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Intelligence Editors researching at the moment ...
Business
Intelligence Applications - Business Operations and
Decision-Making, Operational BI Applications
To improve upon operational business processes and
decision-making, Equinix, Inc., provider of network-neutral
data centers and Internet exchange services, has deployed
Oracle(R) Financial Analytics and Oracle Order Management
and Fulfillment Analytics applications to complement its
existing Oracle E-Business Suite implementation.
A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Business
Intelligence is a portfolio of infrastructure software and
applications that provides the industry's first integrated,
end-to-end Enterprise Performance Management System,
including category-leading financial performance management
applications, operational BI applications, BI foundation and
tools, and data warehousing.
Oracle(R) Adaptive Access Manager 10g, a new integrated
offering within Oracle Identity Management and a component
of Oracle Fusion Middleware. A comprehensive solution
designed to prevent online identity theft and
fraud.
Atrium Companies
Inc., is using Oracle(R) On Demand, including Oracle
E-Business Suite Financials, to streamline its financial
information management and processes. With Oracle On Demand,
Atrium has been able to close its monthly financials nearly
one week faster than previously possible, while also
increasing the accuracy of financial data.
CRM (Customer
Relationship Management)
WebEx, now part of Cisco(R), and Oracle announced they will
offer Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand Service through the
WebEx Connect application ecosystem. CRM On Demand by Oracle
delivered by WebEx combines Cisco WebEx's on-demand
collaboration expertise with Oracle's enterprise-class
Siebel CRM On Demand Service, to create a collaborative CRM
designed to accelerate sales cycles at businesses of any
size.
According to Gartner Group, the worldwide CRM sector is
expected to exceed $7.4 billion in 2007, climbing to $11.4
billion in 2011. Growth for on-demand CRM solutions is
projected to be twice the rate of the overall CRM sector.
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Oracle / Microsoft Windows platform
Oracle Database 11g on Windows helps organizations of all
sizes tackle the demands of rapid data growth, changing
environments, and the need to deliver higher quality of
services while reducing and controlling IT costs. Oracle
offers tight integration between Oracle Database and
Microsoft Visual Studio.
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MicroStrategy Italy Honours 2 Companies for Their Business
Intelligence Achievements
Intesa Mediofactoring
Intesa Mediofactoring is part of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group,
a banking group resulting from the merger between Banca
Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI. Intesa Mediofactoring offers its
customers personalized and time-saving factoring solutions,
including account receivables management, credit coverage,
and pre-financing services. Using MicroStrategy to support
its on-line services, Mediofactoring's customers can
subscribe to a number of reporting services to receive
customized information through e-mail or on a personal Web
page within the Mediofactoring portal. MicroStrategy Italy
presents the Honours Award to Intesa Mediofactoring for the
high level of innovation in its business intelligence
applications, resulting in excellent service to both
internal and external customers.
University of Bologna
Established in 1088, the University of Bologna is the oldest
University in the western world. The University of Bologna
was also one of the first universities in Italy to adopt an
information system that gathers, integrates, and organizes
data coming from different sources and makes the data
available across the organization for enhanced decision
making.
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Oracle and HP
have teamed to deliver complete software, hardware and
service solutions tailored to midsize companies.
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The City
University of New York (CUNY) has selected an end-to- end
higher education solution set from Oracle - comprised of
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management, Human
Capital Management and Campus Solutions applications, as
well as Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware
technology, for its CUNY FIRST (Fully Integrated Resources
and Services Tool) project.
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IDC comments that Oracle will further extend its leadership
gap in 2007 due to the acquisition of Hyperion.
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Standing before 4,000 developers, partners and customers,
Henning Kagermann, CEO, SAP AG, and Klaus Kreplin, corporate
officer and member of the Executive Council, head of SAP
NetWeaver Technology, spoke about the innovative power that
enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
has brought to the market and how hundreds of thousands of
developers are better positioned than ever to create the
next generation of innovative solutions.
The keynote presentations were made at SAP(R) TechEd '07,
SAP's largest ecosystem education event, being held in
Munich, Germany,
More than 15,000 SAP customers, partners and technical
experts are convening at SAP(R) TechEd '07 to learn how to
transform existing business processes and IT landscapes and
take advantage of the power and flexibility of enterprise
service-oriented architecture. Celebrating its 11th
anniversary, SAP's largest ecosystem education event of the
year offers more than 1,000 hours of lecture-driven and
hands-on sessions. SAP TechEd is being held in Las Vegas on
October 1-5, Munich on October 17-19, Shanghai on November
6-7 and Bangalore on November 28-30.
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Delivering on its commitment to help companies embrace an
enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA),
SAP AG announced an extension of its training and education
program to meet the needs of a growing SAP ecosystem
workforce that includes customers, partners, universities
and communities. This certification program delivers
role-based training and skill development, ensuring
consistency and quality by validating skills, including
those associated with enterprise SOA, of IT professionals
working with SAP(R) solutions.
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Technology Partners Books announces the release of a new
guide: "Cognos 8 BI for Consumers: A Step-by-Step
Introductory Guide to Cognos Connection"; it analyzes how
the Business Intelligence (BI) tools work and teaches people
how to use them.
According to Gartner, a leading information technology
analysis firm, the number one technology priority for 2007
is BI. BI transforms raw data from systems, databases,
files, and other sources into powerful information for
making informed business decisions.
Authored by Juan A. Padilla, founder of Technology Partners
Books, the book is the first in a series. It walks the
reader through the fundamentals of the powerful web portal
that is the foundation for all users of Cognos 8 BI, from
end users to administrators.
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