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04.21.2010
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04.21.2010 Thanks to all of you who contacted OMG in support of the BPMN 2.0 conformance classes proposal. This week I received a copy of the following note sent out to Finalization Task Force members... Read more from Bruce Silver >> BI Integration Fear Factors 04.21.2010
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04.20.2010 The five-year cost of a typical, 500-seat BI deployment ranges from about $150,000 for an open-source system to just over $1 million for the full suite from SAP BusinessObjects, IBM Cognos or Oracle. So does this research from Gartner change your mind about the type of BI vendor you would choose? Read more from Doug Henschen >> It's Very Early in the Game for SAS Social Media Analytics 04.19.2010
The flash and splash of last week's SAS Social Media Analytics (SMA) launch belies the apparent very early, incomplete state of the service. The dashboard interface is attractive, but the application is nonetheless narrowly focused and inflexible, an analytics silo with no out-of-the-box integration with enterprise systems. Read more from Seth Grimes >>
04.14.2010 It's tax day tomorrow. Are you done? I do tend to procrastinate, but one thing I can count on to help in my tax preparation is my annual American Express statement in Excel format. Or so I thought... Read more from Cindi Howson >>
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