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In this issue of MicroStrategy UK Direct we highlight how BI technology can help organisations ensure better business performance, and we introduce our biggest release in nearly
a decade - MicroStrategy 9.
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Business Intelligence: Tools of the
Trade for Decision Makers to Gain Strategic Advantage
Business Intelligence is all about speed – it gives corporate decision
makers the modelling tools they need to make complex and important
decisions quickly. Just as important as offering a forward view,
however, BI allows executives to look back and find out what happened
when something went wrong.
“It can be easily argued that our current world economic crisis
can be partially blamed on poor intelligence,” said Boris Evelson,
an analyst at Forrester, told CRM Buyer. “Government and business
leaders ignored the information, made decisions based on wrong information,
or made wrong decisions based on right information.”
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Business Intelligence Part Two: Creativity in Overdrive
MicroStrategy 9 Blends High Performance
with Simplicity and Sophistication
MicroStrategy 9, the company’s most significant release in nearly
a decade, is now available and includes significant new products
and enhancements to its BI software platform. As was showcased at
the recent MicroStrategy 9 Live Roadshow, this major release delivers
new technology and features designed to:
- Extend enterprise BI with enhancements
for greater scalability, performance, and efficiency
- Enable rapid development and
deployment of departmental BI applications
- Provide a seamless consolidation
path from departmental BI to enterprise BI
“Today organisations need a business intelligence solution that
can support user self-sufficiency and can respond more quickly and
effectively to local business needs. MicroStrategy 9 provides end
users with more control over the analysis and reports they create
and helps them to be more self-sufficient, require far less IT support,
and quickly adapt to changing business requirements.” Wayne Eckerson,
Director of TDWI Research at The Data Warehousing Institute.
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What Others Are Saying
New Features
Pervasive Use of BI Leads to Better
Business Performance
According to a survey conducted by Network Computing, better business
performance goes hand in hand with pervasive use of BI. Two thirds
of respondents who ranked their companies as ‘very successful’ in
supporting improved business performance with BI, classified their BI deployments as ‘mature’ or ‘centralized’. They are also more likely to report ‘pervasive’ or ‘fairly broad’ BI adoption.
MicroStrategy user, Transportation Security Administration (TSA),
is highlighted as a success story, having compounded the benefits
of BI through its Performance Information Management System (PIMS).
Using PIMS which is built on MicroStrategy BI software, TSA has
achieved massive cost reductions and avoidance of $100 million,
coming mainly from decreases in overtime, severity of injuries,
attrition and unscheduled absences.
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Introduction to Enterprise Business Intelligence
Dashboards, Reports, and Analytics for the Business User
MicroStrategy
Top Software Vendor for Retailers
Retail Info Systems (RIS) News has named MicroStrategy on its 2008
Software LeaderBoard, which highlights the top software vendors
for retailers. The RIS Software LeaderBoard compares software companies
serving the retail industry in a head-to-head ranking that is based
largely on retailer evaluations. MicroStrategy was also ranked in
the top five in the following RIS LeaderBoard categories:
- Leaders in Overall Performance
- Leaders in Technology Innovation
- Leaders in Total Cost of Ownership
by Tier One & Mid-size retailers
- Leaders in ROI by Tier One
& Mid-size retailers
- Leaders in Product Reliability
by Tier One & Mid-size Retailers
MicroStrategy’s business intelligence software is used by retailers
worldwide, including Starbucks, METRO Group, Limited Brands, Hallmark
Cards, Lowe’s Companies, Sainsbury’s, Boots, and Comet Group Plc.
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