Packages for By-Group Processing in R
Analyst and BI expert Steve Miller takes a look at the facilities in R for doing "by-group" processing of data.…
Decision Management and Insurance – Business Optimization and Governance
Strategy Meets Actions’ research reports that insurers have tens, hundreds, even thousands of initiatives. To achieve these goals, aligning the…
Enabing Enterprise Agility Using Low Cost Mobile Phones
Instant visibility into metrics such as OEE enables plant managers to take quick action to maintain or improve indicators tied…
TDWI Vendor Panel on the Future of BI – part One
Last week I had to opportunity to attend the TDWI conference on BI in Las Vegas. While TDWI actually holds…
The State of Play in Automating Insurance Claims
Talking about claims and using Decision Management to improve claims I recently caught up with Donald Light of Celent. Donald…
The Enterprise Approach to Data – Better than a Sleeping Pill
Do you know where your financial data was last night? Sure, you know the operational and financial systems that it…
Decision Management and Insurance – Capitalize on Intelligence to Manage Losses
Many insurers have been investing heavily in claims systems to reduce costs and improve efficiency, implementing claims processes and web-based…
An Update – SAP BI and EIM 4.0
It’s been a while since a major release of BusinessObjects/SAP BI so 4.0 is a big deal – over a…
Decision Management and Insurance – Multi-Channel Distribution and Customer Communication
Insurers face an explosion of direct sales channels: websites, mobile and call centers, with the rapidly evolving world of social…
Data Mining Improved Company’s Revenue By 187%
Assurant Solutions sells insurance policies on credit card payments, for example if you lose your job or become disabled. Their…


