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Who are your BI role models? Michael Jordan--take a seat. We'll explore how some of BI's brightest stars have implemented their solutions.
Anti-Terror Technology's One Percent Doctrine
- by Ben Worthen (June 29, 2006)
Here's a real life ca$e $tudy of data mining. The US Government is using data mining as a primary strategy to fight terror. All well and good, but many government data mining projects are being approved without any thought as to cost, efficacy, efficiency and necessity. Perhaps taxpayers should demand a solid business case behind these projects.

When Data Is More than Mission Critical
- by Graeme Thickins (June 1, 2004)
The data belonging to the Make-A-Wish Foundation holds the dreams and hopes of seriously ill children. Taking care of this data is a sacred trust.

Sun Rises on Business Intelligence
- by Jean Schauer (October 1, 2003)
Business intelligence is taken seriously at Sun, according to Mark Tolliver, chief strategy officer of Sun Microsystems.

BI in the Government
- by Bill Inmon (August 1, 2003)
BI is not limited to the corporate world of information systems. It's a mainstay in government information system processing circles, too.

A Business Necessity
- by Jean Schauer (March 5, 2003)
Case study of how Salient Corporation enables its customers to use the information they collect every day to drive productivity and share corporate knowledge with one another, improving every single corporate process.

Case Study: Biometrics Eases City's Network Access, Security Woes
- by David Aponovich (August 10, 2001)
The IT department in the city of Oceanside used to get blitzed every day with calls from users who forgot their passwords. So the California city went looking for technology that would rescue its help desk. It came away with a product that significantly enhances network security.



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