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41. |  The Analytical Puzzle: Profitable Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics By: David Haertzen Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 01-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 08-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Analytical Puzzle: Profitable Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics
Do you enjoy completing puzzles? Perhaps one of the most challenging (yet rewarding) puzzles is delivering a successful data warehouse suitable for data mining and analytics. The Analytical Puzzle describes an unbiased, practical, and comprehensive approach to building a data warehouse which will lead to an increased level of business intelligence within your organization. New technologies continuously impact this approach and therefore this book explains how to leverage big data, cloud computing, data warehouse appliances, data mining, predictive analytics, data visualization and mobile...
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42. |  IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence 10: The Official Guide By: Dan Volitich; Gerard Ruppert Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 30-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence 10: The Official Guide The only authorized guide to IBM Cognos Business Intelligence v10.1
Updated for the latest release of the software, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10: The Official Guide explains how to create, implement, and manage an enterprise BI solution. Maximize all of the new and enhanced features, including the powerful modeling, monitoring, and analytics capabilities. Build and deliver reports that foster informed business decisions and better results. Filled with real-world examples and expert advice, this practical resource is ideal for anyone working with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence...
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43. |  Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012, Third Edition By: Brian Larson Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 16-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 24-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012, Third Edition Implement a Robust BI Solution with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Equip your organization for informed, timely decision making using the expert tips and best practices in this practical guide. Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Third Edition explains how to effectively develop, customize, and distribute meaningful information to users enterprise-wide. Learn how to build data marts and create BI Semantic Models, work with the MDX and DAX languages, and share insights using Microsoft client tools. Data mining and forecasting are also covered in this comprehensive...
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44. |  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 Dashboarding Cookbook By: Ankit Garg ; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 20-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 21-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 Dashboarding Cookbook
"Create custom dashboards and share using IBM Cognos BI 10.1 with this book and ebook.
Exploring and interacting with IBM Cognos Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced
Creating dashboards in IBM Cognos Business Insight and Business Insight Advanced
Sharing and Collaborating on Dashboards using portlets
Best practices related to Dashboards in Cognos 10.1
In Detail
IBM Cognos 10 BI is the leader in the Gartner quadrant in terms of BI capabilities. There have been new features introduced with IBM Cognos 10 BI in terms of dashboards and BI. The book intends to...
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45. |  Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial By: Christian Screen; Haroun Khan; Adrian Ward Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 19-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 21-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial
"Leverage the latest Fusion Middleware Business Intelligence offering with this action-packed
implementation guide with this book and ebook.
Get to grips with the OBIEE 11g suite for analyzing and reporting on your
business data
Immerse yourself in BI upgrading techniques, using Agents and the Action Framework and
much more in this book and e-book
A practical, from the coalface tutorial, bursting with step by step instructions and real world case
studies to help you implement the suite’s powerful analytic capabilities
In Detail
The Oracle Business Intelligence...
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46. |  Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology By: John Heaton; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 17-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology
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Over 80 quick and advanced recipes that focus on real-world techniques and solutions to manage, design, and
build data warehouse and business intelligence projects with this book and ebook.
Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips with clear step-by-step instructions and
real time examples to perform key steps and functions on your project
Practical ways to estimate the effort of a data warehouse solution based on a standard work
breakdown structure.
Learn to effectively turn the project from development to a live solution
Best practices to create a blueprint for the...
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47. |  Practical PowerPivot & Dax Formulas For Excel® 2010 By: Art Tennick Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 16-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 12-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical PowerPivot & Dax Formulas For Excel® 2010 250 + ready-to-use, powerful DAX formulas
Develop effective business intelligence (BI) solutions and drive faster, better decision making across your enterprise with help from an experienced database consultant and trainer. Through clear explanations, screenshots, and examples, Practical PowerPivot & DAX Formulas for Excel 2010 shows you how to extract actionable insights from vast amounts of corporate data. More than 250 downloadable DAX formulas plus valuable appendixes covering SQL, MDX, and DMX query design are included in this hands-on guide.
• Build pivot tables and charts with...
