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Executive Report

The Convergence of BI and Enterprise Search: Toward True Self-Service Business Intelligence

by Curt Hall

Business intelligence (BI) and enterprise search are converging, and vendors now offer products that combine the ease of use of search engines with the reporting and analysis capabilities of BI tools. This Executive Report examines the evolution of search-enabled business intelligence, the goal of which is to fulfill the promise of enterprise BI by enabling organizations to distribute BI functionality to increasing numbers and classes of BI consumers in a manner that makes self-service business intelligence practical.

 
Executive Update

In January 2008, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey that asked 101 end-user organizations regarding their use of business performance management practices. The goal was to determine the degree to which companies are implementing business performance management techniques and technologies. In addition, I wanted to identify business performance management development issues and trends, discern how companies are progressing with their initiatives, and provide findings you can use to measure your own organization's business performance management efforts.

 
E-Mail Advisor

This week, open source BI vendor Pentaho and BI powerhouse Oracle Corporation introduced products that enable mobile users to interact with content and functionality generated/offered by their respective BI tools and applications while using Apple's new iPhone 3G. (Both the Pentaho and Oracle announcements were timed to coincide with the general launch of Apple's iPhone 3G release.)

 
Webinar/Multimedia

Learning management systems (LMS) are fast becoming standard business applications, a strategic solution for planning, delivering, and managing all learning events within an organization, including online, virtual classroom, and instructor-led courses. Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS), which enable just-in-time content creation to meet the needs of individual learners or groups of learners are also quickly becoming a companion standard business app.

Spend an hour with Lance Dublin and learn how your IT organization can ensure your enterprise truly maximizes the return on its LMS/LCMS investment.

 

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