Bret Victor and Guiding Principles

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Posted on : 09-03-2012 | By : Ben Stinner | In : Analytics

We often speak of finding and following our passions. Bret Victor, a talented data visualizer and deep thinker on many topics, believes in finding and following great ideas as guiding principles. I met Bret several years ago and became reacquainted with him and his work again this year. One of his recent projects was the creation of the interactive graphics that accompany Al Gore’s newest book Our Choice. Unlike many interactive infographics, Bret’s are both beautiful and uncompromisingly useful, perfectly suited to the audience and task.

Bret and I share an interest in ideas that can serve as guiding principles. We both approach our work in the service of these principles with a keen sense of responsibility. One of the guiding principles of my work can be expressed as:

Individuals usually make better decisions when they learn to think critically (a.k.a., scientifically) and have broad access to information. These individuals can have a positive effect on others if they learn to present information clearly, accurately, and truthfully. Better thinking, based on good information, paired with effective communication, can produce a better world.

Bret talks about the power of guiding principles in a video-recording that you can watch online. One of his own guiding principles, which he pursues in innovative ways, is the idea that the creative process works best when we have an immediate connection with the object of creation. Immediate feedback while creating works around limitations of our brains, allowing us to see what we would otherwise have to imagine with great difficulty. I recommend that you watch this video. You’ll find Bret’s presentation both brilliant and inspiring. If your interest is piqued, you can learn more about Bret Victor and his work at www.worrydream.com.

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Su Birch is first winner of Wine Intelligence 10 for 10 Business Award

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Posted on : 09-03-2012 | By : Ben Stinner | In : Analytics

The award was presented by Felicity Carter, Editor of Meininger’s Wine Business International, one of the 10-strong panel of judges, in front of a crowd of wine trade leaders which included fellow nominees Michael Cox of Wines of Chile UK, journalist and wine judge Tim Atkin MW, winemaker Etienne Hugel, Ross Brown of Brown Brothers, and fellow South African and Chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine, Lynne Sherriff MW.

In a brief and heartfelt acceptance speech, Birch attributed her success during her 12 year tenure at WoSA to strong backing from her colleagues. “I think it’s because I have the best team in the world, everyone out there in the different countries [where WoSA has offices] who do such an amazing job,� she said.

The Wine Intelligence 10 for 10 Business Awards were created to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of Wine Intelligence, which is now a global operation working in 20 countries. The awards are designed to celebrate individuals in the wine business around the world who have made a significant contribution to the success of the global wine industry in the decade. The award itself is an original piece of art conceived by Polish artist Anna Kus Park, who has created 10 distinctive paintings, one for each award winner.

Prior to announcing her as the winner, Felicity Carter said of Birch: “If you are CEO of Wines of South Africa you really have your work cut out for you.�

“In the past ten years, Su has trebled sales in international markets. South African wines are storming into markets like Holland, Germany and the UK. And beyond the wine trade, Su has been involved in a number of sustainability issues. She has been involved in initiatives to get people from disadvantaged backgrounds into the wine trade, and has had an enormous role in promoting sustainability in South Africa.�

A total of 30 prominent wine trade figures from around the world were nominated by the judging panel, and a further 9 awards will be given out at a series of events organised by Wine Intelligence throughout 2012. These will include events at London International Wine Fair, Vinexpo Hong Kong, and the Outlook conference in Melbourne, plus separate events in San Francisco, Madrid, Santiago, and southern France, with a grand finale in London in November.

Commenting on the award, Richard Halstead, COO of Wine Intelligence, said: “I’m really pleased the judges chose to highlight the work Su and the WoSA team have been doing over the past decade. It’s always hard to single out an individual, but in this case the feeling from the judges was that Su’s persistence, enthusiasm and dynamism throughout her long tenure was worthy of recognition.�

Article source: http://www.wine.co.za/News/news.aspx?NEWSID=19934&Source=News

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Aberdeen Publishes Business Intelligence, Global Supply, Communications, Data Management Research

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Posted on : 09-03-2012 | By : Ben Stinner | In : Analytics

BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire -03/08/12)- Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS – News), today announced the publication of new research reports from its Business Intelligence, Global Supply Management, Collaboration and Integrated Communications, and Enterprise Data Management research practices.