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48. |  Data Mart Consolidation: Getting Control of Your Enterprise Information By: Chuck Ballard; Amit Gupta; Vijaya Krishnan; Nelson Pessoa; Olaf Stephan Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 02-AUG-2005 Insert Date: 31-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Data Mart Consolidation: Getting Control of Your Enterprise Information This IBM Redbooks publication is primarily intended for use by
IBM Clients and IBM Business Partners. The current direction in the
Business Intelligence marketplace is towards data mart
consolidation. Originally data marts were built for many different
reasons, such as departmental or organizational control, faster
query response times, easier and faster to design and build, and
fast payback.
However, data marts did not always provide the best solution
when it came to viewing the business enterprise as a whole. They
provide benefits to the department or organization to whom they
belong, but...
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49. |  IBM Cognos TM1 Developer's Certification Guide By: James D. Miller; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-APR-2012 Insert Date: 01-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Cognos TM1 Developer's Certification Guide
"Fast track your way to COG-310 certification! with this book and ebook.
Successfully clear COG-310 certification.
Master the major components that make up Cognos TM1 and learn the function of each.
Understand the advantages of using Rules versus Turbo Integrator
This book provides a perfect study outline and self-test for each exam topic
In Detail
IBM Cognos TM1 is enterprise planning software that provides a complete, dynamic environment for developing timely, reliable and personalized forecasts and budgets. It is a real time, in memory tool that helps any sized...
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50. |  By: Michael Milton Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 28-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 01-MAY-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Datenanalyse von Kopf bis Fuß
Natürlich kann man Geschäftsentscheidungen aus unternehmerischem Instinkt treffen. In der Regel ist es aber doch sehr empfehlenswert, das Bauchgefühl mit objektivierbaren Fakten zu unterfüttern.
Dazu müssen Sie als erstes Daten erheben, eventuell Umfragen durchführen oder geeignetes bestehendes Zahlenmaterial sammeln. Dann geht es an die eigentliche Analyse: Welche Muster lassen sich erkennen, was ist aussagekräftig und was nur weißes Rauschen, welche Schlüsse lassen sich ziehen, und ist vielleicht sogar eine Zukunftsprognose möglich? Sie erfahren in "Datenanalyse von Kopf bis Fuß", mit...
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51. |  Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar By: Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 30-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 27-APR-2012 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar This collection represents the full spectrum of data-related content we’ve published on O’Reilly Radar over the last year. Mike Loukides kicked things off in June 2010 with “What is data science?” and from there we’ve pursued the various threads and themes that naturally emerged. Now, roughly a year later, we can look back over all we’ve covered and identify a number of core data areas:Data issues -- The opportunities and ambiguities of the data space are evident in discussions around privacy, the implications of data-centric industries, and the debate about the phrase “data science”...
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52. |  Data Resource Integration: Understanding and Resolving a Disparate Data Resource By: Michael H. Brackett Publisher: Technics Publications Publication Date: 15-APR-2012 Insert Date: 21-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Data Resource Integration: Understanding and Resolving a Disparate Data Resource
Are you struggling with a disparate data resource? Are there multiple existences of the same business fact scattered throughout the data resource? Are those multiple existences out of synch with each other? Do you have difficulty finding the data you need to support business activities? Do the data you find have poor quality? If the answer to any of these questions is Yes, then you need this book to guide you toward creating an integrated data resource.
Most public and private sector organizations have a disparate data resource that was created over many years. That disparate data...
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53. |  Flexible Decision Automation for Your zEnterprise with Business Rules and Events By: Janet Wall; Chris Backhouse; Sebastien Brunot; Pierre Feillet; Mark Hiscock; Mike Johnson; Yongxin Pan; Wang Wenjie; Timothy Wuthenow Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 04-APR-2012 Insert Date: 17-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Flexible Decision Automation for Your zEnterprise with Business Rules and Events The IBM® WebSphere® Operational Decision Management
product family provides value to organizations that want to improve
the responsiveness and precision of automated decisions. This
decision management platform on IBM z/OS® provides
comprehensive automation and governance of operational decisions
that are made within mainframe applications. These decisions can be
shared with other cross-platform applications, providing true
enterprise decision management.
This IBM Redbooks® publication makes the case for using
WebSphere Operational Decision Management for z/OS and provides an
overview of...
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54. |  Data Mining Techniques: For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management, Third Edition By: Gordon S. Linoff; Michael J. A. Berry Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-MAR-2011 Insert Date: 12-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Data Mining Techniques: For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management, Third Edition
The leading introductory book on data mining, fully updated and revised!
