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5/1/2008
The Last Word
While each of the tools I've highlighted has the potential to make an end user's high-quality data visualization job much easier, make no mistake: Despite their ease of use, BI visualization solutions are not plug-and-play. It will be important for institutions to carefully consider business intelligence and data warehouse solutions that provide open and expandable information architectures, in order to leverage the types of visualization tools I have presented here. With the right framework in place, one or more of these tools will likely be the perfect complement, helping your key campus decision-makers to make the case for a change that propels your institution toward greatness.
Graham Tracey is director of higher education services at ASR Analytics, a consultancy specializing in business intelligence, predictive modeling, and data mining.
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Today, it's clear to almost every campus executive that moving an institution from the traditional purchasing model to a strategic eProcurement program can greatly increase staff efficiency and save the institution money. Because eProcurement automates so many purchasing processes, it eliminates reams of paperwork and allows procurement staff to refocus their efforts on cutting costs and improving strategic partnerships.
Mary Jo Gorney-Moreno didn't start out in IT. She joined San Jose State University (CA) in 1981 as an assistant professor in the school of nursing. But somewhere along the way, she realized her energy was focused on academic technology, and how it could help a variety of learners gain knowledge.