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  • How ATO found an antidote to the BI poison chalice

    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?

  • Consolidation breaks business intelligence growth

    The business intelligence market, once the fastest growing sector of software, is predicted to slow down after the recent spate of multi-billion dollar acquisitions.

  • Business intelligence lies beyond IT: Dresner

    "Business intelligence" has been perverted over time by vendors trying to find new ways to market their products, according to the man who coined the term.

  • Global IT budgets on the rise: Gartner

    Organisations have increased IT budgets in recognition of the role technology plays in driving business growth, according to the preliminary results of a global CIO survey conducted by analyst group Gartner.

  • Data cemeteries impede business intelligence use

    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.

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    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.

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  • Higher intelligence

    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?

  • CIOs under pressure to deliver business growth in 2006

    IT departments face increasing boardroom pressure in 2006 to contribute to business growth, improve competitiveness and increase efficiency, according to Gartner.

  • Experts: No end to data overload

    Is our ability to manage information keeping pace with the growing reams of stuff we're being bombarded with?

  • How CRM saved Hunter Holden

    What a customer wants and eventually gets can be two different things. To get more in tune with customer preferences, Hunter Holden reinvented itself with a customer relationship management system.

  • Beating fraud: Can business intelligence help?

    Fraud, data theft, e-crime. These may not be the first terms that come to mind when thinking of business intelligence software but, sophisticated analysis of data can indeed help companies beat nefarious activity.

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  • New Office beta all set to launch

    Microsoft plans to officially launch Office 2003 Beta 2 on Monday, a release that will include a public preview available to several hundred thousand beta testers and businesses, said sources.

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