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How to Select a Business Intelligence Vendor: A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Vendors' Technologies, Alignment With Customer Needs, and Corporate Strength and Stability

PublisherSAS Institute
Format812.7KB PDFDate added01 Jul 2004
Topics Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing
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Today's marketplace realities have rendered old ways of doing business obsolete. What were once reliable sources of revenue growth and services now can be copied within days. One thing that hasn't changed is the pressure to return value to shareholders - to enter and win new markets, increase profitability and cut costs. In an environment where the "low-hanging fruit" has long since been picked clean, your organization has to continually find new ways to survive and grow. The only way to accomplish this goal is to scrutinize every facet of the enterprise and determine how each function can be optimized to work smarter, respond faster to new challenges and contribute to your organization's most critical objectives.

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