"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."
Tim Berners-Lee
"The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation."
Oscar Wilde
"At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help."
Vinton Cerf, Google
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act."
Bill Gates, Microsoft
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
Steve Jobs, Apple
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
"The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it."
Linus Torvalds, Linux
Effective decision making requires good business intelligence. However, many organizations have yet to implement a comprehensive strategy or define their own business intelligence standards. Gradually, more companies are becoming aware of the importance of business intelligence. IDC estimates that companies will spend $5.7 billion on business intelligence in 2009.
Business intelligence entails grouping and measuring information, providing access to end users and sharing changes to information. Citadel Perimeter shapes your company’s disparate data into meaningful material and provides analysis that is useful for employees, customers, suppliers, and partners.
Some advantages of business intelligence:
Eliminating redundant systems
Receiving high return on investment
Maintaining consistency of information
Lowering deployment, training, and maintenance costs
Increasing employee satisfaction
The core capabilities of business intelligence fall into three components: enterprise performance management (EPM), information discovery and delivery (IDD), and information management. EPM applications align actions with strategy by enabling assignment of company goals to users or groups of users. IDD helps simplify the way that business decision makers use information, allowing users to access, analyze, navigate, and share information across the organization. Information management products and services help improve data quality, compliance, consistency and accuracy.
To ensure a smooth transition to a standardized approach for your organization, Citadel Perimeter will:
Audit your existing business intelligence deployments to determine possible cost savings
Assist you in centralizing contracts, purchasing, and a logical implementation and support plan
Establish clear criteria for business intelligence choices
