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- Decision Analysis Firm Shortens Sales Cycle 30 Percent With Real-Time Collaboration
- As Fair Isaac capitalized on its success selling analysis tools to large financial and retail organizations by expanding into new markets, the company faced many communications challenges. The company looked to Microsoft to improve the flow of information within the company and to provide a real-time collaboration solution that would...
- Tags: Decision Analysis, Collaboration, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Case studies
- Going Beyond Spreadsheets: How Visual Modeling Can Enhance Decision Analysis
- Traditional spreadsheet technology has peaked as the most effect method of data analysis. This paper outlines how the next advancement in the speed and quality of decision making comes with the creation of fully interactive and visually compelling models that provide greater insight into data.
- Tags: Decision Analysis, Business Objects, Spreadsheet, Modeling, Spreadsheet Technology, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2006-03-03
- Decision Analysis: Concepts, Tools and Promise
- At Fair Isaac, some powerful and unique decision analytic tools have been developed in recent years. These tools add significant value to clients who use our products and services to optimize their strategies. While traditionally the emphasis at Fair Isaac had been on sophisticated prediction technologies, it has shifted in...
- Tags: Decision Analysis, Tool, Productivity
- White papers 2001-05-01
Additional Resources
- ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence: Improve IT Decision-Making, With Quick and Easy Answers to Complex IT Business Questions
- ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence provides quick and easy answers to the complex IT questions that challenge CIOs and IT Managers every day. Automated analysis of software and hardware assets, intelligent management reporting, and proactive alerts take IT asset tracking and reporting to the next level. ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence provides...
- Tags: Information Technology, ManageSoft Corp., Analysis, ManageSoft IT Business Intelligence, Pricing, Asset Management, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Marketing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Communicating the Results of Predictive Models to Non-Technical Audiences
- Many statisticians, business analysts and other quantitative analysts are required to present the results of their modeling efforts to non-quantitatively trained decision-makers, or to decision-makers whose level of statistical training may be very limited. In the predictive modeling realm, where very sophisticated statistical tools such as logistic regression, neural networks...
- Tags: Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations
- White papers 2007-05-14
- Oracle Business Intelligence Reporting and Analysis
- The real value of a database is not in collecting data about the business. It is in reporting against the data that one has collected. Knowledge comes not from pushing operational measures into a database, but in pulling them out for analysis and projection. The two prime ingredients of any...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Oracle Corp., Decision-making, Oracle Business Intelligence, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Business Benefits of Utilizing ROI Analysis
- For IT decision-makers, Return on Investment ROI analysis is rapidly becoming a requirement prior to new Information Technology IT investments. In fact, according to a recent InformationWeek study, more than 82% of IT decisions now require an ROI analysis.Is ROI the silver bullet to analyze all IT decisions? Certainly not....
- Tags: Information Technology, Benefit, ROI, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- White papers
- Focus on Competitor Analysis
- Competitor analysis has developed from a simple emphasis on gathering data about competitors to a much greater in-depth analysis of customers' strategies and actions. The most competitive businesses are those that effectively transform data relating to competitors into "decision-relevant" insights. This actionlist explains how a greater awareness and understanding of...
- Tags: Competitor, Analysis, Competitor Analysis
- Download resources 2006-06-01
- OlapX Application (msi)
- OlapX is a sophisticated multidimensional database browsing tool. It enables the creation of multidimensional cubes and then interactive analysis, reporting and presentation of Microsoft's Analysis Services databases. Designed for users at any business or technical skill level in a company to perform their own multidimensional analysis, create reports, and share...
- Tags: Database, Analysis, OlapX
- Software downloads 2008-01-14
- Use ROI Analysis to Prioritize Technology Equipment Investments
- Evaluating the potential costs and benefits of software and hardware purchases can be difficult. Benefits may be hard to measure, or the costs of implementation hard to understand. Learn to use Return On Investment ROI analysis to evaluate technology purchase requests. Decision-makers can then use the analysis to make well-informed...
