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Feb 10, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: CI, eBusiness Intelligence, BI, EBI, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Business Knowledge DEFINITION: In information technology, gap analysis is an assessment tool that helps identify the differences between the current condition and a desired state. A gap is sometimes called "the space between where we are and where we want to be." A gap analysis highlights which requirements are not being met and provides a foundation for measuring the investment of time, money and human resources that's required … Definition continues below.
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Combining data, application and process integration to improve IT productivity (Part 1) sponsored by Talend WEBCAST: Watch this brief webcast now as James Taylor speaks about the benefits of taking a holistic approach to integration. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Data Integration

Cricket Communications Turns to Splunk for Assuring Automated Service Management sponsored by Splunk WHITE PAPER: Keeping up with a quickly expanding business is difficult if you do not have the right tools. Read on to learn how Cricket Communications handled their growing business's operations with a enterprise application, data and operational management system. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Activity Monitoring \| Business Intelligence \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Data Analytics

Splunk for Big Data sponsored by Splunk WHITE PAPER: This white paper details an enterprise system for managing and analyzing machine data. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Databases

E-Guide: The Importance of Data Modeling Software sponsored by CA ERwin from CA Technologies EGUIDE: In this e-guide, you will find out why the experts think data modeling is an important part of enterprise data management and why business users often need to be convinced that data modeling is something they should care about. Posted: 09 Feb 2012 \| Published: 09 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Data Modeling \| Data Modeling Languages \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Enterprise Content Management

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Software Evaluation and Selection Guide sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and learn a systematic approach to select software for your planning, budgeting and forecasting needs. Read how to combine today's best practices with leading-edge technology. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Financial Reporting \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Spreadsheets

Profitability Analysis & Optimization: Gaining a competitive edge sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Improved business processes, powered by optimized technology, can help many companies significantly improve their profitability. Read this paper released by BPM Partners to see how a business can take advantage of new trends and tools for profitability. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Activity-based Costing \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management

Financial Analysis Clears the Profit Haze sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper by Technology Evaluation Centers discusses the challenges that organizations face when trying to understand their existing business positions and future business scenarios. It focuses specifically on profitability analysis. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Corporate Governance \| Data Analytics \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software

Integrated and Automated Budget, Program and Performance Reporting sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how IBM Cognos FSR with TM1 helps budget and finance teams to automate the generation of complex, process driven reports while maintaining the agency’s current business processes and disclosure management Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software

Nucleus Research: Assessing the Benefits of IBM Cognos FSR sponsored by IBM RESEARCH CONTENT: Nucleus Research analyzed deployments of IBM Cognos FSR and found that companies using the application were able to improve the productivity of accountants, report builders and their managers. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial reporting software

XBRL Mandate for Dummies sponsored by IBM EBOOK: This guide helps organizations assemble the right people, make the right investment in a solution and helps finance create best practices to ensure a successful XBRL compliance. Read this now and learn what XBRL is, how it works and why it’s mandated, best practices to prepare for an XBRL mandate, who to involve in the mandate process and more. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Compliance (Finance) \| Financial Management \| Financial reporting software \| XBRL

Facilitating “sound practices” in risk management with IBM OpenPages ORM sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses operational risk management (ORM) in the context of "Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk," a paper from the Basel Committee. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Standards

Data quality best practices with real-time integration sponsored by IBM EGUIDE: This brief e-guide explores the notion that data quality issues are worse in real-time data integration applications versus batch-oriented techniques. In the form of two articles, this resource serves up options for real-time integration, touches on the concerns associated with it and outlines the proper steps required to address data quality. Posted: 08 Feb 2012 \| Published: 08 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouses \| Real Time Enterprise

Improving Sales Effectiveness In a Buyer’s Market sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper details the results of a survey of 160 firms with annual revenues of $250M or more conducted to determine whether their customer relationship management (CRM) software is addressing the changed and changing requirements of sales reps as they develop relationships and pursue opportunities in light of ever increasing buyer expectations. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| CRM Analytics \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Software \| Sales and Marketing Software \| Sales Information Systems \| Sales Representatives

