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1. |  Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining By: Glenn J. Myatt Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 28-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 13-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining
A practical, step-by-step approach to making sense out of data
Making Sense of Data educates readers on the steps and issues that need to be considered in order to successfully complete a data analysis or data mining project. The author provides clear explanations that guide the reader to make timely and accurate decisions from data in almost every field of study. A step-by-step approach aids professionals in carefully analyzing data and implementing results, leading to the development of smarter business decisions. With a comprehensive collection of methods from both data analysis and...
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2. |  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence By: Dustin Adkison; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 07-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Discover the practical approach to BI with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Learn how to better administer your IBM Cognos 10 environment in order to improve productivity and efficiency.
Empower your business with the latest Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
Discover advanced tools and knowledge that can greatly improve daily tasks and analysis.
Explore the new interfaces of IBM Cognos 10.
In Detail
IBM Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables businesses to fully utilize their maximum potential. It connects people with information from virtually any data...
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3. |  By: Michael S. Gendron Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 30-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Expert guidance for building an information communication and technology infrastructure that provides best in business intelligence
Enterprise performance management (EPM) technology has been rapidly advancing, especially in the areas of predictive analysis and cloud-based solutions. Business intelligence caught on as a concept in the business world as the business strategy application of data warehousing in the early 2000s. With the recent surge in interest in data analytics and big data, it has seen a renewed level of interest as the ability of a business to find the valuable data in a...
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4. |  Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything By: Jeffrey Needham Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 06-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 04-MAY-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything In Disruptive Possibilities: How Big Data Changes Everything, Jeff enlightens Fortune 500 enterprises about the Big Data ecosystem as they begin to channel their data from stranded silos into an accessible reservoir of possibility and discovery. Jeff explains where commercial supercomputing came from, where it is and its impact on the future of computing....
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Instant Oracle BPM for Financial Services How-to By:Â B. M. Madhusudhan Lyons; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 24-APR-2013 Insert Date:Â 30-APR-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant Oracle BPM for Financial Services How-to
Discover how to leverage BPM in the financial sector
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
Simplifies complex business problems for financial services
Optimize, enhance, and modify your business processes
Includes enterprise architecture best practices
Highlights various roles of Business Process Management
In Detail
Oracle Business Process Management helps in process automation and improvement with a very high level of flexibility for all the process participants from the process planning team to the end...
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6. |  Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies By: Daniel Power Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies In modern, information-centric business environments, Decision Making Support Systems (DMSS) present a critical consideration for any organization serious about maintaining competitive advantage. Advances in information systems, knowledge management technologies, and other decision support systems necessitate a critical understanding of the latest trends and research. Engineering Effective Decision Support Technologies: New Models and Applications presents a collection of the latest research in DMSS and applies those theoretical considerations to best practices in the field. This reference...
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7. | Rough Cuts  By: Ian Robinson; Jim Webber; Emil Eifrem Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 23-APR-2013 | Overview: Graph Databases Graph Databases provides a practical foundation for those wanting to understand how to apply graph databases to real-world business solutions. Readers will learn where graph database are applicable, why they are useful, and how to design and implement solutions that use them. Against the background of an introduction to the graph database space in general, this book focuses on the practical application of graph databases, with many data model, query and code examples implemented using the Neo4j graph database....
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8. |  By: Mark Rittman Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 10-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 17-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle Exalytics Revealed
An in-depth Oracle Press guide to Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine.Written by Oracle ACE Director Mark Rittman, this e-book offers comprehensive coverage of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, the best-in-class, preintegrated BI platform.
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9. |  Win with Advanced Business Analytics: Creating Business Value from Your Data By: Jean Paul Isson; Jesse Harriott Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 09-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 09-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Win with Advanced Business Analytics: Creating Business Value from Your Data
Plain English guidance for strategic business analytics and big data implementation
In today's challenging economy, business analytics and big data have become more and more ubiquitous. While some businesses don't even know where to start, others are struggling to move from beyond basic reporting. In some instances management and executives do not see the value of analytics or have a clear understanding of business analytics vision mandate and benefits. Win with Advanced Analytics focuses on integrating multiple types of intelligence, such as web analytics, customer feedback, competitive...
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10. |  Smart Data: Enterprise Performance Optimization Strategy By: James A. George; James A. Rodger Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 15-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Smart Data: Enterprise Performance Optimization Strategy
The authors advocate attention to smart data strategy as an organizing element of enterprise performance optimization. They believe that "smart data" as a corporate priority could revolutionize government or commercial enterprise performance much like "six sigma" or "total quality" as organizing paradigms have done in the past. This revolution has not yet taken place because data historically resides in the province of the information resources organization. Solutions that render data smart are articulated in "technoid" terms versus the language of the board room. While books such as...
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11. |  Using Open Source Platforms for Business Intelligence By: Lyndsay Lyndsay Wise Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 23-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Using Open Source Platforms for Business Intelligence
Open Source BI solutions have many advantages over traditional proprietary software, from offering lower initial costs to more flexible support and integration options; but, until now, there has been no comprehensive guide to the complete offerings of the OS BI market. Writing for IT managers and business analysts without bias toward any BI suite, industry insider Lyndsay Wise covers the benefits and challenges of all available open source BI systems and tools, enabling readers to identify the solutions and technologies that best meet their business needs. Wise compares and contrasts...
