Salesforce.com users have experienced a significant and long-standing business problem in their sales organization: the manual review and approval of contracts, new-business proposals, "maverick" pricing discounts, and other quote related activities typically managed through email, spreadsheets, and paper forms. Nsite, a Business Objects company, offers an integrated...
Check out this 13-minute demo of crystalreports.com, the Web-based report hosting service that can extend the value of your Crystal Reports or Salesforce.com investment. Host Summer Recchi highlights crystalreports' seamless integration with Salesforce.com and shows you how simple it is to use the crystalreports.com interface to: Connect...
This THINKstrategies white paper examines the trends that make it imperative for companies of all sizes to adopt business intelligence - and how they use on-demand business intelligence solutions to collect, analyze, and share data in more ways, and with more people - anywhere in the world.
Check out this 20-minute podcast from Business Objects to learn how crystalreports.com lets companies of any size share their reports, dashboards, and business documents—instantly, simply, and securely—both over the Web and through company firewalls.
During this on-demand Webcast from Business Objects, Senior Product Marketing Manager Steve Williams explains why today's companies need improved business intelligence BI. Williams describes the problems that businesses face when they have "multiple versions of the truth" and explains how you can solve those problems using crystalreports.com, a solution that...
Listen to this on-demand Webcast to learn about Nsite Quote Management from Business Objects. Senior Product Marketing Manager Steve Williams explains how Nsite extends the value of Salesforce.com by automatically tracking processes that require human judgment, collaboration, and decision making. In addition, Product Specialist Satish Karumuri demonstrates...
Business Intelligence BI has to continue to adapt to the needs of real-life users if it is to gain more widespread acceptance. As much as possible, BI products should let users access information in ways that are familiar and convenient to them, with as little need for training as possible....
Monitoring and assessing vendor performance requires a formal procedure, something many retailers currently lack. A software implementation featuring a process dashboard is recommended. A process dashboard ensures that key stages of vendor review are executed in a timely fashion so weaker vendors can be identified quickly and steps taken to...
MetaMatrix is the market-leading vendor of Enterprise Information Integration EII products with over 50% market share. Customers include SAP OEM in NetWeaver, Merrill Lynch, CSFB, ING, Motorola, London Metropolitan University, MISO and many government installations including Ft. Meade and the Department of Defense. Using MetaMatrix solutions, companies access their diverse...
As a finance professional, one must be able to manage across disparate data sources and provide analysis that reveals the root causes of business issues. And as data becomes more plentiful and available to managers across the organization, the department will need to find new ways to maintain and increase...
Retailers face difficulties assessing product sales performance, maintaining a competitive mix and hitting revenue and profitability targets due to inadequate information regarding store segment, individual store and overall assortment composition. This paper presents an opportunity to gain competitive advantage by implementing technology with the ability to increase the understanding and...
Public sector stakeholders - government executives, officials, and most importantly, citizens - are demanding increased accountability for the public sector value PSV of government programs and systems. Government organizations need to deliver quantifiable measurements and clear performance results in order to better understand the impact of the programs and systems...
Because of the President's Management Agenda PMA, all federal contracting and procurement professionals must focus on the business of government. Contracting officials are now expected to serve as government business negotiators - not simply contract writers. This shift lays the foundation for a more effective government that can serve national...
This IDC paper examines a successful implementation of Mindjet MindManager, an information visualization and diagramming software product. Using the example of Business Objects, IDC examines how an innovative and visual user interface can enable a sales force to be more efficient and effective in preparing for and sharing ideas and...
The need to improve federal agency financial management and performance has increased dramatically. In order for an agency to achieve its mission, it must produce accurate, consistent, and timely financial information to support planning, evaluation, and decision making. The bottom line - in spite of all the challenges, you still...
As is generally the case with such a far-reaching issue as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX, the approach that provides the quick .x or rapid return on investment ROI is often too good to be true. Leading companies recognize this and are taking a more strategic approach to ensuring their numbers...
To operate in the current business environment a person must adhere to stringent compliance regulations. Stock holders demand more information than ever to make sound investment decisions; corporate executives have to go through every financial statement with a fine-tooth comb to identify problem areas; and employees are more wary about...
In the 1984 Steven Spielberg movie, 'Gremlins,' Billy receives a cute but mysterious pet from Chinatown as a birthday gift from his father, unaware of the magnitude of his responsibility in respecting the three rules for its care. By breaking one of the rules, the young man unwittingly unleashes a...
Today's leading organizations are rapidly moving beyond the static nature of financial reports to analyze their business. Spurred on by economic demands, regulatory changes, and stockholder reporting requirements, organizations are turning to a new breed of finance analytics from which to evaluate their key business processes and take action before...
If information is power, then the days when power is held exclusively in the executive suite are over. Business is too competitive and fast-moving for an elitist approach to operational and strategic decisions. Information is at its most powerful when placed in the hands of employees across the enterprise, not...
