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Intelligent Enterprise Magazine :: 2003 Readers' Choice Awards
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The Readers Have Chosen: IBM, Microsoft, and SAS take the most laurels
We thank the subscribers who cast their ballots to determine this year's winners. Here are some highlights:
IBM swept the Integration categories, and SAS won more awards than ever.
Ralph Kimball holds firmly onto his reign as favorite columnist.
Informatica edged out Data Junction from its long-running lead in Data Movement & Transformation.
The editors had to make the difficult decision this year to throw out the Supply Chain Management Systems category, for lack of a significant number of votes. We also had an unusual number of categories in which three or more products tied; we called these results a draw.
Your feedback is welcome. Please write to the editors at iemagazine@cmp.com. The winners are as follows:
INTELLIGENCE
ALERTING TOOLS
MicroStrategy
Narrowcast Server
ANALYTIC SERVERS
Microsoft
SQL Server Analysis Services
BI APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS & TOOLS
Business Objects
Developer Suite
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MONITORING & MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTS
Pilot Software
Pilot BusinessMonitor
CLICKSTREAM-ANALYSIS TOOLS
SAS
IntelliVisor
DATA MINING TOOLS
SAS
Enterprise Miner
DATA MOVEMENT & TRANSFORMATION
Informatica
PowerCenter
DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS
Visual Mining
NetCharts Server
ENTERPRISE BI SUITES OR PLATFORMS
Crystal Decisions
Crystal Enterprise
FINANCIAL PLANNING, FORECASTING, & BUDGETING TOOLS
Hyperion
Planning or Pillar
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS PLATFORMS
MapInfo
various products
MANAGED REPORTING SYSTEMS
Crystal Decisions
Crystal Reports
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TOOLS
Cognos
PowerPlay
PREDICTIVE MODELING TOOLS
SAS
STAT
SEARCH & RETRIEVAL TOOLS
Google
Search Appliance
UNSTRUCTURED BI APPLICATIONS
SAS
Text Miner
COLLABORATIVE COMMERCE
E-BUSINESS INTEGRATION MIDDLEWARE
IBM
WebSphere Commerce
PROVIDERS OF CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE, INTERACTION, & RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Siebel
INTEGRATION
APPLICATION SERVERS
IBM
WebSphere Application Server
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION INTEGRATION PLATFORMS & PORTALS
IBM
WebSphere Portal
ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION MIDDLEWARE
IBM
WebSphere MQ
MOBILE APPLICATION SERVERS
IBM
WebSphere MQ Everyplace
INFRASTRUCTURE
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOLS & PLATFORMS
Microsoft
Visual Studio.Net
DATABASE SERVERS
Oracle
Oracle Database Server
ENTERPRISE MODELING & DESIGN TOOLS
Microsoft
Visio
ENTERPRISE STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
EMC
Enterprise Storage Networks
ERP APPLICATION SUITES
SAP
mySAP ERP
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Microsoft
Windows 2000
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION/CONSULTING PROVIDERS
Accenture
BONUS
INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE COLUMNIST
Ralph Kimball for Data Warehouse
MOST IMPORTANT REASON TO BUY STRATEGIC SOFTWARE RIGHT NOW
Capturing Efficiency to Drive Down Costs
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New Zealand News - - Know-how sure to rise
By ESTELLE SARNEY
...Remember how Grandma baked the best scones you've ever eaten? Maybe you got her recipe, but no matter how many times you tried, your scones never turned out as good.
Believe it or not, this little story encapsulates the essence of a new trend in business: knowledge management. The name sounds dull, and experts agree it is a passive misnomer for active sharing of knowledge to make a company more efficient, effective and innovative.
So what's with the scones? Knowledge management consultant Carl Davidson says it shows how knowledge can be categorised as explicit and tacit.
Grandma gave you only explicit knowledge by writing down instructions. What you also needed was her tacit knowledge of how she worked in the butter and milk, how she kneaded the dough. You would get this only by talking to her face to face, watching her, or making a batch alongside her. ...
Snip... Long article on the 'basics' of KM. Opens with scones and ends with some signs to watch for in you organization that might indicate that you need to have a 'knowledge strategy'. ...Snip
...Signs you need better knowledge management
* Effort is duplicated
* The same mistakes are made in different parts of the company
* The company repeats past mistakes
* People feel overwhelmed by information
* People don't talk face to face
* People don't know what or who to consult if they strike a problem
* Decisions aren't made on the best information available...
Byte and Switch :: The Global Site For Storage Networking
...StorageTek supports its Email Xcelerator solutions through its Global Services organization. StorageTek's professional services experts have experience in designing and implementing a cost effective infrastructure to support an e-mail environment, and are adept at helping customers identify best-in-class solutions.
This new suite of solutions -- the StorageTek Email ArchiveMaster(TM), Email ArchiveMaster with search and retrieve capability, and Email AuditMaster(TM) -- will address the three primary management issues related to e-mail:
Archive Management: This software/hardware/service-based solution enables companies to better manage e-mail data through its lifecycle. It automatically migrates older e-mail and attachments to inexpensive and, if necessary, compliant media.
Knowledge Management: In addition to the archive functionality, this solution allows both IT and end users to better exploit the knowledge contained in the e-mail archive through advanced search and retrieval capabilities.
Compliance Management: This workflow based solution enables regulated organizations to comply with rules pertaining to review, retention and classification of e-mail messages and attachments.