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SAP Gets Microsoft Nod on Performance Management
11.19.2009
blog author
Cindi Howson
SAP announced yesterday that Microsoft supports SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (formerly known as OutlookSoft) as a "preferred solution"... It makes sense that Microsoft would prefer SAP BusinessObjects' product over others in that it runs on the Microsoft platform...

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Seth Grimes
Recovery.gov Double Fault: Broken Data Feeds
10. 2.2009
The relaunched recovery.gov site no longer supports automated data feeds. These feeds had allowed users of the 1.0 site to perform valued-added analyses, "the whole point of accountability and transparency" according one site user, who added, "from a software architecture standpoint, they seem to have missed a key principle here: backward compatibility."

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Questions and Answers about USAspending.gov
09. 8.2009
blog author
Seth Grimes
My blog article on USAspending.gov's design flaws has attracted record page views, boosted by coverage on Slashdot, Government Computer News, and other outlets. Posted comments reveal many misconceptions about the site. I'll distill the more interesting ones, with some of my own, into a series of questions. Noting that "government should be collaborative," I'll attempt answers myself...

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Seth Grimes
Serious Design Failure at USAspending.gov
09. 1.2009
The U.S. federal government's USAspending.gov Web site is a travesty, almost a parody of a government-transparency site. The site looks fine, but it significantly fails accessibility requirements. Its use of graphics has only gotten worse -- far worse -- since I wrote about execution issues a month ago. Further, it's old-school, a mockery of Gov 2.0 principles of interactivity and responsiveness and community.

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT INSIGHT

Smarter Execs Focus On Goals, Not Just Metrics
November 13, 2009
by Doug Henschen
They're still using analytic dashboards, but tying the data to strategic goals.

Profiles in Performance: Q&A with Howard Dresner
September 21, 2009
by Doug Henschen
A leading business intelligence and performance management guru maps out his "Performance Culture Maturity Model."

Drive Better Performance and Profitability with Dashboards
June 15, 2009
by Michael Lock, Aberdeen Group
Leading companies are using dashboards to drive improvements in sales, customer service and profitability. A new report by Aberdeen Group shows that the key to success is ensuring a mix of strategic and tactical measures against up-to-date performance goals.

Pick Information Priorities, Defend Business Intelligence Spending
March 23, 2009
by Doug Henschen
It's time for proactive reassessment, goal setting and communication on information management and BI programs. Integrators speak out on coping with IT cost cuts.

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Truviso Upgrades Real-Time Analytics Product
Continuous Analytics v3.2, aimed at advertising networks, Web publishers, and other digital service providers, tracks sets of Web visitors for almost any segment or dimension. The sets are continually updated as new Web log, page tag or beacon data is added to the system.

IBM Upgrades Mashup Center
The company plans to release next month a new version of Mashup Center, which leverages Web 2.0 and other technologies in delivering data through rich Internet applications running in a browser.

EMANIO Intros 'Affordable' BI, Predictive Analytics For SMBs
The vendor is offering named user, concurrent access pricing for the integrated platforms, as well as a quarterly subscription model designed for smaller businesses. Server pricing is per named server, so the number CPUs doesn't matter.

Oracle Upgrades BI, Performance Management Suites
The business intelligence upgrade includes a new component called Oracle Spend Classification and prepackaged integration with the company's JD Edwards World business software. The new enterprise performance management release introduces an integrator module for Oracle's Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management software.

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