BI with Theory of Constraints – A 3-Dimensional Approach

Business Intelligence is a methodical approach for management to facilitate enhanced performance through better decisions. BI is about 3 things, People, Process and Technology. And the Success of any BI projects depends largely on these 3 key factors. A project manager’s function in most business intelligence and performance management projects is to act as a [...]

MAIA Intelligence Achieves a Microsoft Gold ISV and BI Competency

MAIA Intelligence demonstrates best-in-class capability and BI market leadership through demonstrated technology success and customer commitment.
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India — February, 22, 2012— MAIA Intelligence Pvt. Ltd., today announced it has attained a Gold Independent Software Vendor and Business Intelligence competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s [...]

BI among top IT priorities in 2012

Till now 2012, the Year of Dragon as per Chinese calendar has seen many resolutions, predictions, trends, forecasts, reports, priorities for Business Intelligence (BI). But I think report of BI being at the top of IT agenda for 2012 is a big one.
BI and analytics have ousted several other much hyped technologies like cloud computing, [...]

Quality Data: A foundation for BI Success

Data Quality refers to the degree of excellence exhibited by the data in relation to the portrayal of the actual scenario. Data are of high quality ‘if they are fit for their intended uses in operations, decision making and planning’ (J. M. Juran). Alternatively, the data are deemed of high quality if they correctly represent [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Levels of Decision Making

Business Intelligence (BI) has been used by organizations since the last decade in various different forms: some using manual generated reports while some using system generated; some using static reports while some using dynamic reports; some reports only available to top management while some used at operational level. Most BI systems are specialized in managing [...]

Mahindra Finance gains comprehensive insights using BI

Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services recently was selected as one of the Information Week’s third edition – EDGE winner for the best IT implementation in India. This was formally announced at the EDGE Award function hosted at Inetrop, Mumbai on September 30, 2011. Below is the profile of the winners published in the October issue [...]