http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ Use IThound RSS Feeds to keep up-to-date with new research on the topics that are most important to you. Kognitio Celebrates Ten Years of Providing Call Pricing and Analysis Service to BT with Kognitio WX2 and DaaSTM (Data warehousing as a Service) In this case study learn how BT stays ahead of the game using powerful dynamic “what-if” analysis that enables them to perform fast, clear and dynamic re-pricing and analysis in the fiercely competitive telecommunications sector. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=2273 Tattershall Castle Group (TCG) knows its business inside out thanks to Kognitio and WX2 Leading UK pub company TCG wanted to look into their business data to validate the decision-making process in all of their houses. This case study reveals how correlating data across the business, TCG have realized immediate savings which have gone straight to the bottom line. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=2272 Business Intelligence Moves into the Mainstream: Supporting Pervasive BI with New Technology. Business Intelligence (BI) is now moving beyond strategic and trend analytics, permeating all aspects of the enterprise. This explosion in query volume of increasing complexity means underlying technologies are feeling the strain. Discover how new tools are overcoming these challenges. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=2224 Panorama Proactive Business Intelligence Panorama NovaView 5 is a comprehensive suite of web-enabled business intelligence applications, offering the best of query and analysis, formatted reporting, performance dashboards, KPI scorecards, modelling, advanced visualization, and automated report distribution. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/solution_summary?id=2065 Insurance 2020 - Now what? Exploring initiatives for innovation This study shows that insurers focus on the optimization of products and processes and accept it as though it were innovation. However, the power of innovation does not come simply from the use of a specific technology to overcome a problem, but from the willingness to try something different. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=2001 Three Pragmatic Steps to Better Budgeting and Rolling Forecasts Based on studies to better understand best practices in planning and forecasting and how to achieve them, this white paper discusses the four main challenges that prevent finance executives and business leaders having the future visibility they need to predict and manage their business. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=1398 Enterprise Performance Management Are you managing your company’s performance as effectively as possible? This white paper discusses how a lack of integrated enterprise performance management (EPM) results can make it difficult to identify which areas of the business are reaching full potential. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=1399 Three ways to innovate your business model Anticipating massive change across diverse industries, top-performing CEOs are focusing on business model innovation as a path to competitive power and growth. To accomplish this, business leaders can utilize three main types of business model innovation. These are descibed in detail in this report from IBM. http://ithound.computing.co.uk/ithound/view_abstract?id=498