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ALSO CALLED: CI, eBusiness Intelligence, BI, EBI, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Business Knowledge
DEFINITION: Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions. BI applications include the activities of decision support systems, query and reporting, online analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, forecasting, and data mining. Business intelligence  … 
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Gartner Videocast-- Lean IT: Innovations in Managing IT Service Quality
sponsored by CA
VIDEOCAST: Effective management is critical to addressing IT challenges. In this program, leading experts David Williams of Gartner and Roger Pills of CA break down IT's three key challenges to managing IT complexity: aligning IT to the business, managing costs, and IT maturity.
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 20 Nov 2009


Podcast: Data Warehousing Basics for SQL Server Analysis Services
sponsored by Flowerfire, Inc.
PODCAST: In this expert podcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 13 Nov 2009


Data Warehousing Basics for SQL Server Analysis Services
sponsored by Flowerfire, Inc.
WEBCAST: In this expert webcast, learn how to build your data warehouse for your SQL Server environment. Discover the necessary steps involved and learn about major concepts, including relational data warehousing and supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) storage formats.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 13 Nov 2009


PODCAST: How Dallas Cowboys Merchandising Scored Big with Rapid-fire BI
sponsored by Tableau Software
PODCAST: In this podcast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009


How Dallas Cowboys Merchandising Scored Big with Rapid-fire BI
sponsored by Tableau Software
VIDEO: In this videocast, discover how the Dallas Cowboys adopted BI strategies that optimized their tracking of manufacturing, distribution and sales. Hear from Bill Priakos, Cowboys' COO, as he explains the steps that the team took in being able to get a real-time look into the distribution chain and see trends over time.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009


Do-It-Yourself BI Done Right: The Secret Sauce is SaaS
sponsored by myDIALS Inc.
WEBCAST: This webcast, featuring Forrester Research, explains how Software as a Service business intelligence can deliver a more cost-effective way to get relevant information to those who need it faster than traditional business intelligence can.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 09 Nov 2009


Delivering More Value: What’s New in RRC 2.0
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: IBM Rational ® Requirements Composer helps teams define requirements more effectively and apply 'just enough' management to them across the project lifecycle. Join this webcast to learn more.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 04 Nov 2009


Best Practice Insights: ITIL Service Operation
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
SCREENCAST: Service Operation, the fourth book in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version 3 publications, assists readers in developing management practices to ensure customers are satisfied and receive the value they expect. BMC experts have compiled an overview based on Service Operation, including valuable commentary, practical guidance and examples.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009


BMC Helps Dell IT Automate
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WEBCAST: BMC helped the Dell IT group to consolidate job scheduling and job monitoring within a single dashboard, reduce by 75 percent the number of IT administrators needed for patch management, and accelerate trouble-ticket resolution with automation. Watch the customer video.
Posted: 03 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 03 Nov 2009


Secure your future now: run your business critical applications on industry standard platforms
sponsored by Microsoft, Intel and HP
WEBCAST: This webcast explores the business benefits of migrating from expensive, proprietary server architectures to cost-effective, industry-standard architectures. Gain insight into how this transition can enable your organization to increase reliability, availability and serviceability.
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 30 Oct 2009


What Every IT Manager Should Know About Users' Real Need for BI
sponsored by Tableau Software
WEBCAST: In today’s marketplace, the half-life of BI is typically shorter than the life of the project needed for its implementation. This means that companies are getting a continual negative return on their BI investment.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 28 Oct 2009


Video Whitepaper: Enhance Your Business with Fast, Efficient Middleware
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WEBCAST: Oracle WebLogic Suite, a foundational element of Oracle Fusion Middleware, offers the ideal mix of performance, scalability, and operational efficiency to support modern IT requirements driven by ever-changing business needs.
Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 28 Oct 2009


How to expand enterprise reporting and capitalize on the benefits of BI
sponsored by Sybase, Inc.
PODCAST: Is your organization making the most of BI and reporting projects? Find out how to improve your enterprise reporting with best practices advice and tips from BI expert Kimberly Nevala of Baseline Consulting.
Posted: 27 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 27 Oct 2009


