This engineer originally wanted to use the reporting tools from a program called Crystal.

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"It won't replace Cognos or OLAP and reporting tools, because it has a different function, " Vesset added.

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Obtaining the data granularity required to feed risk, compliance or management reporting tools is cumbersome and requires a tremendous amount of manual intervention, Cytron said.

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To achieve this, companies may need to implement new reporting tools and offer training that enables employees to make the transition from managing data to using it.

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On the panel are Rod Cope , CTO and Founder of OpenLogic, purveyors of cloud management and reporting tools, and Raymond Velez, Global CTO of Razorfish who builds, deploys and manages complex applications and marketing campaigns in the cloud.

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Data quality will keep getting better with more timely updates to CRM, multiplying the power of our real-time reporting and analytics tools through a virtuous cycle.

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The Miami-Dade project also aims for government transparency with consolidated analytics across finance, human resources, budgeting, planning and all transactional departments to provide county employees access to reporting and analysis tools to help make better decisions.

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Reporting is fantastic and its service and collaboration tools are among the best in the business.

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For example, if you were applying for that Netflix job in Los Gatos, you would say that you have experience with analytical tools that support data analysis and reporting.

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The GRI provides tools to assist companies in their human rights reporting, including helping companies begin the process of identifying human rights.

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But the new rules also provided new tools: countries can now tap into informal sources of disease information as part of their official reporting.

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