Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Martin Dawes Analytics (MDA), a global process analytics software provider, today announced that Bill Belcher has joined the Company as Director of Sales in order to meet its rapid growth and subsequent expansion into new markets and vertical industries. In this function, Mr. Belcher is responsible for new market development and partner relationship in the Energy and Utilities verticals. Specifically, he will further MDA's commitment to delivering customers with proven process and business analytics associated with Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management, Service Assurance, Migration Assurance, Cost Optimization and Energy Trading and Settlement among others.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Pentaho Corporation, the undisputed leader in open source business intelligence (BI), announced today that Rob Bearden has been appointed executive chairman of the board. Bearden, a veteran executive in the commercial open source software industry, most recently served as the president and chief operating officer of SpringSource before it was acquired by VMware. Bearden will collaborate closely with Pentaho CEO Richard Daley in overseeing all strategic and operational aspects of the company.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
As entertainment dollars ebb, finding and keeping fans is a challenge. Game-changing solutions from SAS, the leader in business analytics, help sports teams and leagues sell more tickets, t-shirts and popcorn.
“Simply collecting data is not enough. Companies must analyze and understand as much data about their businesses as possible and use it to make smart decisions,” said Jeffrey Ma, author and co-founder, Citizen Sports. “Using SAS Analytics, sports organizations can systematically incorporate more information than ever and look objectively at which strategies will help them win.”
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The Ministry of Justice is using predictive analytics technology from SPSS, an IBM Company, to assess the likelihood of prisoners re-offending on their release and to ultimately help improve public safety.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The return of technology visionary Foster Hinshaw, co-founder and CEO of analytic database specialist Dataupia Inc., was one of the most inspiring events at this year's TDWI Winter World Conference in Las Vegas. Hinshaw's reemergence parallels, in a sense, the convalescence of Dataupia itself, which -- after a tough 2009 -- now says it's back on track.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Host Analytics, the leading provider of cloud-based financial performance management solutions, today announced that The Bama Companies, Inc., a leading international manufacturer of proprietary dough products and baked goods, has implemented the Host Analytics Budget and Host Analytics Revenue Planning applications. Bama, whose hand-held pies, biscuits and pizza crusts are sold internationally, will use Host Analytics' web-based tools to understand the full financial impact of business decisions, both risks and returns, before they're made.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Several leading IT vendors have business process management (BPM), complex event processing and network monitoring technologies in their portfolios. Progress Responsive Process Management (RPM), announced Monday by Progress Software, is unique, blending all three into one suite supporting automation, process visibility, and quick response to changing business conditions.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Teradata Corporation recently announced that Discover Financial Services has tapped the family of Teradata appliances, in addition to its existing Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse, to support operational and non-traditional data warehousing applications.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Since taking over the state's top spot in 2007, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley has rigorously applied a data-driven model to state government with a program that's being echoed in state and local government nationwide, and most recently in federal CIO Vivek Kundra's TechStat.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A while ago, I saw Panorama was advertising a webcast detailing how Panorama gives a complete solution for the entire Microsoft BI platform, including PowerPivot. I have to admit, just seeing Panorama and PowerPivot in the same sentence seemed odd to me, as PowerPivot seemed like a completely full solution for its purpose. I didn't see what Panorama had to add to the equation. And so I began asking Panorama a few questions...
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