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SAS, a provider of business analytics software and services, has unveiled Rapid Predictive Modeler that develops predictive models to address an array of business scenarios. The company said that the new offerings allow business users to select data and choose inputs for the outcome they desire, and the software processes the input variables and selects the best predictive model.

CTI Group has signed a partnership agreement with Convergys to integrate its advanced A7 analytics technology into the Convergys' Smart Enterprise Solution. CTI Group said that the partnership will enable Convergys to offer telecommunications operators serving enterprise clients efficient analytics as part of the latter's Smart Enterprise Billing.

It’s almost that time again, and Rittman Mead will once again be attending and presenting at Oracle’s Open World conference and exhibition, running in San Francisco from September 19th-23rd 2010.

Our team are running thirteen sessions over the week, covering such topics as OBIEE 11g, Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Golden Gate, Oracle Database 11gR2 and Oracle Exadata. Here’s the run-down on our sessions, and who’s presenting:

• Sunday 12.30pm, Moscone West 2002 : Mark Rittman, “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Dashboarding/Reporting and More”
• Sunday 12.30pm, Moscone West 2012 : Stewart Bryson, “Introduction to the ODTUG BI/DW Sunday Forum”
• Sunday 2pm, Moscone West 2020 : Jon Mead, “Oracle Exadata/Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Retail Case Study”
• Sunday 4.30pm, Moscone West 2012 : Mark Rittman, Jon Mead, “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Panel”
• Tuesday, 3.30pm, Moscone West 3016 : Jon Mead, “An Oracle Exadata Case Study in the Retail Sector”
• Tuesday, 3.30pm, Moscone West 3020 : Borkur Steingrimsson, “Oracle GoldenGate In-Depth : What’s All the Fuss About?”
• Tuesday, 5pm, Moscone South 308 : Peter Scott, “Implementing a Retail Data Warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Platform : Lessons Learnt”
• Wednesday 10am, Moscone West 3010 : Mark Rittman, “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Architecture Best Practices”
• Thursday 9am, Moscone South 300 : Stewart Bryson, “Resuming, Restarting, Restoring : Three R’s of Data Warehouse Fault Tolerance”
• Thursday 11am, Hotel Nikko/Bay View : Stewart Bryson, “Real-Time Data Warehousing with Oracle BI and Oracle Database”
• Thursday, 12pm, Moscone West 3010 : Mark Rittman, “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Data Modeling Best Practices”
• Thursday 1.30pm, Moscone West 3010 : Venkat Janakiraman, “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition / Oracle Fusion Middleware”
• Thursday 3pm, Moscone West 3020 : Venkat Janakiraman, “Oracle Data Integrator : ETL Loads on Oracle Essbase and Oracle Hyperion Planning”

We’ll also be at the various events, getting to as many sessions as possible and meeting up with our friends and customers within the industry. If you’re going to be there, stop by one of our sessions and say hello. We’ll also post the various presentations and papers on our website once the conference is over.

MicroStrategy® Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that TAP Portugal has deployed MicroStrategy dashboards to analyze air transportation and flight operations performance data. TAP Portugal, the leading Portuguese airline and a member of Star Alliance, currently operates over 1,850 weekly flights.

Organizations that arm business analysts with SAS® Rapid Predictive Modeler empower a whole new group of employees to determine the best actions for reducing risk and improving organizational performance. SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, is making its award-winning predictive analytics even more pervasive in the launch of SAS Rapid Predictive Modeler. SAS provides a quick, easy and effective way to develop predictive models that address a broad range of business scenarios, including customer segmentation, up-sell, cross-sell, campaign management, customer acquisition and customer churn across many industries.

Aster Data, a proven leader dedicated to providing the best data management and data processing platform for big data analytics, today announced they have been named as a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Aster Data joins an exclusive group of award recipients including Google, Mozilla, PayPal and Twitter.

Tasso Argyros, CTO and co-founder of Aster Data said, “It’s great recognition for everyone at Aster Data because from the moment the company was founded, our technology vision has always been to deliver solutions which lead the field of big data management and advanced analytics which help our clients improve customer service and sustain competitive advantage. And for Aster Data to be recognized as a Technology Pioneer by such a globally renowned organisation as the World Economic Forum is a great honour for all of our team.”

Many businesses today still operate on creating and making business decisions based on “gut feelings” where the decision maker believes that his intuitive snap judgments are far superior to the rational analytics-backed decisions. However, senior managers who rely heavily on “gut feel” and “soft” factors, including consultation with others, intuition and experience, unfortunately find that these rarely work in the current business environment. Gone are the days when instincts formed the basis for most management decisions.

Actuate Corporation, the people behind BIRT® and the leading open source Business Intelligence vendor, today reported key momentum drivers for BIRT. In less than 4 years, Actuate has generated over $50 million in BIRT-based revenue, further entrenching the company as the leading force in open source BI.

Tableau Software, the leading provider of rapid-fire business intelligence solutions, today announced that it has teamed with Triad Technology Partners to provide data analytics and business intelligence solutions to government customers. Triad will market and sell Tableau's rapid-fire business intelligence software solutions to federal, state, and local government agencies through Triad's General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 contract GS-35F-0298W.

In the current economy, businesses are looking across their enterprises and using a variety of technology and analytics to increase profits. One such technology, price optimization, is gaining favor for its ability to help companies positively impact revenue.

As more and more products are sold via the Internet, particularly in the areas of travel and consumer products, the ability to quickly assess price points and SKUs and react with a competitive price is increasingly important. Lixto, a provider of competitive price Intelligence solutions, shares five recommendations for utilizing price analytics.