Aqute Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

We sometimes get asked by clients whether we can conduct ‘competitor’ analysis of their own business. Why do clients ask for this, when they already know their own business? It can be useful alongside analysis of competitors, as it provides a like-for-like comparison for competitive benchmarking, conducted by the same research vendor. Although some data would be already known to the client (e.g. their revenues), some parts of a typical competitor profile (e.g. why prospects buy their products) p

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Social BI Tools: A Logical (and Crucial) Extension of Social Networking! Business intelligence has become a crucial tool for business users and for organizations large and small. It was only a matter of time before social business intelligence took over the enterprise! Sharing data and content is a habit for all consumers and consumers have jobs. Within the context of those jobs, a consumer becomes a team member – a business user who now uses social business intelligence tools to gather, a

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BI4Cloud

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Background. United Technologies Hong Kong implemented Bi4Cloud for BK Asia Pacific (namely BK). BK was founded in 1983 in HK, and provides a comprehensive network of construction consultancy services to the local and international construction industries, comprising: Commercial and Contract Management, Dispute Resolution, Project Management, Quantity Surveying and Training and Professional Development.

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Domo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

For mid-to-large-sized companies, an effective travel policy can save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. By carefully outlining the processes and vendors that employees use to book and expense their business trips, travel managers can negotiate discounted rates, control reimbursement requests, and ensure that the company always receives the best deal possible.

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Contify

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

As a programmer with data science background, my attention is invariably caught by the real-world situations where machine learning algorithms have made a difference, for example: email spam filtering, news categorization, review based recommendations, social media sentiments etc. Time and again, I marvel at simplicity of the optimizations that lead to massive pay-offs notwithstanding the complex nature of machine learning problems.

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Workday and SAP SuccessFactors are two human capital management (HCM) solutions that provide a wide range of HR features to medium, large and enterprise companies. Some of those features include recruiting, payroll, compensation and learning. In this post, we’ll compare each software on various factors to help businesses make the right purchasing decision.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Tally and Business Intelligence go Hand in Hand! Tally® users are devoted and have come to depend on the Tally tool for enterprise, accounting and financial reporting and data management. So, when an organization contemplates the use of a business intelligence solution, it is crucial to integrate the data and the flexibility of user tools to provide seamless support and business intelligence for Tally and its user base.

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BI4Cloud

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Large construction projects require significant capital and inter-disciplinary skills and a convenient business structure for these developments are joint ventures where several parties are involved. Equally as common in construction is the use of independent business structures for separate projects for integrity and isolation from other projects. Business can quite easily have tens of projects in progress simultaneously and reporting on in a consolidated manner over all projects is a necessary

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Aqute Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

We have blogged before about competitive intelligence companies , but we did not discuss a related type of competitive intelligence provider: competitive intelligence software companies. Below is our current list of competitive intelligence software specialists. We have focused on companies that specifcally target competitive inelligence, rather than more general software including social media monitoring, press monitoring or business analytics, that also plays some role in competitive intellige

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Contify

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

As a programmer with data science background, my attention is invariably caught by the real-world situations where machine learning algorithms have made a difference, for example: email spam filtering, news categorization, review based recommendations, social media sentiments etc. Time and again, I marvel at simplicity of the optimizations that lead to massive pay-offs notwithstanding the complex nature of machine learning problems.

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Ellennaylor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

I was blogging about competitive intelligence at SCIP’s 2009 annual conference in Chicago. SCIP always provides attendees longer learning opportunities at pre-conference sessions that are a half or full day. SCIP gives attendees a detailed program including the names and bios of all the presenting speakers, their session topic which includes a brief description.

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Ask the average business leader how important data analytics is to his or her company, and you’re most likely to get this response: “Very important. We’re not using it as much as we’d like to, but analytics are a big part of our long-term growth strategy.” A recent report from Dun & Bradstreet and Forbes […].

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Reimagine Business Intelligence AND Your Future Business Success! Business intelligence tools do not have to be cumbersome. Business intelligence reporting does not have to be incomplete, inaccurate or dry and boring. If you can reimagine business intelligence, and see it for what it SHOULD be, rather than what you may have now or what you believe it is, your business users, IT staff and executives and managers can enjoy BI reporting, BI dashboards and BI tools that meet the needs of every user.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Mobile BI Tools with Great ROI and TCO? Yes! You CAN Have it All! I know many of you balk at the idea of upgrading or acquiring BI tools. The benefits of business intelligence software are well known but organizations are often discouraged by what they perceive as the high cost and long implementation time required to complete the project. If you are on the fence about mobile business intelligence tools, or if you are afraid of upgrading what you have, be not afraid!