Business Intelligence Solution for Web Infrastructure Open the Door to Better Decisions
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Composed of Sun hardware systems and commercial open-source solutions Pentaho for BI and data integration, and Infobright, built on MySQL, for data warehousing, this solution comes in two customizable recommended configurations to fit your data requirements and budget -- and ease deployment.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 26 Oct 2009


Advanced Reporting for Salesforce
sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects
WEBCAST: As a salesforce.com customer, you understand gathering data is only the first step towards success. Reports from Salesforce still require a lot of hands-on manipulation to get to the level of insight you and your executives need to make effective decisions.
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 26 Oct 2009


The Case for Investing in Business Analytics Technology
sponsored by SAS Institute Inc.
WEBCAST: Tune in to this webcast – featuring insights from Dan Vesset, IDC's Vice President of Business Analytics – and learn how business analytics drives customer retention.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009


In-database Analytics Demystified
sponsored by Sybase, Inc.
PODCAST: In this podcast, listeners will hear a vendor-neutral, executive overview of in-database analytics technology from independent expert Rick Sherman. Find out how the technology works -- and how companies are leveraging it for improved operational efficiency and other business benefits.
Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 21 Oct 2009


Video Whitepaper: The Great Debate: Buy Versus Build
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
VIDEO: This video white paper explores the relative pros and cons of deploying pre-built analytic applications from Oracle versus building a custom data warehouse against Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel or similar systems.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009


Don't Be Blind-Sided: How to Use Your Salesforce.com Data to Improve Sales Performance
sponsored by Birst
WEBCAST: As a sales manager, you may not have access to business analytics that may be telling a story about your team's performance. What analytics do you need in order to answer questions that may come down from upper management? In this session, you'll learn about what you need to see, report on, and summarize to manage your team's performance.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009


Fill the Gaps in Your BI Strategy, featuring Forrester Research
sponsored by Birst
WEBCAST: Learn how new developments in BI make it easier and faster to serve those departments and groups whose BI needs have gone unmet. Birst hosts this educational webinar featuring Boris Evelson, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009


Dynamic Business Processes Podcast Series: Tips for Thriving in Today’s Economy with BPM
sponsored by IBM
PODCAST: Today, more than ever, organizations must deliver the benefits of cost optimization and business agility. This podcast series explains how that goal can be realized through dynamic Business Processes Management. The series focuses on banking, government, healthcare, insurance, cross-industry and retail.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


IBM Web Seminar: Dynamic Process Change to Optimize Cost and Agility
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM Smart SOA approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll receive a complimentary IBM BPM assessment for a targeted analysis of your current situation.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


Aligning Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management and SOA to Accelerate Results
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: There has never been a more important time to uncover process waste, reduce non-value adding activity, and increase productivity. Accelerate results by aligning Lean Six Sigma, BPM and SOA. Find out more about best practices, the value of measures and monitoring, and how to get started in this webcast.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


Reports and Analysis Across Silos: Business Intelligence in Mashups and Cloud Applications
sponsored by LogiXML
WEBCAST: This LogiXML webcast teaches you to solve your data problems, leverage mashups, integrate with and embed external applications, and more.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


Why Change Schedulers?
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WEBCAST: Job Scheduling tools are often perceived to reduce operational costs and increase IT efficiencies. Attend this webinar to find out how companies reduce their costs by switching to BMC CONTROL-M.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 09 Oct 2009

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEFINITION (continued): …  applications can be:Mission-critical and integral to an enterprise's operations or occasional to meet a special requirementEnterprise-wide or local to one division, department, or projectCentrally initiated or driven by user demand This term was used as early as September, 1996, when a Gartner Group report said:By 2000, Information Democracy will emerge in forward-thinking enterprises, with Business Intelligence information and applications available broadly to employees, consultants, customers, suppliers, and the public. The key to thriving in a competitive marketplace is staying ahead of the … 
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