Despite major investments in business intelligence (BI) tools over the last decade, many organizations still make decisions in ad hoc ways that may undermine peak performance. Inundated with their own data, not to mention the wider world of tweets, blogs and video, executives must focus not only on turning information into insights, but also converting insights into actions that generate positive outcomes and, ultimately, help their organizations achieve high performance.
Whether using multiple BI tools, undergoing an application upgrade or seeking to gain more from an Oracle BI environment, executives can benefit from the power of analytics—defined as the extensive use of data; statistical and quantitative analysis; explanatory and predictive models; and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
Indeed, in a recent Accenture poll, two-thirds of senior managers at more than 500 blue-chip organizations in the United States and United Kingdom cited “getting their data in order” as an immediate priority,[1] while more than three-quarters of high performers said that business analytics investments are delivering 75 percent or more of the expected value—nearly twice the proportion of other IT organizations.
Teaming with Oracle Corp., we help organizations turn information into action by driving technology-enabled business insights. We design, build and run the underpinning information strategy, architecture and governance that enables a "single source of the truth" for all data, wherever it resides; and we empower executives to effectively analyze that data and deliver the intelligence and insights that enable smarter decision making, actions and outcomes.
[1] “Mind the Gap: Insights from Accenture’s third global IT performance research study,” Accenture, 2010