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Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Aligning IT and Business Goals December 21, 2011 Ten Tips for Better BI Reporting One of the most common functions of business intelligence is reporting — so much so that the terms are often used interchangeably. Reporting is really the presentation layer of BI, or the interface between the data repositories and the decision-makers. As more employees in a company become responsible for decision-making, easy access to reporting and analysis has become paramount. Companies are moving beyond the notion of static reports for a small subset of users, and opening reporting up to knowledge workers (the casual BI user). Read more > Featured White Papers Cloud-based Data Archives: Secure, Store, & Access for Less Read this white paper to learn how to improve data availability and ease access to information to enhance decision making and better realize the value of information as an asset. •  The Private Cloud — How to Make Rain in a Dry Spell •  Mobile App Performance Monitoring: Six Tips for Success •  Ten Ways to Stretch Your Storage Budgets Top Outsourcing Trends for Q3 2011 According to research from the Everest Group, market activity was higher in Q3 2011 with 46 new service delivery centers set up across both captives and service providers, as compared to 38 new delivery centers set up in Q2 2011. Gamification: How 'Kid' Games Transform Business The heart of the gamification trend for IT is using interactive gaming as a tool to transform training company-wide. The PBX Market Recovers, but Slowly Diane Myers of Infonetics Research tells IT Business Edge blogger Carl Weinschenk that even healthy companies will continue to be conservative and she calls for single-digit growth this year. Latest White Papers Stormy Weather Ahead: The Challenges of Cloud Area Network Ops ITSM Basics: Five Traits of Orchestrated Service Management Simplifying Enterprise Modernization: Easier Than You Think Chunklets, Wide Striping, Persistent Cache: Architecting the Cloud Best Practices Webinar dynaTrace software: How to Build an APM Center of Excellence. Learn the 4 phases of implementing CAPM & more from our Sr. Dir. of Tech. Services. > "Suppose I were to say to you that 'no' is the most important word in any negotiation, and that for a negotiation to be successful, compromise is a non-starter. Would you buy it?" Excerpt from Don Tennant From Under the Rug Blogs Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Work on the 'Hard Stuff' to Improve Retention Arthur Cole Infrastructure Before You Join the Cloud, Ask Yourself 'Why?' Sue Marquette Poremba Data Security Microsoft Will Make Sure You Upgrade Your Browser The Nuts and Bolts of Data Storage   Discover how to implement tiered storage in your organization, improve storage performance while increasing capacity, and drive down storage costs. Download now > This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2011 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise