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21. CITO Research: Big Data for Big Industries
    3/27/2013

    There is a new universe of data being created by smart meters, mobile devices, social media, RFID, web logs, and other sources. Meanwhile, many industries have only begun exiting the paper-based documentation era. It’s no longer the case that all possible insights about an organization come only from a structured data warehouse full of vetted data developed inside one’s own four walls.

22. Gartner Research Report: 2013 Business Intelligence Platform Magic Quadrant
    3/27/2013

    The dominant theme of the market in 2012 was that data discovery became a mainstream BI and analytic architecture. The market also saw increased activity in real time, content and predictive analytics.

23. May I Have A Slice Of Big Data?
    3/27/2013

    What does pizza have to do with Big Data? A recent white paper published by CITO Research and sponsored by QlikTech showcases many transformative uses of Big Data by businesses, including a large pizza chain.

24. QlikView on Mobile: Beyond Reporting
    3/27/2013

    This QlikView White Paper addresses the market for mobile BI (business intelligence) and QlikView’s unique approach to delivering insight on the go. There is a fundamental difference between providing predefined reports and visualizations with limited data on mobile devices, and enabling true Business Discovery for mobile workers.

25. Business Discovery: Powerful, User-Driven BI
    3/27/2013

    The promise of business intelligence (BI) software is to enable decision makers at all levels in an organization to leverage data for business advantage—to explore data, draw insights and meaningful conclusions, and make better decisions.

26. What Makes QlikView Unique
    3/27/2013

    “What is special about QlikView? How is it different from other software?” Some who ask these questions have experience with traditional BI (business intelligence) reporting solutions and want to understand QlikView in that context.

27. Social Business Discovery: Optimizing Decision Making
    3/27/2013

    BI software has long been touted as the route to insight and better business decisions. But powerful business insight comes not just from data, and not just from what one person sees and thinks. It comes from the combination of varied viewp

28. The Merged Channel Nirvana: Avoiding The Missteps
    3/13/2013

    To provide a good merged channel experience at that desired moment of purchase (through any channel), the retailer must know what is available and the best way to fulfill the order.  Learn more about merging channels, reducing fragmentation, and getting on track to becoming an omni-channel retailer with this special report from ChainLink Research and StorefrontBaclktalk, sponsored by NetSuite.

29. Exception Reporting Drives ROI
    3/11/2013

    Most companies first deploy exception reporting to address low hanging loss prevention opportunities, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Once you’ve mastered the basic loss prevention reports, what do you do?

30. Building A Customer-Centric Model For Retail
    2/22/2013

    Customer, shop, merchandise, transaction – that’s all there is to it. Shopping, in simple terms has changed little in 2,000 years. However, on closer inspection, we know that for customers, retailers and their suppliers, the shopping ‘process’ is undergoing a fundamental transformation.