When Philip Hind joined the Australian Taxation Office as chief knowledge officer, the task of managing the organisation's data warehouse was widely viewed as a "poison chalice". How did the ATO evolve to make its warehouse-dependent BI applications a critical enterprise tool?
The Department of Veteran Affairs has awarded a tender to Kaz Computer Services for the roll-out of a new Cognos Business Intelligence system, despite being far from satisfied with an older Cognos-based solution it is looking to replace.
True business intelligence may be an elusive ideal, but even a somewhat close approximation of the truth can have a significant impact on the health of a business.
Industry analysts are falling over themselves to highlight 2005 as the year when business intelligence hits the mainstream. But those looking to implement business intelligence solutions may find their efforts hampered by vast silos of generally incorrect data.
Sydney Water has gone to market for a provider to carry out program and project delivery services for its information management and business intelligence programs.
Plans by the Australian Tax Office to track the purchase and sale of investment properties might make a few money-minded Australians nervous, but they represent a potential bonanza for storage vendors and business intelligence firms.
New research suggests that IT managers aren't spending a lot of time stressing over their storage systems, but a little reflection suggests that they probably should be.
Many Web 2.0 technologies and functions fall under the umbrella of KM: wikis for collaboration; tagging and "folksonomy", which is known to the fuddy-duddies as taxonomy; and blogging, which behind the firewall would otherwise be known as intranet publishing.
Despite enormous investments, many companies are still struggling to simply find ways to deal with data overload. The fact is, they haven't even begun to tap into the information.
If your enterprise uses SAP, implementing a sophisticated BI warehouse is closer to a reality than you might think.
Business Intelligence software gives managers the tools to draw from many data sources and take a snapshot view of their company's performance. Why are BI vendors defying the industry trend and continuing their stellar growth?
Content management applications automate processes of contributing and managing data, such as content. Take a look at the must-have features, as well as the types of content generally used by e-businesses.
Business intelligence platforms are now crucial to driving real business change. Here's 10 steps to better BI.
The new Crystal Vision product line combines technology from Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Business Objects' Live Office -- aimed at the mid-market segment in Australia.
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
Mobile phones will soon carry information -- SAR (specific absorption rate), which measures how much radiation energy is absorbed by 1 kilogram of human tissue -- on radiation output, but critics said the move will still leave consumers in the dark.
SQL Server 2005 has finally hit the market and brought with it significant new features and changes from previous versions. We'll explain the various editions of SQL Server 2005 take a look at the new management console.
An international standards body will try again next week to settle on an industrywide blueprint for UWB, or ultrawideband, a wireless technology meant to rival Bluetooth.
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