Business Analytics

IBM ILOG helps new IT target drug counterfeiting in developing countries

May 17, 2012 No Comments

Sproxil, a startup that develops tools for brand protection in emerging markets, has enlisted IBM technology to help reduce drug counterfeiting and help consumers to verify the authenticity of prescriptions with their smartphones. Through its collaboration with IBM, Sproxil officials say the company is extending manufacturers’ ability to view and analyze real time consumer data to detect and prevent drug counterfeiting in developing countries – where 25 to 50 percent of medicines are believed to be counterfeit, costing the pharmaceutical industry as much as $75 billion a year.

Using IBM Analytics, Santam Saves $2.4 Million in Fraudulent Claims

May 16, 2012 No Comments

IBM today announced that Santam, South Africa’s leading short term insurance company, has saved $2.4 million on fraudulent claims in the first four months of using IBM business analytics software. The analytics software has enhanced Santam’s fraud detection capabilities and also enabled faster payouts for legitimate claims.

New Resources Focus on Eliminating Complexity from Application Development

May 16, 2012 No Comments

IBM is introducing new offerings to make it easier for business partners and clients to create “patterns of expertise”, a new software capability first introduced as part of IBM’s PureSystems family of expert integrated systems. These patterns are designed to radically streamline the set-up and management of hardware and software resources. (#IBMPureSystems)

Yahoo launches big data analytics tool for online advertisers

May 15, 2012 No Comments

Yahoo today launched a new tool for online advertisers designed to take advantage of the company’s extensive experience with big data analytics.

Using IBM Analytics, Santam Saves $2.4 Million in Fraudulent Claims

May 9, 2012 No Comments

IBM announced that Santam, South Africa’s leading short term insurance company, has saved $2.4 million on fraudulent claims in the first four months of using IBM business analytics software.

IBM to Acquire Tealeaf Technology, Inc. to Help Marketers Deliver Exceptional Digital Experience for Smarter Commerce

May 8, 2012 No Comments

IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tealeaf Technology, Inc., a leading provider of customer experience analytics software that helps organizations to gain intelligence and react more swiftly to consumer trends in today’s digitally transformed marketplace.

IBM IMPACT 2012 Opening Keynotes

April 30, 2012 No Comments

After a great introductory session from Walter Isaacson (biographer of Einstein, Franklin and Jobs), we kicked off the main session at IBM’s largest IMPACT conference with over 8,500 attendees with a focus on re-thinking IT.

Leicester Tigers Rugby Team Deploys Predictive Analytics from IBM to Reduce Injury Number and Severity

April 27, 2012 No Comments

Analytics is becoming a critical asset for professional sports teams, as sports increasingly becomes a technical and scientific business. Like any commercial organization,

IBM Survey Reveals Digital Behavioral Trends for Consumers: What is your Digital Personality?

April 18, 2012 No Comments

A new IBM study of the media and entertainment market (NYSE: IBM), reveals that as consumers adopt an increasing number of digital devices, four distinct new “digital personalities” are emerging. This shift is compelling companies to adopt more innovative business models that deliver personalized experiences.

Database: IBM Databases: Top 10 Innovations of the Past 50 Years

April 9, 2012 No Comments

On April 3, IBM announced new database software to help clients make faster decisions and better understand relationships between disparate types of data for improved decision making.

MicroStrategy Selected by Heartland Payment Systems® as its Enterprise Business Intelligence Standard

March 27, 2012 No Comments

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Heartland Payment Systems, one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has chosen MicroStrategy as its enterprise BI standard, replacing its SAP BusinessObjects installation.

Beyond Big Data: Gartner on “Extreme” Information Management

March 20, 2012 No Comments

“There is no such thing as information overload,” Beyer said, because IT organizations must deal with the data and can’t surrender. By 2015, organizations that build a modern information management system will outperform their peers financially by 20 percent.

