Introduction

Business intelligence is becoming an important strategic tool for business management. Business intelligence software offerings can help companies gain insight into their business, make better decisions and ultimately improve business performance.

But, when it comes to acquiring business intelligence, many small to medium-sized companies are often at a disadvantage. Compared to larger companies, they may lack the resources and the appropriate systems and software to process their data and turn it into meaningful business insight. Or the systems and methods they use cannot keep pace with their companys growth and changing needs. And this can limit their ability to optimize performance and compete effectively.

 

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Intelligence, Creativity & Courage: Essentials for Tomorrows Business Leaders

Education is near and dear to my heart. As you’ll soon discover I have some pretty strong opinions about the hard work we have to do to bring our schools and universities in the UK and abroad up to speed. Education opens a pathway to possibilities for students, communities , and nations, maybe even the world. We neglect it at our own peril. Dr Jim Goodnight, CEO/Founder SAS Institute, at the Int

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• Business Intelligence. What is it all about?

Education & training

The changing face of industry

With the ever-changing world of technology causing the way business is done to be re-evaluated almost every other month, we aim to give you an overview of the most important industries out there and how these work hand in hand with computers and data inputting, which has emerged as one of the most vital skills for graduates today.

Job Roles

History of Business Intelligence

Prior to the start of the Information Age in the late 20th century, businesses had to collect data from non-automated sources. Businesses then lacked the computing resources to properly analyze the data, and as a result, companies often made business decisions primarily on the basis of intuition.

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• The Future World of Work - Competing on Analytics

Other Articles

So you want to be a Business Analyst?

Business analysts examine business activities and use information technology (IT) to make them more efficient. For example they could produce an IT system that deals with orders, payments, despatch and stock control to save a business time and money.

SAS Overview Interactive Tour

This interactive tour provides a profile of the SAS organization worldwide, as well as an overview of SAS business intelligence software and services. You'll also hear the views of industry analysts and SAS customers. Click Here More Demos & Interactive Tours

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21st-Century Retail Merchandising and Customer Management

Top retailers understand why it's essential to analyze the data they collect. They want to gain advanced insight and use comprehensive, accurate and forward-looking retail intelligence to win. They're competing on analytics. Are you? This Webcast explores the challenges of 21st-century retailing and how the ability to deliver strategic analytic insight can keep your organization ahead of the pack.

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Business Intelligence: Better answers, faster

SAS Business Intelligence gives you the information when you need it, in the format you need. By integrating data from across your enterprise and delivering self-service reporting and analysis, IT spends less time responding to requests, and business users spend less time looking for information, so more time is spent on making better, more informed decisions.

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Business Intelligence Related Course Profiles

Course Profile

Strategic Planning and Investment

This programme is designed to prepare students for senior financial and managerial positions within organisations, by providing a strong foundation of financial knowledge, analytical skills and an appreciation of managerial decision making.

Course Profile

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science has existed from the earliest days of the University of Kent and is part of the Faculty of Sciences.

Business Intelligence Related Career Profiles

Professional Associations Prof

The union for professionals

Prospect represents over 120,000 members in the public and private sectors working as engineers, scientists, managers and specialists in areas as diverse as agriculture, defence, energy, environment, heritage, industry and transport. It is the largest union in the UK representing professional engineers. It has 34,000 members working for Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Graduate Profiles

Air Traffic Controller

Control some of the world’s most modern aircraft using radar and communications equipment

Graduate Employers

The people make the place

At KPMG, the people make the place. The fact that they have voted them The Sunday Times 'Best Big Company to Work For' two years in a row speaks for itself. A fact that shows KPMG has created a place where everyone feels valued.

Graduate Employers

Graduate programme

In an organisation that places collaboration and innovation at the heart of success, people are paramount. That’s why we’ve invested so heavily in our graduate programme; we want to create the future leaders of Logica