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	<rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Bitpipe: Decision Support Systems Research</title> 
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	podcasts, IT downloads and product information provided by Bitpipe</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:15:14 EDT</pubDate>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Best-of-Breed BI on a Budget]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1246549058_538.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Business Intelligence is critical to running an effective business. Increase your BI efficiency by adopting best-in-class, easy-to-deploy data warehousing technologies. This webinar reviews how Talend, ParAccel, and Jaspersoft together provide a complete, affordable, end-to-end, world-class BI solution.
   Published by: ParAccel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Focus on SAS&#174; Enterprise BI Server: Applying Business Analytics Webinar]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1246391782_917.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This SAS&#174; webcast will introduce viewers to the SAS Enterprise BI server.  We&#39;ll discuss how this single solution will provide organizations the ability to access and distribute quality data whenever needed and in the desired format.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Focus on SAS&#174; Visualization: Applying Business Analytics Webinar Series]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1246389109_128.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    During this webcast, sponsored by SAS Institute, Inc., we&#39;ll be discussing visualization and how organizations using the SAS&#174; BI platform can transform quality data into competitive business intelligence. Following this discussion, there will also be a flash demonstration to show the capabilities within this BI platform.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Killing Time: Reducing Operational Latency to Boost Productivity]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1246052701_645.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Operational systems and analytical systems are on a convergent path. The artificial divide between operations and analysis is closing rapidly as a combined result of Moore's law and technological innovation. This promising development is leading to real reductions in latency of operations and the creation of time itself for decision-makers.
   Published by: ParAccel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Data Base 101a - Thinking Just a Little Differently]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1246050847_703.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    A columnar data base is a data base arranged to optimize data analysis, but how? What is a columnar database really? This document presents the basic concepts of columnar databases in a straightforward manner so anyone who is involved with data, business or technical, can understand their purpose and application.
   Published by: ParAccel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[The State of Data: Harnessing Core Data Issues to Improve Organizational Efficiency, Profitability and Competitive Advantage]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245963967_917.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This Tech Briefing presents a series of insightful, timely articles that strike at the heart of data quality and data integration challenges. Included here is a close look at harnessing the exploding volumes of unstructured and semistructured data, which so many companies are struggling to tame and leverage for true business value.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Got Bad Data? Part 2 &#45; Applying Business Analytics Webinar Series]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245966341_424.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    SAS presents part 2 of their webinar series &#147;&quot;Got Bad Data?&#148;. In this latest installment, we&#39;ll be discussing the Business analytics framework, data quality as a process, data collection, following data flows and uses, data quality and metrics, and continuous learning and improvement.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Successfully Automating Decisions with Business Analytics]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245960642_814.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Corporations are getting much more interested in how analytical decisions can be embedded into business processes on an ongoing, repeatable basis. The purpose of this paper is to provide practical advice on how to identify the best opportunities for making your business processes more analytical.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[How to Compete on Analytics: The Analytical Center of Excellence]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245956853_504.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    The significance of analytics to an enterprise and the understanding of the value of analytics have moved it to the forefront of business thought leadership. In the process of understanding how to centralize and support analytics, this whitepaper will take a historical parallel perspective of support.
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Business Analytics for the CIO]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245951686_826.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Organizations today are dealing with increasingly complex issues, dynamic changes and a systemic need for evidence-based decisions across a growing range of decision makers. The SAS&#174; Business Analytics Framework maximizes the value of technology and information assets &#45; enabling organizations to address critical business issues right...
   Published by: SAS Institute Inc.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245773161_702.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    In this expert webcast, learn more about the pros and cons of pervasive BI solutions, specific vendor offerings and ways to get executive buy - in.
   Published by: IDS Scheer]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Leveraging Integration to Weather the Economic Storm]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245701668_20.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This white paper highlights four primary ways to use integration to make your business better during a down economy. You'll discover how, with the right integration plan and supporting software in place, your company can increase efficiency, minimize expenses, and streamline and accelerate core processes.
