Plus Relocation Services, Inc. and International Car Operators Realize ROI Upwards of 424 Percent With BI and Integration

Information Builders, the independent leader in operational business intelligence (BI) and integration solutions, today unveiled financial returns and future savings metrics on two recent customer implementations, Plus Relocation Services, Inc. (PLUS) and International Car Operators (ICO). As a result of each project, both PLUS and ICO have improved productivity, reduced costs, gained new customers, and more easily retained existing customers.

"One of the consistent success factors in each implementation is how the companies made data available to a wide number of users, not simply back-office analysts with BI capabilities," said Gerald Cohen, CEO and president of Information Builders. "When companies make BI part of their DNA, and in the case of PLUS, spread to external users, the implementation payback time is extremely quick. And as we've seen with ICO, the use of iWay helping workers become more productive and accurate in responding to customers creates up-selling and cross-selling opportunities...

Online and Mobile App Delivers Answers to Specific Soccer Questions and Comparisons in Just a Few Clicks

For those looking to prove their team is the ultimate soccer powerhouse, QlikTech, a software company known for visual, interactive data dashboards, has created a free application that allows fans unparalleled access to statistics about the upcoming international soccer tournament. With this new app, available online or through any mobile device, soccer enthusiasts can click through nearly 80 years of international tournament history to analyze historical facts and answer little-known trivia questions...

Addresses Business Need for Rapid, Flexible and Low-Cost BI Solutions

Pentaho Corporation, the open source business intelligence (BI) leader, today announced its secure, flexible On-Demand BI Suite Subscription that removes critical barriers to BI adoption by giving the customer complete control over how the solution is deployed and managed—by Pentaho, by the customer, or by both. In addition, Pentaho announced the availability of an on-demand evaluation environment, allowing enterprises to easily test drive the Pentaho BI Suite with their own data without requiring any of their own hardware and personnel assets. To launch the new service, Pentaho Services is offering the 72-Hour Challenge where businesses provide Pentaho with their own data and Pentaho will have a full evaluation project up and running within 72 hours including key performance indicators and relevant dashboards. The solution will then remain online for three weeks during which time the customer can fully explore and expand the solution at their convenience...

Information Builders ha anunciado hoy que Dealer Services Corporation (DSC), una compañía de financiación para concesionarios de automóviles independientes, está utilizando los análisis predictivos de WebFOCUS rstat para tomar mejores decisiones sobre préstamos.

Como mayor proveedor financiero independiente de Estados Unidos para vehículos usados y otros productos vendidos por distribuidores independientes y franquicias, es extremadamente importante para DSC supervisar los movimientos de los concesionarios y los patrones de pago, sobre todo para evitar la extensión excesiva de crédito. DSC necesitaba una solución para prever las necesidades futuras de financiación de cada distribuidor y su capacidad para pagar los préstamos basados en el comportamiento pasado...

Information Builders, the independent leader in operationalbusiness intelligence ( BI) systems, today announced that Dealer Services Corporation (DSC), a national inventory financing company for independent automobile dealers, is usingWebFOCUS RStat predictive analytics to make better loan decisions.
As America's largest independent inventory finance provider for used automobiles and other diversified products sold by independent and franchise dealers, it's extremely important for DSC to monitor dealer transactions and payment patterns - mostly to avoid overextending credit. DSC needed a solution to forecast each dealer's future financing needs and ability to pay off loans based on past behavior.
"One of the biggest benefits of implementing WebFOCUS RStat was that DSC saw the automotive downturn coming well in advance, giving managers time to adjust financial reserves, tighten lending standards, and scrutinize each dealer's inventory - minimizing risk both to our company and our customers," said Chris Brady, CIO, Dealer Services. "DSC is more profitable today because we knew how much revenue we expected to generate. Now, if DSC sees factors that will cause trouble in six months, we can take action immediately."...

IBM today announced that Texas A&M University used IBM supercomputing technology to carry out potentially life-saving tuberculosis research at a rate more than four times faster than was previously possible.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that causes nearly two million deaths per year, with an estimated one-third of the human population carrying a latent infection (1).
The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis are mutating to form various drug-resistant strains. Texas A&M researchers are sequencing the DNA of the mutated strains so they can be tested against different drugs. In a race against time, researchers must try to find drugs that are effective before the strains mutate again. With IBM supercomputing technology, they can sequence the DNA of a specific strain in hours instead of days...