Five Minutes of News: Star Analytics’ Integration Server 2.5

March 5, 2009

In a podcast, Star Analytics’ CEO Trevor Hughes tells The IT-Finance Connection that the company’s new server extracts data more quickly from Hyperion applications, supports a wider range of database technologies and enables organizations to fulfill International Financial Reporting Standards requirements.

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The View From Here: Now is the Time

March 4, 2009

The economy is in shambles and shows no signs of a quick turnaround. This unpleasant reality makes business intelligence and related tools more valuable than ever. Indeed, now is the time for the industry to show its value and integrate itself more deeply into the way businesses operate. Short-term pain can, indeed, lead to long-term gain.

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Podcast: The Hard Stuff and Beyond

March 2, 2009

BI supports decisions through analytics that monitor and predict performance. The best decisions, of course, rely just as much on the judgment of the professionals who make them. Decyde’s Ray Gilbert and Kelly Hagen tell The IT-Finance Connection that BI can elicit the best professional judgment by systematically enhancing transparency and consistency — and including estimates of acceptable and plausible risks.