Business Intelligence: A Guide for Midsize Companies sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: How can a small to midsized business (SMB) improve its ability to analyze data and transform it into useful information, thereby improving the overall quality of its decisions? With business intelligence (BI). Read this white paper for an introduction to the benefits of BI, approaches to implementing BI, what to look for in a BI product, and more. Posted: 07 Feb 2012 \| Published: 07 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Real-time Analytics \| Reporting Software

The Customer Loyalty Conundrum sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In 2011, Forrester Consulting conducted a study to find out how customer loyalty decision-makers define and execute customer loyalty. Read this study to find Forrester's analysis of how loyalty decision-makers currently use customer data, technology, and analytics to manage customer loyalty programs. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| CRM Analytics \| CRM Best Practices \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Retention \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Loyalty Programs

Videocast: Gotchas That Can Get Ya in 2012: Critical Issues in Supporting Self-Service BI sponsored by Actuate WEBCAST: During this webcast, Claudia Imhoff, of Intelligent Solutions, and Jeff Morris, of Actuate, will discuss the top issues that business intelligence (BI) implementers must tackle to create a sustainable and maintainable self-service BI environment in 2012. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Mining \| Reporting Software

Webcast: Maximize Your Datacenter Operations with Real-Time Operational Intelligence sponsored by JackBe WEBCAST: This webcast details the latest data center challenges, ways to overcome these challenges with real-time operational intelligence and how to improve your data center operations for less maintenance. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Premiered: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Dashboards \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Operational Metrics (Systems)

Big Data Analytics: Profiling the Use of Analytical Platforms in User Organizations sponsored by MarkLogic ANALYST REPORT: Access this comprehensive research report by Wayne Eckerson to further your knowledge of big data and the way analytics are evolving. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining

The Intelligent Enterprise: Creating a Culture of Speedy and Efficient Decision-Making sponsored by Versa Shore Inc. WHITE PAPER: Use this exclusive resource as a guide to gain insight in to how to foster intelligent business decisions through collaboration, information governance, customer service, and corporate culture. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Decision Support Systems \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Oracle (Product)

Agile Business Intelligence: Real-Time Intelligence for Smarter, Faster Decisions sponsored by JackBe WHITE PAPER: Read this comprehensive white paper now to learn more about real-time business intelligence (BI) and the benefits of implementing agile BI into your current BI strategy. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Decision Support Systems \| Real-time Analytical Software \| Real-time Analytics

Operational Dashboards: Making Real-Time Decisions sponsored by JackBe WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the uses of operational dashboards and how many leading organizations, including the U.S. Department of Defense, take advantage of them. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Decision Support Systems \| Operational Metrics (Systems) \| Real-time Analytical Software \| Real-time Analytics

Composite Information Server 6.1 Data Sheet sponsored by Composite Software WHITE PAPER: This industry leading and innovative data virtualization approach to data integration enables you to more efficiently and effectively leverage valuable data that is scattered throughout your organization. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Warehouses \| Databases

Strategic Profitability Management sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Very few of today's companies have a reliable way to achieve the widest profitability margins consistent with other strategic objectives, largely because no one person or organization is responsible for it. Read this white paper to find out what Ventana Research recommends as part of an effective profitability management strategy. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Activity-based Costing \| Business Intelligence \| Business Metrics \| Business Performance Management \| Contingency Planning \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Reporting Software

MPI Group: The Informed Manufacturer — Tips, Tricks and Tactics for High-Tech Manufacturers sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: For high-tech manufacturers, even a brief delay in design, production, or distribution can severely limit sales and profitability. With so much at risk, speed and accuracy are imperative. Read this white paper to learn what practices, processes and systems will keep your high-tech manufacturing organization on the cutting edge. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Demand Chains \| Distribution \| Lean Production \| PLM \| Product Development \| Supplier Management \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management

Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Reporting \| Forecast/Demand Management Software \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEFINITION (continued): … In information technology, gap analysis is an assessment tool that helps identify the differences between the current condition and a desired state. A gap is sometimes called "the space between where we are and where we want to be." A gap analysis highlights which requirements are not being met and provides a foundation for measuring the investment of time, money and human resources that's required to achieve the desired outcome. In software development, for instance, a gap analysis can be used to document which services and/or functions have been accidentally left out, which ones have been deliberately eliminated and which still need to be developed. In compliance, a gap analysis can be used to compare what is required by law to what is currently being done. See also: risk analysis, business impact analysis, vulnerability analysis
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