   Published by: Information Builders]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Standardization]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245448273_816.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This paper gives an overview of the advantages of implementing business intelligence (BI) standards. Learn how successful organizations have standardized on, and benefited from BI solutions from SAP - and why you should join them.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Expanding BI's role by including Predictive Analytics]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245446940_977.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    In today's economic downturn, organizations are looking for ways to improve the way they do business, to keep ahead of the competition, and to grow revenue. With reduced funding for new initiatives, it can be difficult to meet these objectives. Read on to learn how expanding your business intelligence with predictive analysis can help.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Making Business Relevant Information Instantly Available to More Users]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245444388_864.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Executives, managers, and business users need the ability to quickly discover, collect, analyze, and share relevant information and they need to be able to answer their own questions as they have them. Read this quick report to learn more about a solution that addresses just these needs.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence - Now More Than Ever]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245440440_949.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    The goal of this white paper is to explain why business intelligence is a sound investment for any IT manager to make, especially now. Budgets are tighter and demands from executives to see immediate results from IT implementations are increasing. This paper outlines the benefits of a BI solution and its impact on a company. Read on to learn more.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[All Information, All People, One Platform: What's New In SAP&reg; BusinessObjects&trade; XI 3.1]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245436511_228.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    BusinessObjects XI 3.1 solutions provide a full spectrum of BI functionality--from reporting, query and analysis, and dashboards and visualization, to intuitive discovery and advanced predictive analytics capabilities--as well as data quality and extract, transform, and load functionality.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[The 11 Secrets of Business Rules Success]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245176157_447.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Download this paper and learn how Blaze Advisor makes it easy to bring the power of predictive analytics to bear on decisions, integrating judgmental and regulatory business rules with analytically derived models for more precise, more effective decision making. Download and learn the secrets of developing decision management applications.
   Published by: FICO]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Decide to Survive: Four imperatives make Decision Management essential in today's uncertain environment]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1245100636_898.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Download this paper and learn about a decision making solution that will help you survive in this difficult economy by managing decisions with greater precision, agility, speed and consistency while driving down costs.
   Published by: FICO]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 24:00:00 EST</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1242325543_346.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Trade study analysis is an effective method of comparing potential solutions to a given problem. Using a model-driven approach allows you to perform trade studies before development or implementation begins and saves time, money, and development headaches. Read on to learn more.
   Published by: IBM]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Crystal Reports 2008 &#45; Download a FREE 30 Day Trial]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1241062838_211.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    With Crystal Reports, you can: Empower end users to explore reports with on-report sorting and parameters, Minimize IT and developer effort with interactive reports.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[The Business Value of Business Intelligence]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1238078936_694.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This document provides you with the knowledge to gain a complete understanding of all the issues you'll face when implementing a BI solution. In this paper, you'll find numerous examples of current Business Objects customers who are using BI in a variety of creative ways to make their organizations more responsive, productive, and profitable.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Anna&#39;s Linens Executes Strategy and Enables Growth with &#34;Edge&#34;]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1238079437_373.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Read this case study and learn how Business Object's business suite transformed Anna's Linens from a regional retailer to a national retailer.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 24:00:00 EST</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Business Objects Edge Webcast (Business)]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1238078667_664.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    In these tight economic times, you need to be able to move quickly to optimize your costs, retain your best customers and identify new market opportunities. Join Business Objects, an SAP company, for a live demonstration to see how business intelligence can help your mid-size company turn your data into revenue, profits and customer satisfaction.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[LiveWire Mobile Brings Music to Your Ears with Insight from Business Objects]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1238078753_62.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Read this case study and see how Business Objects helped Livewire manage their royalty stream for end-user downloads, measuring performance and the end-user experience, and analyzing trends quickly and accurately.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[Sole Technology Skates Past Reporting Obstacles with Business Objects]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1238078845_933.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    Read this case study and see why Sole Technology purchased BI from Business Objects. Sole Technology was struggling with getting data into the hands of people that needed it, when they needed it, to make better business decisions.  Business Objects supplied them with the means to retrieve their data and disperse it to the right people.
   Published by: SAP BusinessObjects]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 24:00:00 EDT</pubDate> </item>  <item> <title><![CDATA[How to Make Fast, Reliable Decisions Based on Consolidated Information Encompassing All Your Data]]></title> <link><![CDATA[http://www.bitpipe.com/detail/RES/1235581980_35.html?asrc=RSS_BP_TERM]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[
    This paper will argue that the key to enabling midsize organizations to make even better business decisions is by simplifying the extraction of specific, actionable information from large volumes of data.
   Published by: Oracle Corporation]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 24:00:00 EST</pubDate> </item>  </channel> </rss>

