Leading finance organizations have been expanding from traditional historical reporting and “scorekeeping” functions to a broader role that supports the enterprise with valuable business insights. From Scorekeepers to Business Partners-the Evolving Role of Finance
Organizations are continuing to make investments in analytics to meet the growing demands of the user community for more robust and usable analytic solutions. In analyzing Nucleus ROI case studies on analytics, we found the average returns from analytics have been increasing, reaching $13.01 for every dollar spent in 2014 from just $10.66 in 2011. Nucleus research ROI Sep 2014
IBM® Cognos® Analysis for Microsoft Excel brings the benefits of modern enterprise performance management to your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Cognos Analysis For Excel whitepaper
This paper describes the current state of BI reporting, significant trends shaping the industry, and ways in which IBM Cognos Business Intelligence satisfies challenging requirements in demanding, heterogeneous environments.
What businesses need from BI is a full picture. And that is why it is important to understand that, for now and in the future, BI should help you not only describe and diagnose your past and current performance, but also predict future performance. When your business can do all three, you have a better idea of what your business needs to do to stay competitive. You have reports that show you where you have been, scorecards and...