Business is Not All About Measurement
August 31, 2009
In theory, IT consolidation is great. It can improve coordination and let the organization understand precisely what is going on in the field. IT consultant and IT-Finance Connection Advisory Board member Cliff Berg says that real world problems arise when the desire for control and measurement becomes an obstacle to the performance of the task at hand. This, he says, can lead staff to seek non-approved and hidden resources.
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for May 19
May 19, 2009
Companies mentioned in this edition: IBM, SRC, Thunderhead, Winn-Dixie, Teradata, ROI Analyticsm, CAST, David Consulting Group, CSC, QlikView, BeyeNETWORK, Dell, SAP Business Objects, Catylist, The Swiss Colony, Pentaho, Price Chopper, ParAccel, EMC, the World Organization of Webmasters and PetrisWINDS.
The IT-Finance Connection Newsletter for April 30, 2009
April 30, 2009
Companies mentioned in this edition: IBM, SAS, Sybase, SearchDataManagement, Buddy Media, Aster Data Systems, Good Data, O’Reilly, Research and Markets, PeopleCube, Diageo, Informance, Blink Logic, Accellos, Wolters Kluwer Health, QlikTech, Netezza, The Rainmaker Group, Salesforce.com, Ingres Corp., GrapeCity-Data, Carrefour, Teradata Corp. and Jaspersoft.
The View From Here: The Machines Speak Up
March 16, 2009
Machine-to-machine communications–M2M–is a category of network connections in which 
humans largely are uninvolved. The number of M2M messages is proliferating, and they are longer and more complex. Business intelligence is destined to play a big role as M2M–pushed by organizations’ desire to cut costs and act in a more environmentally sensitive manner–becomes a major way in which business gets done.
Podcast: Using Business Intelligence to Better Manage Telecom
March 9, 2009
Mobility has 
exploded in the past decade. This is, of course, a good thing since mobility drives employee effectiveness. The problem–there always is a problem–is that mobile device management hasn’t kept pace. Tangoe President and CEO Al Subbloie tells The IT-Finance Connection that business intelligence can play a big role in better managing an organization’s mobile infrastructure.
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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Around the Net: October 5 to 9
Big IPOs Due this Week from Verisk and Santander: Read More at Market Watch…
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