How Big Data Shapes Business Results

March 20, 2012 No Comments

This keynote offers a critical look at how these trends are fuelling the explosion of what may be the most important market and technology trend for 2012 and beyond: big data — the dramatic increase in the volume and detail of information captured both inside and outside of organizations — and its correlation to business performance.

How Reporting, Analytics and Metrics Affect Outcomes and Save Lives

March 20, 2012 No Comments

Cleveland Clinic has developed a program where staff from the compliance department anonymously watch workers in different departments and record whether they do in fact follow hand hygiene guidelines. Their findings are uploaded into Cleveland Clinic’s enterprise analytics system and are accessible via a tab in an analytics dashboard.

Teradata Expands Integrated Analytics Portfolio

March 7, 2012 No Comments

ased on increased customer demand for faster performance, a wider variety of business intelligence applications, and self-service analytics, Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the world’s leading analytic data solutions company, today announced the continued expansion of Teradata Integrated Analytics portfolio.

Life Care Centers of America Chooses Microsoft for Business Intelligence

March 7, 2012 No Comments

ife Care Centers of America has announced the successful deployment of a Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution in more than 200 skilled nursing facilities nationwide.

Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine

February 27, 2012 No Comments

First Engineered System for In-Memory Decision Support, Online Analytical Processing, Forecasting and Planning

Yodil, Inc. Signs Agreement With Mountain States Insurance Group

February 15, 2012 No Comments

Yodil, Inc., a provider of business intelligence (BI), data analytics, and operational and management reporting to the insurance industry, has signed an agreement with Mountain States Insurance Group (MSIG), an insurance carrier specializing in commercial insurance coverage.

Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring

February 8, 2012 No Comments

The Gartner’s comprehensive 2011 “Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)” report evaluates 29 vendors on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

TD Ameritrade Institutional Announces Technology Advancements to Increase Advisor Productivity, Business Growth

February 2, 2012 No Comments

SOURCE: TD Ameritrade JERSEY CITY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Advisors are taking a hard look at their back office operations to identify and take advantage of potential efficiencies. According to TD Ameritrade Institutional’s latest RIA ...

Salesforce.com Customers Say New Analytics Should Be Included in Core Fees

January 30, 2012 No Comments

Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) software will have an additional price tag, saying that the functionality it includes should be part of their base subscriptions.

Ascending the maturity curve: Effective management of enterprise risk and compliance

January 25, 2012 No Comments

Most organisations have come a long way in managing financial risks, and it is a rare large company that does not have a C-level executive focusing on the overall approach to risk and compliance. That does not mean that risk and compliance are under control; in fact, there are usually varying levels of effectiveness throughout the organisation. Despite recognising the benefits of an integrated approach, few organisations manage risk and compliance activities consistently and efficiently.

Retroactive Governance is Better than Nothing

January 12, 2012 No Comments

You won’t have to try too hard to imagine this scenario: you installed an application for a specific department to solve a certain task — let’s call it marketing automation and team sites in SharePoint. A few months later you come back to find that it has spiraled into dozens of other departments and the system is growing like an insatiable IT monster.

IBM Attacks the Complexity of Security with Identity Intelligence

January 12, 2012 No Comments

IBM today announced a new identity intelligence breakthrough designed in IBM labs to provide corporations with a far more sophisticated approach to managing the information employees can access.

The Future of Mobile Analytics is NOW

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Check out this presentation from Sapphire NOW Madrid by Steve Lucas, general manager, business analytics and technology, SAP, covering the latest on business analytics solutions from SAP for mobile devices.

Expanding Business Analytics: Supporting all Information Workers

January 10, 2012 No Comments

Join IBM and special guest Claudia Imhoff, Ph. D, President of Intelligent Solutions, Inc to discuss the key characteristics of these 3 categories of workers, the key BA capabilities each will need & the deployment options to go along with the technological considerations needed to create a truly world class and all-encompassing enterprise Business Analytics and Data Warehousing environment.

WHITE PAPER: Decisions that Drive Success through Predictive Analysis

January 3, 2012 No Comments

Learn how decision management optimizes and automates high-volume decisions to create successful outcomes.