Technology, health medical and computer news newsletter: Business Intelligence: BPM - Forrester Research

BI (Research): Forrester Trends

BI (Comment): The Need for Agility

BPM (3 Steps): From Project to Program

OLAP (Overview): In Memory Computing Technology

Business intelligence (BI) has helped organizations all over the world to get greater value from their data and to learn from what is readily available. This week's Global Roundup has three top papers on business intelligence - a 2011 trends report from Forrester, a three-step guide to business process management, and an overview of the role of OLAP technology in business intelligence today. Plus, read our blog on the importance of agility in your BI processes.

Business Intelligence: Trends for 2011 and Beyond

Business intelligence software has emerges as a hot topic in the past few years and the trend is not set to slow down; this Forrester report reveals that 49% of companies plan to implement or expand their use of BI in the next 24 months. The report reveals more of the latest trends and discusses the challenges and opportunities in the BI field that could emerge in the near future. Get the report here. Plus, read more on business intelligence from our white paper library.

Business Process Management: 3 Simple Steps

Business intelligence and business process management (BPM) can be combined to utilize data to change essential business processes as needed. This white paper describes three steps for helping to establish a solid BPM program - one that can enable your organization to scale its process improvement capability in a way that is designed to deliver optimal value to the business. Download the paper now. Plus, get more resources on BPM here.

OLAP: How to Change the Way Business Intelligence is Managed

Online analytical processing (OLAP) adds another dimension to the results you can get from business intelligence analytics. This white paper reveals how to empower the entire business with OLAP and BI to give real-time business processes instantaneous access to data. Read on and learn how this can eliminate today's data lag for your business. You can find out more about OLAP from our business library.