scalable, secure software solutions to provide [...]

Tablet PCs & BI: Are they made for each other?

Six months ago mobile Business Intelligence discussions focused on BI access via smartphones like the iPhone and the Blackberry. Gartner analyst Kurt Schlegel included mobile BI as one of nine emerging trends in the business intelligence software market , but he and others (including me) were focused on smartphones. They’re ideal devices to provide alerts, [...]