When Berry and Linoff wrote the first edition of Data Mining Techniques in the late 1990s, data mining was just starting to move out of the lab and into the office and has since grown to become an indispensable tool of modern business. This new edition—more than 50% new and revised—is a significant update from the previous one, and shows you how to harness the newest data mining methods and techniques to solve common business problems. The duo of unparalleled authors share invaluable advice for improving response...
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55. |  By: Peter Harrington Publisher: Manning Publications Publication Date: 28-APR-2012 Insert Date: 06-APR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Machine Learning in Action Summary
Machine Learning in Action is a unique book that blends
the foundational theories of machine learning with the practical
realities of building tools for everyday data analysis. You'll use
the flexible Python programming language to build programs that
implement algorithms for data classification, forecasting,
recommendations, and higher-level features like summarization and
simplification.
About this Book
A machine is said to learn when its performance improves with
experience. Learning requires algorithms and programs that capture
data and ferret out the interesting or useful...
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56. |  By: Chuck Ballard; Ahmed Abdel-Hamid; Robert Frankus; Fabio Hasegawa; Julio Larrechart; Pietro Leo; Jo Ramos Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 28-AUG-2006 Insert Date: 20-MAR-2012 Slots: 1.0 | In this IBM Redbooks publication, we describe and demonstrate
how to implement enterprise performance insight. This is an
initiative that has a primary focus on the integration of Business
Process Management and Business Intelligence. With this capability,
management has an enterprise-wide view of their business that can
enable proactive business management.We discuss the techniques, architectures, and processes used to
define and implement such an environment. Among the specific
techniques and technologies used are key performance indicators,
process alerts, management dashboards, analytic...
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57. |  By: Edd Dumbill Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 12-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 15-MAR-2012 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Planning for Big Data In an age where everything is measurable, understanding big data is an essential. From creating new data-driven products through to increasing operational efficiency, big data has the potential to make
your organization both more competitive and more innovative.
As this emerging field transitions from the bleeding edge to enterprise infrastructure, it's vital to understand not only the technologies involved, but the organizational and cultural demands of being data-driven....
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58. |  Foundations of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence, Second Edition By: Guy Fouché; Lynn Langit Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 01-APR-2011 Insert Date: 16-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Foundations of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence, Second Edition
Foundations of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence introduces the exciting gamut of business intelligence tools included with SQL Server 2008. Microsoft has designed SQL Server 2008 to be more than just a database. It's a complete business intelligence (BI) platform. The database is at the core, and surrounding the database are tools for data mining, modeling, reporting, analyzing, charting, and integration with other, enterprise-level software packages.
SQL Server 2008 puts an incredible amount of BI functionality at your disposal. But how do you take advantage of it? That's what...
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59. |  IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 8.4 Configuration and Implementation Scenarios By: Nagraj Alur; Mario Deschatelets; Ashish Jain; Sreeram Potukuchi; Wojciech Radzikowski; Filip Zawadiak Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 08-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 06-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 8.4 Configuration and Implementation Scenarios This IBM Redbooks publication documents the procedures for
implementing IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition Version 8.4 technology
in a single-server Windows environment, two-server Linux
environment, and a four-server AIX environment. Supported data
sources include DB2, Windows file system, DB2 Content Manager,
Lotus Domino, Lotus Quickplace, WebSphere Portal Server, Web
Content Management (WCM), and Portal Document Manager (PDM).Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) is the LDAP repository used in the
scenarios.It is aimed at IT architects and search administrators who are
responsible for managing IBM...
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60. |  Getting Started with Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition Customization 101 By: Wei-Dong Zhu; Ivy Cheng; Vijay Gupta; Naomi Wan; Brian Wilkins; Song Lin Zhao Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 08-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 06-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Getting Started with Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition Customization 101 IBM Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition integrates
IBM OmniFind Discovery Edition with IBM WebSphere Commerce. The
integration helps online retail and catalog companies convert
shoppers into buyers by making it easier for people to find the
right products and services that match their specific requirements
from the Web.This IBM Redbooks publication provides an introduction to
customizing the Commerce Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition
using OmniFind Discovery Edition APIs. We introduce some of the
basic APIs and show examples of using them to run simple searches,
refine search...
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