Business intelligence systems are starting to give structure to raw data in ways that are meaningful to different roles in the organization.
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The challenge most companies have with business intelligence systems for reporting and analysis is that they are set up to support answers to pre-determined questions.
Unlike business intelligence systems using data warehouses, you did not have to know what how you were going to analyze the data when it arrive.
During her time in marketing, she collaborated with IT departments in developing data-driven marketing strategies, and implementing sophisticated customer relationship marketing (CRM) and business intelligence systems.
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Even though large enterprises have invested tens of millions in business intelligence (BI) systems they still run their company on a bunch of spreadsheets, he added.
As CEO of Hyperion, one of the pioneering business intelligence companies that is now part of Oracle, Sullivan lived through the journey that relational databases systems, reporting, and other analytics technology made as they propagated through the enterprise.
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As a result, members can better navigate the transforming energy and utilities environment, collecting insights from the vast amount of information pervading their networks and systems, add further intelligence to the smart grid and uncover new ways that improve business and operational outcomes.
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Well, there you have it just another ho-hum year ahead for CIOs expected to imagine and deliver indispensable market intelligence and insight, optimized business processes, unmatched customer engagement and experience, bullet-proof global security across systems of record as well as tens of thousands of handheld devices, social opportunities, and the perfect blend of cloud and on-premise systems that will ensure their companies remain healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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