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- EU Project: Data Mining and Decision Support for Business Competitiveness - A European Virtual Enterprise (Sol-Eu-Net)
- This paper defines the mission of this European project to spread the use of technologies of Data Mining DM and Decision Support DS to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and quality of operations in business, industry and public services. The virtual enterprise model is proposed as the dynamic problem-solving link between experienced...
- Tags: Decision Support, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Databases, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Marketing
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- Microsoft and Ingenix Offer Leading-Edge Decision Support Technology for the Healthcare Industry That Can Improve Performance
- For a health plan provider looking for ways to identify opportunities for improvement, watch this webcast, during which Microsoft and knowledge driven healthcare partner, will present an integrated solution that incorporates leading-edge decision support technology with proven analytic methodologies. The presenter will explain how to gain a deeper understanding of...
- Tags: Performance, Decision Support, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Data Mining, Benefits, Healthcare, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Management
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- Delivering Consistently Superior User Experiences
- The lack of application-centric metrics and analysis tools makes it difficult, if not impossible, for IT managers to optimize application performance. That's the theme of this white paper, which highlights the key challenges associated with measuring application performance in today's heterogeneous IT environments. The paper addresses a variety of issues...
- Tags: RTO Software, Application Performance, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Performance Management, Web Services, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Data Management
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- Adapting a Consultative Model for Business Intelligence Organizations: A Guide for Successful Implementation
- The rapid growth and use of data warehouses, data marts, OLAP tools, et al, within corporate America has propelled the concept of Business Intelligence to departmental status. Separate and distinct data warehousing or BI groups are now de rigueur in large corporations. Some are subsets of the larger IT group...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Data Mining, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware
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- Money, Time and Knowledge: The Advantages of Building Dependent Data Marts
- One of the questions the author is most frequently asked by clients is which architecture strategy is best: independent or dependent data marts. Although both solutions have their advantages, the author usually recommends a Dependent Data Mart DDM solution. He recommends DDMs because they tend to provide the best solutions...
- Tags: Data Mart, Knowledge, Data Mining, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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- University of Louisville Teaches Data Mining With SAS
- The University of Louisville wanted to develop a world-class data mining certificate program for graduate students and working professionals. At the University of Louisville, graduate students in mathematics and computer engineering are applying SAS software to solve business problems in a wide range of career fields. University of Louisville's data...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Graduate Student, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
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- The University of Alabama and SAS Educate the Next Generation of Data Mining Experts
- With two looming trends - the retirement of the baby boom generation and a growing skills gap - conspiring to make top-notch employees scarce, companies are increasing their reliance on institutions of higher learning to graduate a well-educated work force. That's why academic degree programs like the one co-sponsored by...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Data Mining, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- CSIRO Brings Open Source Data Mining to Business
- Data mining is all about building models of the world which can be used to reason the world and identify things that can be used for business benefit. And anytime data mining is about getting an answer now. With Linux and open source software, CSIRO's mathematical and information sciences division...
- Tags: International Data Group, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Linux, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Operating Systems
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- Decision Speed: Table Compression in Action
- Table Compression, a feature introduced in Oracle9i Database Release 2, can compress entire tables, table partitions, and materialized views. It will drastically reduce the disk space and buffer cache requirements, and in many cases improve query performance, especially on I/O bound systems. Compression is targeted at decision support and OLAP...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Compression, Data Mining, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
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- Solving Reporting and Analytic Requirements at Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild With Informatica
- Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild is one of Switzerland's most esteemed private banks, and one of 15 members of the Swiss Stock Exchange. To help unit managers make decisions rapidly and to take pressure off the IT staff, the bank decided to build a data warehouse. The IT manager believed...
- Tags: Informatica, Business Intelligence, Storage, Data Mining, Databases, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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- Performance Management - Making It Work, Part 4: Data Mining to Support Performance Management With Analytical Intelligence
- This paper describes how information technologies, namely data warehousing; data mining with their powerful Extraction, Transform, and Load ETL features, and business analytics (e.g., statistics, forecasting, and optimization) all produce data from diverse source platforms transparent. That is, these technologies convert raw data into intelligence - the power to know....
- Tags: Performance, SAS Institute, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Data Mining, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing
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- Who Needs Customers, Anyway?
- Today, there is a clear and integrated connection from the uppermost company measurement categories, to the metrics for the individual financial advisors. The marketing campaigns can be aligned with specific target groups. Moreover, the behavior of customers is analyzed by means of data mining which generates suggestions for up-selling and...
- Tags: Customer, SAS Institute, Data Mining, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
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- MSDN Webcast: Incorporating Data Mining Into the Integration, Analysis and Reporting Components of Business Intelligence (Level 300)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence technologies enable the database administrator and developer to leverage their data assets like never before. This webcast examines how combining the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Platform with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services online analytical processing,...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Data Mining, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Analysis, Integration, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Data Mining With SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 expands the data mining capabilities dramatically. This webcast introduces the possibilities of data mining and predictive analytics. Through this webcast one can learn about the data mining process, and the specific mining features in SQL Server 2005.
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
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- MSDN Webcast: Developing More Intelligent Applications With Data Mining (Level 300)
- Imagine an application that adjusts its behavior as it learns about the needs and characteristics of its users: for instance, a user interface that knows what the user is most likely to do, or select, next. Or, perhaps, a Web store that can predict a shipment delivery failure even before...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- MSDN Webcast: Working With Data Mining in SQL Server 2005 (Level 200)
- Data mining is a fast-growing area of business analytics that involves using advanced statistical techniques to find patterns in large volumes of data. While Microsoft SQL Server 2000 included rudimentary data mining tools, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides tools and algorithms that are far more powerful, both for the developer...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
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- WildTangent, a sqlSentry Success Story
- WildTangent is the leading publisher of online and downloadable games. WildTangent uses SQL Server on several levels. The whole process was made more complex because the data was flowing between five stages (Production, Staging, Data warehouse, Datamarts, and OLAP Cubes) and four separate servers. Due to the extra schedule padding,...
- Tags: WildTangent, Data Mining, Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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- SAS Data Mining Skills Help Dalhousie University Graduates Succeed
- Since it was founded in 1818, Dalhousie University in Halifax has grown to become one of Canada's leading universities with established, internationally renowned programs of graduate and professional studies. Today, Dalhousie's Master of Business Administration MBA program is one of the top programs in Canada, recognized for graduating students who...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Canada, Dalhousie University, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
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- Sand Improves Customer Service & Problem Resolution With Soffront CRM
- Sand Technology provides high-performance, scalable software solutions for data mining, data marts, data warehouses and OnLine Analytical Processing OLAP. Sand Technology needed a web-based solution to improve customer communication and resolve software support issues faster. They wanted a solution that can be customized for their business, rather than force-fitting their...
- Tags: Customer Service, OLAP, Data Mining, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
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- Data Mining and CRM
- Data mining, data exploration and knowledge discovery are all terms that create an image of the demanding and sometimes tedious search to uncover insights that are neither obvious to competitors nor easy for competitors to duplicate. Customer relationship management depends on data analysis activities to uncover directions and opportunities and...
- Tags: Data Analysis, CRM, Data, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Mining, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management
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