Solution Set

The big data market is still in its infancy and many organizations don't yet understand how big data tools fit in with their existing data management strategies. Big data tools are not a fit for every use case and knowing when and how to lead a...

Many IT departments are turning to a master data management (MDM) strategy in order to establish a single version of the truth for enterprise reporting and analytics.

Vendor Research

This report explores how organizations are taking social media a step further by using metrics and analytics. It is designed to help IT vendors and solution providers understand the market and the direction it is headed in.

Note

Organizations are feeling increasing pressure to build a presence in the social media space. However, social media projects should all be paired with some level of social analytics. Develop a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve and the...

Solution Set

Leverage social analytics to better achieve the goals your organization has set forth for social media projects.

Tool

This tool will assist you in determining at which maturity stage your organization's social analytics initiative is, including what factors are keeping you from progressing to the next stage.

Job Description

To successfully manage social analytics initiatives, assign the right person with the right skills to serve as a Social Analytics Specialist.

Template/Policy

This template will build a central document that contains the business justifications, goals, risks, and required roles and resources for an organization's social analytics initiative.

Solution Set

Trends often represent substantial and potentially disruptive change. Application Managers that choose to follow these trends can significantly improve or possibly damage the organization's competitive position.

Note

Major trends in Social Computing, Cloud Computing, Rich Internet Applications, and Mobility, are driving businesses quickly towards the future and for those businesses not ready to move with the wave of emerging trends, many are being left in...

Vendor Research

This discussion document positions Info-Tech Indaba's upcoming big data and analytics research. Data generation globally is growing exponentially, with over 35 zettabytes of digital data being created within ten years, according to industry...

Vendor Research

This report is designed to aid vendors and solution providers in better understanding the market dynamics surrounding Social Media Management Platforms (SMMPs). It will also help in the process of marketing and selling SMMP solutions.

Solution Set

Business Intelligence (BI) has changed in the last ten years. Learn what's new and what could make your BI platform more successful.

Note

Business Intelligence (BI) has changed in the last ten years. Learn what's new and what could make your BI platform more successful.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to aid vendors and solution providers in the sale and marketing of business intelligence (BI) software to enterprises.

Tool

This tool allows enterprises to generate a customized shortlist of BI vendors based on required capabilities and feature requirements for business analytics.

Template/Policy

Organizations embarking on the selection process for BI solutions may elect to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) after determining their final selection criteria with Info-Tech's Enterprise BI Vendor Shortlist Tool.

Tool

For organizations that have issued a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) using Info-Tech's BI RFP Template, gathering and scoring the various responses can be difficult and time consuming. This tool enables enterprises to evaluate and compare the...

Template/Policy

This template is designed to provide BI vendors with a consistent set of instructions for their demonstration, ensuring an objective comparison of product features for all vendors your organization is considering. If you have not already done...

Note

Enterprise-sized organizations have a different set of criteria for BI solution selection than their small to medium-sized counterparts. Organizations must carefully assess their needs and limitations for business analytics to ensure their BI...

Tool

Info-Tech conducted its own market evaluation of eight leading mid-market BI solutions. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy your organization's requirements before sending out RFPs and scheduling...

Note

The past decade has seen an influx of vendors offering competitive BI solutions to small and mid-sized enterprises. Alongside stack vendors providing scaled-down offerings for the smaller market clientele are pure-play vendors taking advantage...

Solution Set

Enterprise-sized organizations have a different set of criteria for BI solution selection than their small to medium-sized counterparts. Organizations must carefully assess their needs and limitations for business analytics to ensure their BI...

Solution Set

Small and mid-sized organizations have a different set of criteria for BI solution selection than their larger enterprise counterparts. Many stack solutions are impractical for SME needs, paving the way for pure-play and SaaS vendors to emerge...

Vendor Research

Info-Tech Research Group's Indaba Division (Info-Tech Indaba) has been providing research and advice around IT buyer behavior for many years, as well as examining the relationship between vendors and solution providers. The research is now being...

(9-Jun-10) Matan Armoni didn’t need a prescription to see that visitors to online eyeglass retailer EyeBuyDirect.com were getting fed up and abandoning their shopping carts. Armoni, EyeBuy’s e-commerce director, had a hunch that the problem...

Video

Almost half of North American households already have televisions with smart capabilities (most through a separate device, but increasingly through features built-in to new televisions). More importantly, Info-Tech predicts that by 2013, the...

Video

This video provides an overview of how to optimize an existing Business Intelligence (BI) solution. Optimizing your BI program means providing better information to more users at a lower cost of delivery, in other words, extending capabilities...

Solution Set

This solution set will teach IT managers how to reduce the costs of BI fragmentation, build a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) to manage the BI strategy, and standardize the BI solution.

Note

Fine-tuning an existing Business Intelligence (BI) solution is crucial for realizing business value. Optimizing your BI program means providing better information to more users at a lower cost of delivery, in other words, extending capabilities...