Podcast: myDIALS 3.0 and NetSuite Integrate

September 24, 2009

netsuiteOn Sept. 22, an integration of myDIALS 3.0 and NetSuite’s cloud computing platform was announced. The IT-Finance Connection discussed the move with two NetSuite executives: Vice President for Developer Programs Guido Haarmans and Principal Product Manager Malin Huffman. The move, they said, was designed to help NetSuite dig deeper into the vertical market and to more efficiently serve larger companies. (Podcast length: 8:31)

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Business is Not All About Measurement

August 31, 2009

bergIn 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.

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The IT-Finance Connection Newswire

August 25, 2009

newspaper iconIn this issue: Teradata goes virtual, Balanced Insight’s new release, Levementum and Pentaho Partner, Dataspace works with Information Builders, Cherokee Automotive Group gets analytic, Cyon Tabs Tableau, iDashboards scores with the feds and much more…

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The Risk/Performance Equation

August 18, 2009

burnettThe integration of risk and performance management is a goal that organizations should work toward, says Butler Group Senior Research Analyst Sarah Burnett. Burnett, who is a member of The IT-Finance Connection Advisory Board, says that the increasing complexity of software applications makes achieving this tight coupling a challenging task.

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Podcast: Continuous Intelligence Builds on BI

August 10, 2009

morrellContinuous intelligence and business intelligence are complimentary approaches to helping organizations make more informed decisions. John Morrell, the Vice President of Product Marketing for Aleri, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the two disciplines are, in essence, bookends: CI keeps the company informed of what is happening at a given moment, while BI offers vital historical context. (Podcast time: 21:03)

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Five Minutes of News: Sybase IQ 15.1

August 3, 2009

clock_48x48Last month, Sybase introduced version 15.1 of its IQ family. Lisa Hopkins, the Director of Product Marketing for Sybase IQ, tells the IT-Finance Connection that the new product operates in software and takes a column-based, in-line approach. She says that Sybase IQ 15.1 saves 75 percent of the time used by previous versions of the family. Those older versions, she says, speed applications by 10 to 100 times. (Podcast time: 12:08)

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Podcast: Aligning IT Cost Optimization with Business Strategy

July 29, 2009

frank-schiwerThe communications gap between IT and business units persists. Frank Schiewer, alfabet’s CSO and a member of its board, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the challenge is creating a unified view of an organization that can be used both by strategic planners and those executing current programs. Business intelligence, he says, is a key tool in creating this agile and fluid common language. (Podcast time: 21:40)

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Podcast: In Business Intelligence, Data Quality is Job One — Or Should Be

July 13, 2009

teacheyDaniel Teachey, the Senior Director of Market for DataFlux, tells The IT-Finance Connection that the definition of data integration is fluid — and not governed by any universal set of standards. He says that careful data cleansing and integration is ever more important as companies need real-time access to the growing mountains of data they collect. (Podcast time: 27:19)

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Views on the News: More Reaction to LucidEra’s Demise

June 24, 2009

lab and newsMany things can bring a company down. Perhaps it’s a fatal flaw in the business plan, segment consolidation, a bad economic climate or changes in what customers want. It could be a combination of these and other reasons–or just plain bad luck. Here are five takes on last week’s shuttering of LucidEra.

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Five Minutes of News: QlikView Version 9

June 17, 2009

clock_48x481Anthony Deighton, QlikTech’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, fills The IT-Finance Connection in on advances in QlikView Version 9. He says that new version of the company’s flagship offering scales to serve large organizations and is accessible via Amazon’s EC2 Cloud. QlikView 9, which is free for personal use, can be used on the iPhone. (Podcast time: 9:10)

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