Noticias y recursos sobre Business Intelligence
Midmarket companies are increasingly seeking higher profits from bottom-line cost savings produced by procurement and sourcing functions. As such, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced new supplier relationship management (SRM) functionality for SAP® Business All-in-One solutions to help enable midsize companies to effectively optimize procurement and sourcing processes, reduce costs and automate supplier collaboration. By combining comprehensive, preconfigured functionality from the SAP® Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) application and SAP Business All-in-One, midsize companies can now manage procure-to-pay processes in one unified solution...
IBM today announced, in collaboration with the European Union, industry and academia, the launch of a research consortium which aims to help businesses more easily take advantage of Internet-based services - or "e-services" - to create collaborative business operations and achieve shared business goals.
The unique effort focuses on the development of a new computer science model that will enable organizations to greatly accelerate the typically time-intensive process around the coordination of e-services and increase the automation and efficiency around deploying new e-service blends. The research will enable even small to mid-sized businesses to create or join into flexible e-service blends, without investing in expensive IT expertise. The initiative will create open-source software to…
Teradata University Network today announced the 2010 Business Intelligence Congress (BI) II where academic professionals and industry representatives will meet to discuss current academic research, teaching methods and industry demands for business intelligence, decision support and analytics.
The inaugural BI Congress, co-founded by Teradata University Network and the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group for Decision Support, Knowledge and Data Management Systems, was held in December 2009. It revealed gaps between industry needs and current business intelligence teaching and research...
WALLDORF, Germany - July 02, 2010 - SAP today announced that its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Sheffield Acquisition Corp., has extended the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Sybase, Inc., at a price of $65.00 per share, to 9:00 p.m., New York City time on July 16, 2010, unless further extended. The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 9:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 1, 2010. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated May 26, 2010, as amended, and in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 12, 2010, by and among SAP America, Inc., Sheffield Acquisition Corp., and Sybase, which SAP and Sybase announced on May 12, 2010...
02 Jul 2010: IBM today announced the University of Bari (Universita di Bari) has selected an IBM System z mainframe as part of a cloud computing project to help local businesses, including fishermen, winemakers and trucking companies, adopt new business models.
The University of Bari is committed to solving community challenges through technology, providing a test-bed for software, devices, services, laboratories and other technical instrumentation. Delivering services through an IBM System z mainframe and cloud computing allows multiple entities to tap into heavy-duty computing power at minimal cost and lowers the barrier to help local businesses to benefit from this technology...
DinoSol, the Spanish grocery retail group, has selected Oracle Retail planning applications as part of a strategic initiative which the retailer expects will help improve performance and profitability across its four store formats.
Now owned by Permiera and formerly part of Ahold Spain, DinoSol operates HiperDino hypermarkets and supermarkets in the Canary Islands; SuperSol hypermarkets and supermarkets in mainland Spain; cash and carry chain Cash Diplo; and the Canary Islands convenience store format, HiperDino Express...
Macsteel Holdings, one of the world’s largest private metals service centers, international metals trading and shipping companies, has modernized its technology foundation and improved its operations in North America by implementing the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 at Macsteel Service Centers USA.
By replacing its legacy system and standardizing on the latest version of the Oracle E-Business Suite, Macsteel Service Centers USA now has a holistic view into its rapidly growing sales and procurement operations, and can keep a pulse on internal and external business trends surrounding orders, inventory, pricing and lead times in order to improve margins, reduce waste and strengthen its competitive edge...
In July, Oracle is expected to launch Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g, which represents the most important and wide-ranging BI launch in more than three years.
Oracle President Charles Philip and Senior Vice President Thomas Kurian will host thelaunch event, which is scheduled to take place in London on July 7.
Already the provider of best in class BI technology and applications, Oracle is expected to extend that lead with innovations that make business intelligence execution
Relevant. Increase the relevance of business insights by user role, function, industry, and more.
Actionable. Make information more actionable by integrating business intelligence with business processes.
Manageable. Simplify BI system deployment, management, and monitoring, while maximizing…
Addition of web analytics enhances IBM business analytics strategy
IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Coremetrics, a leader in web analytics software. Coremetrics, a privately held company based in San Mateo, CA, will expand IBM's business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to use a cloud-based delivery model to gain real-time insight into consumer interactions internally and through social media networks to develop faster, more targeted marketing campaigns. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Organizations are increasingly looking for ways to optimize their marketing processes and gain deeper insights into client demands in order to drive brand loyalty by executing more personalized customer interactions. Companies are faced with an increasingly complex…
Data Models and Scoring Applications Available for Government, Retail, Healthcare, Financial Services, Law Enforcement, Insurance, and CRM Deployments
Information Builders, an independent leader in business intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced a partnership with Fractal Analytics, a leading provider of advanced analytics, to develop predictive analytics solutions on Information Builders' WebFOCUS RStat BI and data-mining platform. Fractal's predictive analytics solutions will be deployed through the WebFOCUS RStat application to help clients have an end-to-end solution from development to deployment.
The Information Builders-Fractal partnership is currently working with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) to develop crime-forecasting applications. Using historical…