- Tags: Investment, ROI, Hardware, Analysis, Roi/Tco, Benefits, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Human Resources
- Webcasts
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Data-driven management provides decision-makers with the tools and insights needed to calculate and interpret appropriate data for use in the decision making processes. This webcast discusses topics which include: interpreting statistical analysis, using expected value, probabilities of success and Return Of Investment ROI computation, and an overview of indicators and...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Tool, Data-driven Management, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Webcasts
- MM4XL - Marketing Manager for Excel (exe)
- Marketing Manager for Excel (MM4XL) is an Excel add-in program designed by marketing experts, statisticians, and mathematicians to fosters strategic thinking in business decision-makers. The new release 7.0 introduces new analytical tools while existing tools have been enhanced. Among the tools available in MM4XL: Forecast Manager, CrossTab, Sample Manager, Proportion...
- Tags: Analyst, Tool, Microsoft Excel, Productivity, Marketing Research, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-01-09
- Secrets of Competitive Financial Services: Analytics for Customer Profitability Analysis in Global Banking
- Banking service firms have many challenges, one of which is that revenues are simply not easily predictable. But the balance sheet and profit & loss statements of a bank don't give executives or managers many insights into the sources of company profits. This white paper showcases how a specific worldwide...
- Tags: Analytics, Financial Service, Applix Inc., Analysis, Banking, Balance Sheets, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance
- White papers 2005-07-01
- NetIQ Enterprise Solutions Powered by Dundas Chart for .NET
- NetIQ AppManager Analysis Center is a reporting and analysis tool providing the ability for administrators to easily gain deep insight into the overall health and performance of all their IT systems and applications. NetIQ made the decision to develop NetIQ AppManager Analysis Center using .NET and SQL Analysis Services. NetIQ...
- Tags: NetIQ Corp., NetIQ AppManager Analysis Center, .Net, C#, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Gap Analysis: Active Directory
- This ZDNet-branded Gap Analysis spreadsheet is designed to help you identify gaps that may exist in your organization's technology infrastructure. Once you complete the workbook, this unique decision-support tool will help you determine whether the technology you're evaluating will help you close those gaps and satisfy your future needs. This...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Gap Analysis, Productivity
- Download resources 2004-10-08
- Gap Analysis: Windows Server 2003 Upgrade
- This ZDNet-branded Gap Analysis spreadsheet is designed to help you identify gaps that may exist in your organization's technology infrastructure. Once you complete the workbook, this unique decision-support tool will help you determine whether the technology you're evaluating will help you close those gaps and satisfy your future needs. This...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Gap Analysis, tool, spreadsheet
- Download resources 2004-10-01
- PeopleSoft Case Study: Harris Bank
- To support its rapid growth, Chicago-based Harris Bank wanted to completely revamp its legacy systems with a new management reporting system able to automate manual processes and improve business decision making, financial analysis, and profitability and risk management across the organization. Using PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management, Harris Bank now has...
- Tags: Bank, PeopleSoft Inc., Financial Analysis, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
- Case studies
- Better Decision-Making with Microsoft SQL Server 2005
- SQL Server 2005 drives better decision-making with enterprise-grade reporting and data analysis. A highly reliable database platform for critical applications, SQL Server 2005 delivers high levels of availability, performance, and security.
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Decision-making, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Resource centers 2005-11-07
- Comparison Between Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithms for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
- The next generation wireless networks will support the vertical handoff mechanism in which users can maintain the connections when they switch from one network to another (e.g., from IEEE 802.11b to CDMA 1xRTT network, and vice versa). Although various vertical handoff decision algorithms have been proposed in the literature recently,...
- Tags: Algorithm, Performance, Network, University Of British Columbia, Wireless Network, Handoff Decision Algorithm, Performance Management, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2006-02-03
- InfoCom's Market Intelligence Portal
- Teleseeq is a decision-making tool developed by InfoCom over a long history of data collection and analysis, providing comparable data at your fingertips to help you with strategic research and planning-ensures your competitive edge in the telecommunications industry. Teleseeq provides a flexible platform serving as an information system based on...
- Tags: Database, Decision-making, Analysis, InfoCom, Teleseeq, Tools & Techniques, Portals, Management, Internet
- White papers 2005-12-14
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