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12. |  Business Intelligence, 2nd Edition By: David David Loshin Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 27-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Business Intelligence, 2nd Edition
Following the footsteps of the first edition, the second edition of Business Intelligence is a full overview of what comprises business intelligence. It is intended to provide an introduction to the concepts to uncomplicate the learning process when implementing a business intelligence program. Over a relatively long lifetime (7 years), the current edition of book has received numerous accolades from across the industry for its straightforward introduction to both business and technical aspects of business intelligence. As an author, David Loshin has a distinct ability to...
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13. |  Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Second Edition By: Daniel Power Publisher: Business Expert Press Publication Date: 11-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 15-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Decision Support, Analytics, and Business Intelligence, Second Edition Competition is becoming more intense and decision makers are encountering increasing complexity, rapid change, and higher levels of risk. In many situations, the solution is more and better computerized decision support, especially analytics and business intelligence. Today managers need to learn about and understand computerized decision support. If a business is to succeed, managers must know much more about information technology solutions. This second edition of a powerful introductory book is targeted at busy managers and MBA students who need to grasp the basics of computerized decision...
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14. |  Taming Text: How to Find, Organize, and Manipulate It By: Grant S. Ingersoll, Thomas S. Morton, and Andrew L. Farris Publisher: Manning Publications Publication Date: 28-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 13-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Taming Text: How to Find, Organize, and Manipulate It Summary
Taming Text is a hands-on, example-driven guide to
working with unstructured text in the context of real-world
applications. This book explores how to automatically organize text
using approaches such as full-text search, proper name recognition,
clustering, tagging, information extraction, and summarization. The
book guides you through examples illustrating each of these topics,
as well as the foundations upon which they are built.
About this Book
There is so much text in our lives, we are practically drowning
in it. Fortunately, there are innovative tools and techniques...
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15. |  Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model By: Marco Russo; Alberto Ferrari; Chris Webb Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 19-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 12-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Analysis Services: The BISM Tabular Model Analyze tabular data using the BI Semantic Model (BISM) in Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Analysis Services—and discover a simpler method for creating corporate-level BI solutions. Led by three BI experts, you’ll learn how to build, deploy, and query a BISM tabular model with step-by-step guides, examples, and best practices. This hands-on book shows you how the tabular model’s in-memory database enables you to perform rapid analytics—whether you’re a professional BI developer new to Analysis Services or familiar with its multidimensional model....
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16. |  By: Elizabeth Vitt; Michael Luckevich; Stacia Misner Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 15-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 10-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Business Intelligence "This readable, practical book helps business people quickly
understand what business intelligence is, how it works, where it's
used, and why and when to use it-all illustrated by real case
studies, not just theory." Nigel Pendse Author of The OLAP Report
www.olapreport.com So much information, so little time. All too
often, business data is hard to get at and use-thus slowing
decision-making to a crawl. This insightful book illustrates how
organizations can make better, faster decisions about their
customers, partners, and operations by turning mountains of data
into valuable business...
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17. |  Principles and Applications of Business Intelligence Research By: Richard Herschel Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 04-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Principles and Applications of Business Intelligence Research Utilizing technologies, processes, and applications to analyze internal and structured data, business intelligence is a key aspect in the ability of an organization to gather knowledge and develop new opportunities for growth. Principles and Applications of Business Intelligence Research provides the latest ideas and research on the practices and management of business intelligence. Including original research, case studies, and analysis, this comprehensive collection aims to advance the understanding and implementation of business intelligence. ...
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18. |  JSL Companion: Applications of the JMP Scripting Language By: Theresa L. Utlaut; Georgia Z. Morgan; Kevin C. Anderson Publisher: SAS Institute Publication Date: 23-DEC-2011 Insert Date: 16-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: JSL Companion: Applications of the JMP Scripting Language
JSL Companion: Applications of the JMP Scripting Language provides novice scripters with a resource that helps them go beyond the basics of the JMP Scripting Language (JSL) and serves as a companion to writing applications. Taking a task-oriented approach rather than focusing on showing the syntax, the authors help users with much more than the basic task of capturing a script. The book starts with an introduction that is suitable for someone who is just beginning to learn JSL. It quickly moves to importing and saving data, working with variables, modifying data tables, and working with...
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19. |  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence v10: The Complete Guide By: Sangeeta Gautam Publisher: IBM Press Publication Date: 20-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 15-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence v10: The Complete Guide Maximize the Value of Business
Intelligence with IBM Cognos v10 -- Hands-on, from Start to
Finish
This easy-to-use, hands-on guide brings together all the
information and insight you need to drive maximum business value
from IBM Cognos v10. Long-time IBM Cognos expert and product
designer Sangeeta Gautam thoroughly illuminates Cognos BI
v10’s key capabilities: analysis, query, reporting, and
dashboards.
Gautam shows how to take full advantage of each key IBM Cognos
feature, including brand-new innovations such as Active Reports and
the new IBM Cognos Workspace report consumption...
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20. |  Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14 By: Stephen D. Kelly; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 11-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 13-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition v14
A one-stop reference to concepts and usability of the core modules of a complex application
Contract Management concepts
Understand PCM from thirty-thousand feet to the ground
What you learn can be used when working with previous versions
Section on the new Primavera Unifier
In Detail
Oracle's Primavera Contract Management, Business Intelligence Publisher Edition is a document management, job cost, and field controls solution that keeps construction projects on schedule and on budget through complete project control.
"Oracle Primavera Contract Management, Business...
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