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Host Analytics – Planning, Reporting and Consolidation

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Approachable Financial Applications Supported by Strong Data Integration, Reporting, and Graphics One of the growth areas in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions is the mid- market (companies between $50 million and $1 billion in revenue). EPM is top of mind for…
Barry Wilderman
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What CFOs Need to Know About SaaS and Cloud Integration

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Answers to Ten Common Questions Innovative CFOs Have Asked Organizations have escalated their adoption of cloud computing and SaaS applications in the past 3 years. As part of the broader trend in consumerization of IT (CoIT), business leaders have slowly tipped the balance…
R Ray Wang
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Does SAP HANA Change Your Database Strategy For SAP Apps?

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Both HANA as an architecture and database alternative indicate SAP’s future direction and next-generation approach. Consequently, numerous clients and SAP customers have inquired on whether or not they can replace their underlying Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)…
R Ray Wang
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Why the Move from Transaction to Experience Requires Better Analytics

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How Business Leaders Will Gain Better Insights and Make Better Decisions in an Era of Big Data Business leaders seek better insights for smarter decision-making. Unfortunately, today’s traditional intelligence tools were designed for two-dimensional transactional systems. As…
R Ray Wang
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Analytic Types, Roles and Skills

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Why Understanding the Breadth of Analytics is Crucial Using quantitative methods is rapidly becoming not an option for competitive advantage, but rather – at the very least – barely enough to keep up. Everyone needs to understand what’s involved in analytics, what your…
Neil Raden
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Enterprise Performance Management Market Overview

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The implementation of strategic plans is a high-risk operation, with failure rates exceeding 70 percent over the past five years. However, it doesn’t need to be this way. Our goal in this Market Overview is to help executives understand the potential of EPM and the…
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Vendor Profile - ClearPoint Strategy

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ClearPoint Strategy is an easy to use software package that is focused on strategy management only (i.e. no budgeting or planning software). Oddly enough (but rather effective), ClearPoint is owned by a parent company focused on strategy management professional services (called…
Barry Wilderman
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Vendor Profile - ActiveStrategy

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ActiveStrategy provides a broad set of offerings in strategy management, but lacks offerings in other EPM areas (like budgeting and planning). For companies focused on strategy management, ActiveStrategy’s software is comprehensive, and, as important, it provides customers with…
Barry Wilderman
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Departmental vs Enterprisewide Business Analytics

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Two distinct approaches, departmental BI/BA and enterprise BI/BA, have entrenched themselves into the psyche of business analytics buyers. Both approaches bring strengths and weaknesses to the business. Unfortunately, most organizations lack the ability to move from one approach…
R Ray Wang
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Why Middleware Matters in Next Generation Business Analytics

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Organizations awash with data seek opportunities to create useful business-oriented information. The proliferation of new data types, advancements in visualization technologies, explosion in styles, and variety of deployment options drives users to reevaluate their existing BI…
R Ray Wang
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Enterprise Energy/Carbon Management Solutions

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Whether driven by emerging regulations, cost, stockholder concerns, or customer demand, this overview will help the reader to: Understand your enterprise energy/carbon measurement, management, and reporting requirements and goals. Identify relevant products and vendors…
Adrian Bowles
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Constellation’s Research Outlook For 2011

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By Phil Fersht, Dennis Howlett, Elizabeth Herrell, Esteban Kolsky, Maribel Lopez, Vinnie Mirchandani, Sameer Patel, Frank Scavo, Alan Silberberg, Brian Solis, and R “ Ray” Wang Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive…
R Ray Wang, Frank Scavo, Elizabeth Herrell