New Frontiers in Business Intelligence

If Geo-Location is at hand, can GeoBI be far behind?

nari — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:51:58 +0000

Already, there are fledgling efforts at places like Starbucks Coffee to send you a coupon for a discount on a Latte if you went to a specific store nearby when you are on the move! Checkout this article - A...

Has Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Pervaded Operations?

nari — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:13:48 +0000

This was spurred by Jessica Ann Mola's question posted here on ebizq elsewhere on whether BI has mainstreamed and gotten into country's operations. You may have noticed grocery store employees or employees at places like Wal-Mart walking around with little...

From One Kind of Business Intelligence Jail To Another......

nari — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:04:28 +0000

Anyone remember the Network Databases of mainframe systems, before the days of Relational Algebra and Relational Databases? People sighed with relief when Relational Algebra gave us elegant ways of organizing and querying databases during the late 70s and early 80's....

How Do-It-Yourself Business Intelligence can revitalize the BI Space

nari — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:46:17 +0000

The Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing software products space seems to be in a funk! It seems to be somewhat mature and looking for some new directions! Users have been always clamoring for more flexible, do-it-yourself Business Intelligence solutions and...

Concerns about Cloud Security Bubbling Up!

nari — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:53:07 +0000

Quite often, a good way to gauge concerns about a new technology is the number of startups already getting funded to address Security Concerns in that new area! With the recent high interest in Cloud Computing, it is only a...

Process Documentation is Half of Legacy Modernization!

nari — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:19:25 +0000

There is a lot of Legacy Modernization, SOAs, Business Rules discussion in eBizq these days and it is a very important topic. Legacy modernization is the key to cutting costs in a lot of companies - not just IT costs...

Practical Problems in Adoption of BPMS Packages

nari — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:01:03 +0000

If there is one single technology that could introduce a lot of efficiencies and effectiveness improvements in companies, it is BPMS software. They can tie together, the many disparate systems used to execute business processes within a company! Ask even the most IT...

One Single Secret to Improvements in IT - Lean Thinking!

nari — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:16:39 +0000

Lean Thinking, whether it is in the form of Lean Manufacturing, or Lean Business Processes has at its core a very simple concept - Elimination of Waste of every kind - Unnecessary Physical Movement, Unnecessary Money, Time and other Resources...

Starbucks, Lean Process Improvement and IT!

nari — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:01:24 +0000

There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal recently about Lean Process Improvement at Starbucks stores: Latest Starbucks Buzzword: 'Lean' Japanese Techniques is an interesting article that outlines how Starbucks implemented Lean Process Improvements in many of their stores....

Service Oriented Architecture - Necessary for any Business Process Improvement

nari — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:19:11 +0000

Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and "re-purposing" old legacy systems with SOA seem to be a bottom line necessity for doing any kind of Business Process Optimization or improvement! No matter which vertical you choose, Banking, Finance. Insurance, Healthcare, Telecom, early...

Relational Databases in The Cloud... Exciting Possibilities.....

nari — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:28:01 +0000

Microsoft is getting ready the SQL Azure Platform. This is an exicting and an important milestone in Cloud computing! The Microsoft Azure platform provides a set of web services with which you can create, populate, query, and use a SQL server...

Powerful Professional Social Networking That Works!

nari — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:37:02 +0000

My Last blog entry was on Biggest Threat to Social Networks? Spam? . Did not want to leave the impression that all Social Networks are useless. In fact, I have been very impressed with LinkedIn and how it helped me...

Biggest Threat to Social Networks? Spam?

nari — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:03:41 +0000

Today, for the third time in a week, I got three spam messages from Twitter users. All of them were now following me, and wanted me to follow them. All three were from Porno sites parading as Singles sites! This...

How can lowly FAQ pages simplify Help Desk Processes?

nari — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:26:09 +0000

FAQ pages abound these days almost in every company's website. The last five or ten years have seen FAQ pages have a real positive impact on Help Desk processes in companies. I have used and am full of admiration of...

Tech Sizzle does not pay off as much as Cost Cutting Business Intelligence

nari — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:08:13 +0000

Whenever we think of industries making gizmos or providing services, cheaper and at better quality, the typical media coverage is on Technical Sizzle, new groundbreaking technology improvements that promise bigger and better productivity and better quality! In many cases this is...