Podcast: Mastering business intelligence and data management |
 |
By Robert Westervelt, News Editor
28 Jul 2006 | SearchManufacturingERP.com |
|
|
 SAP, Oracle and Microsoft are challenging niche business intelligence vendors in the business intelligence market, according to analyst firm Gartner Inc. Hannah Smalltree of SearchDataManagement.com explains what experts and analysts are saying about the state of the BI market, gives some best practices to follow, and discusses how master data management fits in with many BI investments. Scott Lawrence, director of product marketing at BI vendor, Cognos Inc., joins SearchSAP.com news editor Robert Westervelt in a recent interview about how SAP firms are discovering the value of SAP Business Warehouse and how Cognos addresses growing security concerns.
| Podcast: Mastering business intelligence and data management | |
(1:05) News Roundup: SAP will make its Solution Manager the primary source for maintenance updates for mySAP Business Suite 2005 customers starting in April, 2007.
(2:05) News Roundup: SAP announces first new Duet customer.
(3:05) Hannah Smalltree of SearchDataManagement.com discusses how business intelligence vendors compare to BI features offered by large ERP vendors.
(4:44) When companies deploy business intelligence tools do experts recommend a certain roadmap to follow?
(6:16) How are companies addressing data quality? Where does master data management fit into the equation?
(7:22) Does master data management come after a BI deployment?
(8:19) What do experts say is the most difficult part of an MDM project?
(10:39) Scott Lawrence, director of product marketing for Cognos Inc: Does Cognos primarily serve SAP customers?
(12:46) As SAP puts more resources into SAP Business Warehouse, is it becoming more complicated for customers?
(14:38) Does putting more BI tools in the hands of end users expose companies to security issues?
(16:58) Is security a top issue for companies implementing BI tools?
Podcast: SAP boosts queries with Business Intelligence Accelerator: SAP's Roman Bukary discusses the SAP Business Intelligence Accelerator, an appliance that SAP says will boost query performance. The box can be plugged into NetWeaver to speed high volumes of queries from end users of SAP NetWeaver BI, according to Bukary.
Podcast: Master data management trends and resources for SAP customers: Master data management is emerging as an important enterprise technology. Gartner's Andrew White and SAP's Sunil Gupta discuss recent trends affecting SAP customers and the market as a whole with News Editor Robert Westervelt.
ROI series: Building a business case for SAP BW: Read expert advice on how to build a business case for SAP BW in this tip from BI/BW expert Jay Narayanan.
New SAP business unit to focus on compliance: SAP is creating a new business unit to wrap its compliance products with software from its recent acquisition of compliance software vendor, Virsa Systems Inc.
SearchSAP.com Audio Archive: View a list of recent podcasts on various issues at our audio download homepage.
SearchSAP.com Editorial Blog: This is the place for additional commentary and discussion about recent events, news stories or whatever else happens in the SAP world.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of . |
|
| | |
All Rights Reserved, , TechTarget |
|
|
|
|
|
