For many people, deciding to lose weight is nothing more involved than a decision to do so. Losing weight and actually keeping it off can be an almost impossible feat for most people without proper planning and maintenance. In the latest episode of BI...

Motivating yourself, co-workers and/or employees is always useful in business and incentives are some of the oldest tricks in the book. But what really works? Dr. Ian Ayres, author of Carrots and Sticks , shares what types of incentive programs actually...

Executives and managers use "gut feel" to make business decisions most of the time, according to a study by Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services (BBRS). The problem is, "gut feel" often leads to poor outcomes-and keeps companies from exploring profitable...

Predictive analytics is the next step in BI: not only can you be retrospective and see what has happened in your company in the past, but now we can distill new information from the old information to actually predict what will happen in the future. Jamie...

Data is the key to business intelligence. You need data to analyze in order to make informed decisions, but having access to all the data you need hasn't always been easy. That's where Azure Marketplace comes in. Moe Khosravy explains the basic principles...

The United States has a massive debt problem. Many politicians talk about why we're in this position and what we need to do about it, but Tyler Chessman decided to take a look for himself. As a data scientist, not an economist, Tyler analyzed data from...

"Big Data" is changing the face of business intelligence, for both CIOs and IT professionals. Alistair Croll, Founder of BitCurrent and Program Co-Chair of the Strata Conference, emphasizes that thinking like Sir Isaac Newton could bring a huge competitive...

Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc, predicted years ago that data collection would change the traditional model of business intelligence. Now, collective intelligence, automation and algorithms are the heart of competitive advantage...

Practice Fusion's Matthew Douglass, VP of Product Development, and Bruno Aziza, Dir. of Business Intelligence at Microsoft, discuss the Analyze This! Challenge in the video "Visualize Health Trends. Track Adverse Drug Reactions. Chart Chronic Disease...

Tesco's New Strategy to Improve Customer Satisfaction Hinges on Innovative BI Tools By Joe Mullich Business intelligence has historically leveraged structured data from relational databases-that is, rows and columns of numbers. However, huge amounts...

How IT Can Drive Top-Line Growth By Joe Mullich As the world emerges from 24 months of economic turmoil, "companies are looking for technology, innovation, and reinvention of their business models," says Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Office at Microsoft...

Risk Reduction Advice from a Legend Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School, and co-creator of the Balanced Scorecard, offers case studies of the mistakes executives make when it comes to formulating strategic plans, how to communicate them and the...

Balanced Scorecard Co-Creator Dr. Robert Kaplan's New Ways to Improve Communications and Risk Management By Joe Mullich In formulating strategic plans, senior executives tend to overlook two key elements: effectively communicating those plans to...

H ow Mandarin Hotel Implements Its Unique Customer Loyalty Strategy W i nning Customer Loyalty via Personalization - A n international luxury hotel chain with award-winning customer service built its personalized approach on top of a mountain of clean...

How Mandarin Hotel Implements Its Unique Customer Loyalty Strategy By Joe Mullich Since the economic downturn, executives have heightened their focus on customer loyalty, looking for new ways to retain and draw additional value from their existing...

How to use your BI Tool to Highlight Deficiencies in Data Join the Business Intelligence TV LinkedIn Group @ http://ow.ly/3zH7e to stay up-to-date with all the latest shows and polls. Peter Thomas, business intelligence theorist and practitioner...

Join the Business Intelligence TV LinkedIn Group @ http://ow.ly/3zH7e to join the ongoing BI conversation The 2010 BPM Pulse ™ Survey results showed that 84% of organizations site management reporting as a major challenge. John Colbert, VP...

Traditional banking is dead. Bank 2.0 Author Brett King, examines the level of disruption banks are facing to compete in a customer centric environment. BITV, now have a LinkedIn Group - Click Here to Join Every Week, we release a new...

Your BI TV host, Bruno Aziza welcomes in the New Year BIG with a preview of where BI TV is heading in 2011. Highlights include WHO we’re talking to, WHERE we’ll be and WHAT you’re saying. January focuses on Predictions in 2020. February...

Colin Kerr, Microsoft Industry Solutions Manager talks about the relationships banks have with data, and how FSI organizations are using business intelligence to meet the needs of a new financial world.

Anita Prasad, Microsoft General Manager of Treasury Capital Management discusses the challenges of collecting, understanding, and quantifying structured and unstructured data to help manage and mitigate risk in the financial services industry.

Karen Cone, Microsoft General Manager of Financial Services, talks about the rapid changes in the financial services landscape - from loss of customer trust and increased regulations to the dramatic demographic and generational changes occurring -- factors...

Learn how Luup is harnessing the power of Windows Phone 7 and management information services to deliver innovative mobile payments and remittance services solutions to the banking industry.

Chris Capossela,  Senior Vice President, Information Worker Product Management Group, talks about how Microsoft is empowering Information Workers with Business Intelligence tools.

As Australia's first bank, and first company, established in 1817 as the bank of New South Wales, the Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses serves 10 million customers. Watch as Westpac group executive of Technology Bob...