Greetings!
In this, our first Synergy Intelligise e-newsletter, we hope to whet your appetites and encourage you to stop and take note of each monthly issue as it appears in your Inbox. Each edition of Intelligise promises to be packed with features that we have carefully selected and hope will be pertinent to you personally in your work environment. With each issue we will aim to keep you informed as to market trends in BI and in your industry. We'll include useful editorials, draw your attention to valuable Cognos resources and share useful tips and techniques that our Synergy BI team has picked up in their day to day activities in the field. In this issue, we are particularly excited to introduce you to the new look and feel of our website. Do take the time to pay www.synergy.co.za a visit. Our website is already packed with great success stories, news and a very useful 'Making Business Intelligence Work for You' best practice booklet, which we know will be of great value to anyone implementing and sustaining their BI Project. Enjoy! |
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Introducing IBM Cognos 8 v 4 |
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Cognos has launched Cognos 8 v4.
Exciting New features include:
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Are you playing a guessing game? |
 With business intelligence, it is not a case of what it will do for a company, but what it could cost not to implement it, says Gillian Staniland, senior consultant at Synergy BI.
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BoE Private Clients Bank on Cognos |
 Companies which rely on information for their performance often face the challenge of data overload. For South African private client business BoE Private Clients, this issue came to a head as a result of its strong growth which rendered a previously reliable bespoke solution cumbersome and unreliable. |
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Bearing Man chooses Cognos, Synergy BI for rollout of BI Strategy |
 Bearing Man chooses Cognos, Synergy BI for roll out of BI strategy. The Bearing Man Group, Africa's leading distributor of dynamic engineering consumable products, has completed the first phase of its implementation of the Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) suite with the assistance of Synergy BI. The initiative, driven by the need to improve reporting and provide the company with a more stable platform and accurate data, is already delivering considerable benefits. |
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One Source of the truth: Common BI Terms Defined |
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Consistent definitions for business intelligence concepts will help to insure compatibility between the requirements and the implemented architecture, according to Steve Dine, Expert Channel author for BeyeNETWORK.com
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