February 2011


The Cincinnati Zoo has deployed a business intelligence solution as part of an effort to boost ticket, food and merchandise sales, according to a recent TechTarget report.

The zoo, the second oldest in the world, implemented business intelligence to pull information on the habits of its 1.3 million annual visitors, director of park operations John Lucas told the technology news provider.
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The use of business intelligence technology has helped the New York City Housing Authority fight crime in the country’s largest city, according to a recent TechTarget report.

Prepared to invest heavily in surveillance cameras, because conventional wisdom says they help reduce crime, the NYCHA first used business intelligence to analyze 10 year’s worth of crime data, including police reports, the agency’s chief information officer Atefeh Riazi told TechTarget. But the results were mixed.
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Organizations that have long utilized business intelligence technology and have built advanced deployments are no longer confining it to enterprise end-users, according to the chief technology officer of a data warehousing and analytics solutions vendor.

Speaking with Computing during the recent Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011, industry expert Stephen Brobst said companies are now using advanced business intelligence platforms to improve relations with customers. The trend, Brobst said, is driven by mobile device use among consumers.
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Company Leads the BI Industry Innovation and First-to-Market Integration with Microsoft’s Office/SharePoint 2010 and Parallel Data Warehouse

TORONTO, ON (February 1, 2011) — Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, today announced highlights and results from the company’s successful year in 2010.

For 2010, the company recorded an 80 percent year-over-year growth in software sales, attributable in part to its tightened strategic partnership with Microsoft. Panorama Software added dozens of new enterprise customers in 2010, representing an additional increase in its penetration to the enterprise segment. The company also established 40 new strategic partnerships, further cementing its status as a preferred business intelligence solutions partner worldwide.
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