Dovetail Software Blogs: Business Intelligence Now
“Business
intelligence (BI) has been a grail of sorts for over a decade, in its
early days promising to supply executives and managers with market
intelligence and performance management based on key performance
indicators (KPI) leveled against the body of knowledge. BI is still
trying to measure up to these inflated expectations – but maybe now
we’re getting somewhere. Best practices for BI are beginning to
clarify.”
Indian Outsourcers Fear Subprime Ripple Effect
“Indian
outsourcing firms are hoping the U.S. loans crisis does not worsen, as
they are already feeling the effects of a sharp pullback in the
processing of mortgages.
“They fear a slowdown in the U.S.
economy will hit the technology budgets of banking, financial services
and insurance clients who farm out work to India in order to reduce
costs.”
Search Converging with Business Intelligence
“This
article explores the convergence of BI and search, an emerging market
which some vendors and industry analysts are calling by other names:
federated search, enterprise search, custom search, knowledge
management and information access. Whatever the term, this convergence
is addressing a growing need.”
Tackling Mounting Pharma Regulations With Master Data Management
“Master
data management is considered a strategic business driver as it enables
organizations to unify and consolidate data about their customers,
products and organizations—data that is often fragmented across
different systems. By creating a centralized master data hub,
organizations can deliver the most reliable, complete views of key
business data within their existing business processes.”
Gartner Navigates ‘The Client-Driven World’
“In short, she said, banks don’t need a customer relationship strategy. More to the point, Cohen told the crowd, traditional CRM
strategies aren’t enough anymore. Every company now has to focus on
empowering customers to access what they want, when they want it, and
how they want it.”
10 Essential Windows Tools for the Mac (That I Am Keeping)
“Thus
from here onwards I am just going to detail the first 10 tools I am
keeping in the Mac and which I will continue using rather heavily. Then
in subsequent blog posts I will share some further thoughts on other
tools I am adopting and which are native to the Mac. And, in between,
and throughout those entries, I shall be sharing further thoughts on
the various options from IBM tools I am using for the Mac. And see how far I can go. So, let’s get started:”
PM Tools – The Failure Stopwatch
“If
Failure can indeed be a learning experience, it follows that you will
learn more if you fail more often. As in many things, repetition is
effective. The experienced programmer runs his new code frequently,
maybe every thirty minutes, rather than coding for three days between
compiles. Smaller, more frequent failures are more useful.
“If
you think you are heading for a really significant failure, don’t wait.
Check the Stopwatch. Pull the Plug. Declare failure, and either
restart, or try something else. Persistence in the face of adversity is
much admired, but often leads to long, slow failures.”