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

All Business Intelligence Solutions are Not Alike! There is a lot to business intelligence and it is easy to get lost in the details but, if you want to promote a self-serve BI environment for your users, you will want to have a good understanding of your product options. Look for a solution that offers key performance indicator analytics, with an easy-to-personalize KPI dashboard.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Visual Analytics Software and BI Analytics Tools Help to Solve Problems! Studies show that people learn and make connections faster and better when they can see visual depictions of information. The saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ is true and understanding that concept is crucial to business success. Users and executives do not want to read through hundreds of pages of information.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Take the Guesswork Out of Analytics with Smart Data Visualization! Smart data visualization takes the guesswork out of data analysis. Why ask your business users to use cumbersome, difficult tools to analyze data or expect them to wait for professional analysts or IT staff to satisfy their analytical needs. They have a job to do and you hold them accountable for results but if they don’t have the right data visualization tools, they can’t get the most out of data.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Plug n’ Play Predictive Analytics Solutions for Every Business User! Predictive analysis is very important to your organization. If you can dependably predict and forecast results, you can stay ahead of the competition, address changing customer needs, capitalize on opportunities and solve problems before they negatively impact your enterprise.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Every enterprise is talking about Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics. Every enterprise has considered the benefits of implementing self-serve analytics across the organization and involving business users in the process. Panel discussions at technology conferences and hallway conversations among executives and IT staff encourage the trend and create anxiety within the organization that has not yet embraced advanced analytics at the grassroots level.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis: Sophisticated, Yet Easy for Every User! Oh, the confusion of advanced analytical terminology. Read a report, attend a conference and your head is swirling with terms like ‘assisted predictive modeling’, plug n’ play predictive analysis, smart visualization, augmented data discovery and augmented data preparation.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Advanced Data Discovery to Advance Your Business! Advanced Data Discovery is only possible with the right data discovery tools. If you want to encourage smart data discovery, you don’t need smarter users – you need smarter tools. Advanced Analytics Tools should be simple enough for every business user to perform advanced data discovery using auto-suggested relationships and revealing the impact of decisions and changes within the organization.

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Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.

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Ellennaylor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

This is a follow-up to “ Netiquette on LinkedIn.” In the spirit of cooperative intelligence , I will illustrate how to be cooperative by sharing examples of bad Twitter communication practices that alienate Twitter followers. 14 ways to alienate Twitter followers. 1. Advertise your blog posts and everything about your business with every Tweet.

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

All businesses need an effective way to manage their employees. Human resource management systems (HRMSs) are designed to make onboarding, managing, paying and administering benefits to employees much easier. Two popular HRMS solutions are Zenefits and Namely. Here, we’ll give you an overview of each solution, let you know how they stack up against each […].

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Gusto and Zenefits are cloud-based HR management systems (HRMSs) geared to small and mid-size businesses. These solutions offer HR services, including payroll, benefits and compliance to help businesses operate more efficiently by reducing paperwork and simplifying time-intensive tasks. Product Overviews Here’s some information from our Gusto and Zenefits reviews that summarize each product: Gusto: Gusto […].

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Namely is an all-in-one human resource management system (HRMS) platform targeted to mid-size and large companies. The software has five main components: modern HR, payroll, benefits, time management and talent management. A couple of its unique features are the social networking feed for company updates and the Namely Exchange, an online marketplace for employee benefits.

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Elegant BI

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Self-Serve Data Preparation Makes Business Users More Productive and Efficient! There is too much to do in a day to wait for someone else to give you the data you need. But, when it comes to data preparation and data analytics, business users are usually not comfortable with complex solutions that are time consuming or that require professional analytical skills.

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Ellennaylor

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

In 2 earlier posts I shared book lists we used to supplement our AMA (American Marketing Association) workshop on Integrating Competitive Intelligence into Marketing. In the cooperative spirit, today’s post provides books and blogs to help you read up on social networks. A targeted social media strategy is a strong and essential ingredient to any research project!

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Better Buys

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Technology has innovated learning. From videos to live-virtual classrooms, to online learning materials that are available anytime, anywhere, technology has shaken up how people engage with and process information. Learning management systems (LMSs) have made it easier than ever for all types of organizations to create, update, organize and distribute courses to boost learners’ engagement and […].

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