Much of the available research on business intelligence (BI) tools is at a surface level and misses practical issues that affect real-world BI implementations. BIScorecard® evaluations are based on hands-on product testing, digging into the details that most affect BI deployments. Having started her BI career with a Fortune 500 company,
analyst
Cindi Howson knows what it takes to deploy and support BI tools on an enterprise scale. She approaches BI evaluations from the business side – what do users want and what are they trying to do – while recognizing IT has to be able to support applications with limited resources.
Whether you are doing an initial BI selection, a standardization, or
contemplating an upgrade to a newer release,
BIScorecard® will tell you what's important and how the products differ. The scorecard approach provides an apples-to-apples comparison, grading leading products such as Business Objects, Cognos, Oracle, Microsoft, SAS, MicroStrategy, across seven major functional areas and 100+ criteria. For a quick overview of vendors and their product strengths and weaknesses, read our most popular report the BIScorecard® Strategic and Product Summary
What customers are saying ...
"There are only a few people who can provide expert advice on the inner workings of BI tools and Cindi Howson is one of them. I highly recommend using BIScorecard to validate the functionality of BI tools and vendor strategies prior to purchasing or reviewing products.”
~ Wayne Eckerson, Director, TDWI Research
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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:51:46 -0400
Business Objects, SAP Support – Lessons Learned
One week later, and it seems the support situation at Business Objects is settling, although customers remain miffed and a handful still do not have access to support. There are lessons for customers and vendors alike from this situation, and... |
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