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Announcing the New IBM Support Portal
(Category: Software)
by Creative Computing & IBM Cognos Support
Dave Vantine, IT Manager at CCI, has reviewed the new portal and his preliminary reaction was exceedingly positive! If you have IBM Cognos Products, we highly recommend that you explore this new support vehicle. IBM Electronic Support offers a portfolio of online support tools and resources that provides comprehensive technical information to diagnose and resolve problems and maintain your IBM products. IBM has developed many smart online tools and proactive features that can help you prevent problems from occurring in the first place, or quickly and easily troubleshoot problems when they occur.
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Creative Computing, Inc. Turbo Charges Cognos Training
www.mycci.com/training.html
by Ken Gustin, Creative Computing, Inc.
Creative Computing has just completed our newly designed manual for IBM Cognos Framework Manager, Version 8.4! This new course becomes a pivotal new class in CCI's newly restructured IBM Cognos training program. CCI has been delivering high quality Cognos training for years, training thousands of users on ground breaking tools like Cognos 8, ReportNet, Impromptu, and PowerPlay. In 2010, Creative Computing continues its rollout of new course materials for Cognos 8.4 using an entirely new format, course outlines, and a broader array of customization options.
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Best Practices for Leveraging Business Analytics in Today’s and Tomorrow’s Insurance Sector
(Download the White Paper)
by Mark B. Gorman, Mark B Gorman & Associates LLC (SAS Syndication)
This research report explores how leading insurers are using business analytics solutions to reduce reaction times to competitive pressure, respond more efficiently to market changes, improve the precision and efficacy of operational decisions, and increase business managers effectiveness in driving organizational value. Download Now
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IBM Cognos TM1 Backup and Recovery Guide
(Area of Interest: Financial Management)
by IBM Corporation
This document provides guidance on implementing a backup and recovery policy for IBM Cognos TM1 data.
Applicability: IBM Cognos TM1 9.4
Topics covered include: Backup and Recovery, Backup Options, Frequency of BackupsDownload Now
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Analytics in Healthcare: How the Healthcare Industry will uncover the real value of electronic medical records and the emerging electronic health record (EHR) initiative
(Download the White Paper)
This white paper describes ways the healthcare industry can use the data at its disposal to evolve toward more personalized medicine. In particular, you will learn about the promising possibilities of electronic medical records and powerful analytic solutions for healthcare providers from SAS. The paper also includes some real-life situations in which SAS analytics are being used to improve patient care and research. Download Now
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Some thoughts on advanced analytics in 2010
Syndicated from BeyeNetwork
by James Taylor
James Kobielus had a nice list of Advanced Analytics Predictions For 2010 over on the Forrester blog. As usual James is thought provoking with some interesting predictions. Let’s start with the one’s with which I agree most strongly.
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The Business Intelligence Chronicles Part 2: Flexible is Flexible, Fixed is Fixed, and Never the Twain Shall Meet
by Deepak Seth
This month we are pleased to continue the Business Intelligence Chronicles by Deepak Seth. The first chronicle was featured in November and received rave reviews. Deepak is an accomplished professional in the world of business process and technology, helping companies establish effective strategy & frameworks. We hope you enjoy the series in the months to come.
With apologies to Rudyard Kipling "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet"
The biggest wow factor for OLAP based BI applications has been the flexibility for the end users - slice and dice, drill up and down, build reports on the fly. The techies were the first to be floored. And next came the Analyst types. My Finance users loved the first Financial Insight we came out with. Adopted the same approach for a Sales Insight and the response was mixed. Lot of positive as well as negative feedback....
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What would CCI do?
Do you have a reporting, data integration or analytics challenge that you’d like an expert opinion on? Do you have very specific “how-to” questions? CCI would love to help! Send us your most perplexing challenge to “WHAT WOULD CCI DO". Each month, CCI will choose among the entries and present the winner with 2 FREE HOURS of consulting to assist in overcoming the task at hand.
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Mark your Calendar & Register Now!
SAS Global Forum 2010
... the premier event for SAS® professionals worldwide, is the one conference you can't afford to miss. Early Registration ends March 8th. Last day for pre-registration and cancellations, April 5th.
 April 11 - 14, 2010
Seattle, WA
Washington State Convention & Trade Center
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Webinar Series
by SAS, The Power to Know
"Applying Business Analytics" On Demand Webinar Series
March 18th through November, 2010
The "Applying Business Analytics" Webinar Series will dive deep into best practices in the areas of Data Integration, Analytics and Reporting ... come away with a detailed understanding of the value of a complete business analytics framework.
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IBM Cognos Forum and IBM Information on Demand Conference 2010
For 2010, IBM Cognos Forum will be co-located with the IBM Information On Demand Conference. The combined event takes place in Las Vegas next October and offers you and your team more educational value than ever before. Two great events that add up to one great learning opportunity!
October 24 - 28, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center
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Take your First Steps Towards Analytics
Analytic Discovery Workshop
Unsure of how to leverage analytics to yield a competitive advantage? Frustrated that your competitors are making better business decisions using analytical models? Overwhelmed by the thought of doing analytics and don’t know where to begin? Discover how powerful competitive advantage can be achieved using advanced analytics!
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