Posts Tagged ‘reporting tools’

How to Select Integration Partners, the DMA Way

April 14th, 2010

dykeh

Just a quick post following the Computerworld SaaScon 2010 conference in Santa Clara recently …

I was very pleased by the extremely bullish outlook on cloud computing voiced at SaaSCon, especially by representatives from some of the larger companies. More than one speaker indicated that the market has reached a tipping point, where the maturity of services and software offered, combined with the current economic climate, are making the cloud much more attractive to large companies. Some, like Bob Sala, CEO of Distribution Marketing Advantage, stressed that moving to the cloud is now a strategic imperative. (more…)

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Reporting Tools Analyze Data Across Silos

November 24th, 2009

Ajay Dawar

While we were at Dreamforce (Salesforce.com’s annual user group conference) many companies stopped by to tell us about the challenge they are having in integrating sales data with other data for better business visibility. The real value of business analytics comes in combining data from multiple silos. This enables you to look across systems to get insight into customer profitability, sales productivity, quote-cash and other cross-functional but critical metrics. The visual below gives you an idea of how reporting tools that look across data sources can help you achieve your strategic goals.

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