BI for Business People http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/ Where business people can find non-technical, big picture, practical information about Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Management, and Data Warehousing (DW). biforbusinesspeople.blogspot.com en Copyright 2009 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LucidEra a casualty of poor design Did we loose one of our champions? Find out at BI for Business People...

]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/lucidera_a_casu.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/lucidera_a_casu.php Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0700 10 Questions with Bruce Armstrong, CEO Kickfire Read about the interview with Bruce Armstrong at BI for Business People...

]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/10_questions_wi_6.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/10_questions_wi_6.php Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:15:00 -0700 BI only used by 8%, what is the point Read about the proverbial glass ceiling with the Business Intelligence (and data warehousing) at BI for Business People...

]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/bi_only_used_by.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/10/bi_only_used_by.php Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:15:00 -0700 13% achieve BI objectives I'm tired of reading posts about business intelligence needing "an army of consultants", concerns about "losing control over our BI system to a third party", and only 13% achieved their business intelligence objectives.

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/03/13_achieve_bi_o.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/03/13_achieve_bi_o.php Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:15:00 -0700 The Net Generation Don Tapscott is entertaining to watch. He always is pitching his latest book. An eternal salesperson. Today it was Grown Up Digital. Don is calling the Net Generation the generation of kids after Gen X. These kids have grown up with the internet, Facebook, and Twitter...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/03/the_net_generat.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/03/the_net_generat.php Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:15:00 -0700 Can BI be recession proof Seems 2008 was a good year for business intelligence companies. Some of you may not want to read that others are prospering, while many struggle (or at least worry about the future) but business intelligence could be a beacon of light for IT companies.

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/02/can_bi_be_reces.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/02/can_bi_be_reces.php Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:15:00 -0700 Don't live in the past, predict the future If Jethro Tull is "living in the past". And hindsight is 20/20. And you reading this blog is in the moment. Then why you're reading is to learn how to predict the future. From a business intelligence perspective, that is.

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/02/dont_live_in_th.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/02/dont_live_in_th.php Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:30:00 -0700 Microsoft bundles BI software - what they are doing unveiled The inevitable nature of big companies is to lock customers into their suite of products. For instance, Oracle started with databases, now bundles financial and integration software...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/01/microsoft_bundl.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/01/microsoft_bundl.php Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:45:00 -0700 Why the auto industry sells lemons Let's start the year off with something fun. And Happy New Year everyone.

I was sent this Calvin & Hobbs comic strip about lemonade stands and business...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/01/why_the_auto_in.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2009/01/why_the_auto_in.php Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:15:00 -0700 Is Business Objects losing ground? "Urgent: Time is running out". The title to an email today from Business Objects...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/is_business_obj.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/is_business_obj.php Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:30:00 -0700 Strategy for starting Business Intelligence There is much focus needed by different skilled people to create a new Business Intelligence system. Sometimes we get lost in the details ('forest through the trees'). More importantly, if your boat isn't set in the right direction...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/strategy_for_st.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/strategy_for_st.php Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:30:00 -0700 Everything as a Service The trend has been coming for some time, so I've decided to coin the term "Everything as a Service". It started with SaaS (software as a service), which Salesforce made popular, and the "as a Service" has found it's way into many marketing tag lines.

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/everything_as_a.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/12/everything_as_a.php Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:00 -0700 Worst practices, who's got them Learning from the mistakes of others is the way to go. No need to blaze a new path. It's all been done before. And BI has years of this "experience"; DW has "failures" from decades prior too.

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/11/worst_practices.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/11/worst_practices.php Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:00 -0700 10 questions with Mark Windrim The "data warehouse for anyone who needs it" has gone open source. I previously talked with Miriam Tuerk, Infobright’s CEO, when the company launched. Recently I spoke with Mark Windrim, VP of Community for Infobright, who is at the helm promoting their open source data warehouse...

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]]> http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/11/10_questions_wi_5.php http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/archive/2008/11/10_questions_wi_5.php Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:15:00 -0700 Wordle Thanks to Darren Cunningham for putting the word out on Wordle.

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