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Extending Business Processes Both Ways - Mailrooms and Mobility

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 14:31
I recently recorded a video comment on the subject of The Next Steps to Business Process Automation - Mobility.

10 Web Analytics Resources Focusing in Particular on Segmentation in Google Analytics

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 03:23
We’ve put together a list of resources about segmentation in web analytics - with a particular focus on Google Analytics.

Imagine.....

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 13:08
I had the occasion to write a commentary for the skilled nursing facility that my mother hopefully will be released from soon. Once I got to thinking about it I began to wonder if somewhere down the road someone will develop “sympathetic” technology for all those aging “boomers” out there or could t...

What is Business Intelligence? and much more

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:30
What is BI, SaaS, why is BI suited to SaaS?

30 Business Performance Indicators You Can (and should) Measure

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:01
It's all good and well using a BI solution to measure your business performance, but before you start blindly measuring anything and everything, what are some of the specific KPIs or metrics that you could focus on?

Customer License Keys a Thing of the Past for IBM Information Server Software

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 04:16
If you buy an Information Server software you now get a default license key that will let you install and use whatever products you want in any quantity you want.  The catch is – whatever software you use you will eventually have to pay for.&#...

Data warehouse- Dimensional model vs Normalized model

Thu, 07/29/2010 - 00:06
There is always a debate on which is best. My below explanation highlights some advantages and disadvantages in both approaches

Data Loss and Transactional Content Management

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 17:14
I read some interesting results today in a survey that Kroll Ontrack recently conducted with more than 2,000 participants from 17 countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. They were asked to explain the cause of their most recent data loss, and 40 percent of respondents believed that human error was a leading cause.

Digital Mailrooms, French Regulatory Compliance and Special Needs

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:25
BancTec has implemented a digital mailroom solution in France for a large wireless phone carrier (MNO - mobile network operator).

What is Meaningful Work?

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:03
Most employees are more troubled by lack of meaningful work than by other factors unless you are woefully underpaid in a high cost of living area. Now, what is meaningful work though?

Visualization to celebrate Facebook's 500 million users

Tue, 07/27/2010 - 06:51
Following the social network's 500 million user milestone which they hit last week, we've created a dashboard showing various relationships between countries present on Facebook, the number of users and the percentage of the population that hold an account.

How to Waste A Business Analyst

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 14:27
1. Limit them to pulling data and creating stock reports for people who have no clue about the juicy statistics in the database that they don't know about 2. Don't put them on projects at the RFP stage after all they just "do data" 3. Assume they have no project management skills 4. Ignore what t...

Digital Mailrooms, SMEs and Government Mandates

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:48
I learned about an interesting digital mailroom solution and use case the other day involving a subsidiary of the Danish Post.

Digital Mailrooms, SLAs and Deliverables

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:38
It is increasingly common for companies that receive a high volume of mail to outsource the processing of it. How does this work?

Been Away Yet Again

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 08:30
Well, I thought that I was going to dive into July and get back to business but alas once again challenges have been presented to me. I have thought hard about writing on this topic and have decided that it is worthwhile. After years of dealing with severe glaucoma my mom has developed frightenin...

TDWI's BI on a Budget Report - a review

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 04:08
The recently released report by TDWI’s Wayne Eckerson is all about how the need among business intelligence (BI) teams to do “more with less” has significantly increased following the recession. We summarize the underlying points in the report.

How not to be taken by surprise by a Layoff?

Sun, 07/25/2010 - 11:21
Layoffs don't usually creep up on people all of a sudden. There are a lot of signs you can usually watch out for. The free coffee and tea vanishing is usually the first sign. As if, the $50 you save per week is going to bring the company back from the brink of abyss into glorious sunshiny profitability!

Multi-Payload Documents, Digital Mailrooms and Transactional Content Management

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 20:01
It is very interesting for people new to transactional content management (TCM) or digital mailrooms to learn about "multi-payload" documents.

Have We Exploited Structured Data?

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 13:11
Now the world is talking about predictive analytics and exploring unstructured data. Everyone refers to that when we talk about analytics. It is because organizations have implemented DW/BI programs and hence feel that we are in Gen 2 of BI. Backtracing at the problems- I really wonder "have we exploited the structured data enough" to move to next level.

Jinfonet Announces JReport 10: Enhance Agile BI with Rich Visualization

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:19
Jinfonet Software, a world leader in Java reporting solutions, today unveiled JReport 10. This new version adds rich visualization and interactive reporting to a robust, agile BI platform, providing embedded operational reporting to developers and self-service reporting to end users.