Entries by Sean Nickerson

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Advantages of using cloud BI in Vacation Ownership Industry:

Advantages of using cloud BI in Vacation Ownership Industry: – Monitor performance with different criteria. Track Results – Identify and get insights into weaker units for corrective measures – Analyze data by time, product, category, region and unit – Help design special promotion campaign and evaluate performance output – Cultivate proven buying triggers amongst customer […]

February 23, 2011 by

BI enables decision-makers to move from speculative decision-making to fact-based decision-making

A Business Intelligence solution enables analysis by exception and gives decision-makers of multi-location organizations a robust way to decipher and analyze information gathered at each level. BI tool helps aggregate, process and visualize data from disparate sources, multiple applications, allows decision-makers to quickly identify and address trends or potential problems. BI enables decision-makers to move […]

February 23, 2011 by

Business process management (BPM)

Business process management (BPM) is a holistic management approach[1] focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to improve processes continuously. It can therefore be described as a “process optimization process.” […]

February 18, 2011 by

Online Analytical Processing – OLAP

In computing, online analytical processing, or OLAP ( /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to swiftly answer multi-dimensional analytical (MDA) queries. OLAP is part of the broader category of business intelligence, which also encompasses relational reporting and data mining. Typical applications of OLAP include business reporting for sales, marketing, management reporting, business process management (BPM), budgeting and […]

February 18, 2011 by

DATA MINING – is the process of extracting patterns from large data sets by combining methods from statistics and artificial intelligence with database management.

Data mining, DATA MINING – is the process of extracting patterns from large data sets by combining methods from statistics and artificial intelligence with database management. a branch of computer science,[1] Data Mining is the process of extracting patterns from large data sets by combining methods from statistics and artificial intelligence with database management. Data mining […]

February 18, 2011 by

I already have Business Intelligence Software

Unless you are in the “less than 3%” of vacation ownership industry companies that have purchased INDUSTRY SPECIFIC BI software, you dont have it. 47% of  500 companies surveyed , plan to buy business intelligence in 2011. True BI technologies provide historical, current and predictive views of business operations. Common functions of business intelligence technologies are reporting, online analytical processing, analytics, […]

February 18, 2011 by

How is access to reports and confidential info controlled?

Competing softwares force you to give mainly “all or nothing” access, so most employees without access to business intelligence can’t see they really need to improve their performance, or SEE TOO MUCH. TrackResults has 13 pre-built security levels to filter permissions, while allowing access to only the analytic reports key personel actually need to make smarter decisions. Permissions […]

February 18, 2011 by

Isn’t my data safer stored locally onsite?

No.  Banks, governments and airlines all prefer to store info in the Cloud. It is inherently safer. Your confidential email and proprietary communications are already there. Cloud computing prevents physical access to hardware.  Ninety-eight percent of all data loss is due to local equipment failure, and 99% of data theft is from internal personnel, or emailing confidential info in spreadsheets to unauthorized parties. TrackResults has a 100% perfect […]

February 18, 2011 by