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This issue: Overview

Other PMP Services
Supplier Profiles

Profiles of leading
data warehousing and business intelligence software suppliers.

Actuate
Acuma Solutions
Alterian
Applix
ARUNA
Ascential Software
Cedar
Compaq
Computer Associates
Comshare
Cosmic Solutions
Datawatch
DecisionPoint
Hummingbird
Hyperion
Informatica
Information Builders
Kalido
Neusciences
Oracle
Orenburg
ShowCase
Silvon Software
SPSS
Sybase
Management Briefings

Market Overview & Analysis
Our user survey shows companies gradually extracting more value from their data warehousing and business intelligence systems. Pat Sweet reports.

Expert Opinion
Jon Crews of PA Consulting says getting the best from data warehousing technology takes time and effort.

View from the Top
Tony Preedy explains how warehousing and BI systems are helping Great Universal Stores manage its customers across all channels, including the web.

Strategy
Sema’s John Menzies advises on how to construct a corporate information infrastructure.

BI Market Trends
Microsoft was supposed to price its rival BI software suppliers out of business. Rupert Cavendish of Kairon finds out what happened instead.

Return on Investment
Tom Lewis of Arthur Andersen says too many companies invest in data warehousing technology without mapping out the benefits they want to realise.

Customer Centres
Chris Smalley of Cavendish says a new breed of call centre – customer contact centres – is being built round data warehousing technology.

Case Study
Pearl Assurance is combining investment in new data warehousing technology with refinement of its existing legacy databases.

OLAP
Nigel Pendse at Business Intelligence provides guidance through the minefield of OLAP software selection.

CRM
Lexicon’s Robin Pratt has a new take on the role of data warehouses in customer relationship management.

Project Management
Tony Rodriguez of Avellino looks into the high rate of data warehousing project failure.

Case Study
Shirt maker Thomas Pink tracks the return on its business intelligence software investment.

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CONSPECTUS March 2001
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