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Intelligent Enterprise Top Blog Posts of 2009
12.21.2009

Doug Henschen

News coverage gives you one version of the truth, but there's nothing like the instant expert analysis blogs can bring to breaking stories. Here are the top-15 posts of the year from the Intelligent Enterprise blogosphere:

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Seth Grimes

The Myth of 360 Degree Views
11.30.2009
We've all encountered the promise of 360-degree customer views, marketing-speak that asserts that BI solution X, CRM solution Y, or Sales Force Automation solution Z considers customer information from all angles. Yet I’ve never seen the "360-degree" claim fulfilled. Here's my take on 360-degree views and how they can finally becoming reality...

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SAP Gets Microsoft Nod on Performance Management
11.19.2009

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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2010 EVENTS
Feb 1-2, 2010
Gartner Business Intelligence Summit
London

Feb 8-9/10-11/12, 2010
The Modeling Agency Data Mining: Levels I, II & III
Orlando, FL

Feb 11, 2010
IDC Business Information Management Seminar 2010
Mexico City, Mexico

February 16-17, 2010
Predictive Analytics World
San Francisco

February 21-26, 2010
TDWI World Conference
Las Vegas

February 22-24, 2010
TDWI BI Executive Summit
Las Vegas

Feb 23-26, 2010
Kimball Group Dimensional Modeling In Depth
Dallas

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Intelligent Enterprise 2010 Event Calendar
December 29, 2009
by Doug Henschen
If it's about information management, business intelligence, enterprise applications, processes or architecture, it's listed in our annual guide to technology events. Make your plans for the can't-miss conferences, expos and summits of 2010.

Intelligent Enterprise Top Stories of 2009
December 21, 2009
by Doug Henschen
Our ten most-popular articles of the year delivered helpful advice, forward-looking insight and deep analysis. Plus, we add our list of popular 'evergreen' gems offering timeless 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."

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Survey: BI Still Hindered By Technical Problems
A 2009 survey of 324 BI professionals by BI Scorecard also found the success rates of BI deployments were largely unchanged from the last survey in 2007.

New SAP App Targets Sustainability as Strategic Advantage
Module captures and discloses data on environmental, economic and social impacts. Goal is improving performance as well as meeting compliance demands.

Oracle Extends Governance, Risk, Compliance App Suite
Comprising the new Enterprise GRC Manager and the latest release of the Enterprise GRC Controls, the tightly integrated package delivers a 'closed-loop approach to regulatory compliance, risk management and controls automation,' Oracle says.

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.

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