Success in Business is Aided by the Right Tool for Delivering Intelligence
Many companies are seeking a business intelligence tool that can deliver superior information quickly and effectively. Competitive companies know that it's not enough to have great information – you have to be able to get it to the people who need it before it loses its value. The quality of business intelligence — or the data that reveals "why" an organization is performing the way it is — is often dependent on the quality of the software tool used to collect, analyze and deliver it. Inadequate solutions that are difficult to use or that can't unify intelligence gathering throughout the business will face resistance from users and fail to achieve their potential. A superior tool, on the other hand, will be quickly adopted across the organization because it offers immediate value. That's what enterprises around the world have discovered in IBM.
IBM Provides a Superior Business Intelligence Tool
IBM has designed a business tool for handling intelligence that is used by thousands of companies in 135 countries, including many Global 3500 enterprises. With a reputation for excellence and awards for the best customer service in the industry, IBM has become the world's premiere provider of software tools for business intelligence and performance planning. IBM alone provides integrated solutions that support companies through the entire cycle of performance management — from planning and budgeting to measuring and monitoring to analysis and reporting. IBM customers have achieved significant return on investment, dramatically increased revenues and drastically cut decision-making and budgeting timeframes — which is why many are the global leaders in their respective industries.
One Tool Handles Every Aspect of Business Intelligence
IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, or BI, is a software tool that combines all the functions of good performance management: reporting, analysis, scorecarding, data integration, event management, dashboards, and more. IBM Cognos 8 BI lets companies:
- Leverage existing data by collecting and storing it, and turning it into meaningful intelligence that anyone in the company can use
- Discover the "why" behind results by aggregating data or drilling down to find underlying causes
- Shorten timeframes for decision-making with self-service reporting and reduced planning timelines
- Get everyone on the same page with a single and reliable version of business issues
With BI from IBM, companies will find a tool that allows them to make better decisions faster — and that is the essence of competitiveness.
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