Embedded BI: Boosting Analytical Adoption and Engagement,” prepared by Michael Lock, Research Director, Technology Markets, Business Intelligence, investigates the growing use of business intelligence (BI) and analytical tools integrated or embedded within existing enterprise applications such as CRM or ERP. The research shows that an embedded approach to BI, when paired with a strong foundation of organizational capability and the right analytical culture, leads to a greater level of adoption and active use of BI capability. For top performing companies, this widespread acceptance and engagement in business analytics leads to measurable and repeatable business performance when it comes to key metrics such as process efficiency and employee productivity. To obtain a complimentary copy of this report, made available in part by Birst, Jaspersoft and Pentaho, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7487camp=2.

Drilling for Success in Contract Management: Addressing CLM in Upstream Oil Gas,” prepared by Constantine Limberakis, Senior Research Analyst for the Aberdeen Group Global Supply Management research practice, examines the unique pressures encountered in the world of managing contract in the upstream Oil and Gas industry. Due to these pressures and the complexities inherent in upstream and offshore projects, there is an increased need to improve visibility into contract management. Perhaps unlike any other industry, managing contracts in Oil and Gas requires deep knowledge of various jurisdictions globally, and insights into the unique legal differences within these jurisdictions for the purposes of managing issues such as: breach of contracts, gross negligence, and indemnity provisions. By implementing workflow solutions to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, CLM can be a catalyst for building positive contractual relationships in an industry that is strife with risk and legal disputes. To obtain a complimentary copy of this report visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7727camp=2.

Cut Costs, Improve Service, Optimize Support: The Keys to Telecom Lifecycle Management, written by Hyoun Park, Research Analyst for Collaboration and Integrated Communications, explores how businesses have reduced telecom, network, and wireless expenses while maintaining the quality of these critical communications services for all employees. For a typical billion dollar company these costs can represent a $6 million dollar annual expenditure, and require three or more dedicated employees to manage. However, industry leaders, representing the top 30% of survey respondents, were able to reduce overall costs by 13%, and reduce support staff by 45%, while achieving more of their outage-based and financial service level agreements. To find out how leading organizations constructed strategies that reduced their telecom, network, and wireless total cost of ownership while meeting the needs of their end users, visit http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7586camp=2.

The Tortoise and the Hare: A Tale of Document Management in Insurance and Banking” written by Nathaniel Rowe, Research Analyst for Aberdeen’s IT Infrastructure practice, takes a close look at two major document-centric industries. Aberdeen’s research shows that, as in the well-known Aesop Fable, insurance companies are taking a slow and steady approach to document management, focusing on high levels of data accuracy and trust. Banking organizations, on the other hand, are racing forward, quickly adopting technologies to increase the speed of document capture and processing. In the real business world, however, the winner is not so easily determined. For a closer look at the benefits and pitfalls of each approach, and to obtain a complimentary copy of the research report, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7685camp=2.

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen provides fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having queried more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions.

As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen’s analytical and independent view of the “customer optimization” process of Harte-Hanks (Information – Opportunity – Insight – Engagement – Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen or call (617) 854-5200, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748.

© 2012 Aberdeen Group, Inc., a Harte-Hanks Company
451 D Street, Suite 710
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-1928
Telephone: (617) 854-5200
Fax: (617) 723-7897
www.aberdeen.com

Article source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aberdeen-publishes-business-intelligence-global-204500366.html

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InsFocus Releases Version 2.0 of InsFocus BI Insurance Business Intelligence …

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InsFocus Systems has just released version 2.0 of its category-leading InsFocus BI insurance business intelligence solution, an update that brings InsFocus to the Web, while adding lots of other functionalities.

Tel Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

InsFocus Systems has just released version 2.0 of its category-leading InsFocus BI insurance business intelligence solution, an update that brings InsFocus to the Web, while adding lots of other functionalities.

The new version’s emphasis is on the Web. InsFocus BI Web is an entirely new, built from-the-ground-up, Web viewer, which allows viewing all InsFocus reports directly within the browser. Designed around the newest standards, including HTML5 and CSS3, and sporting a sleek new UI design, InsFocus BI Web is the next step forward when it comes to insurance business intelligence.

InsFocus BI Web supports all modern Web browsers, including Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. It is completely zero-footprint, leveraging the latest technologies including ASP .NET MVC and jQuery, making it super-fast and responsive. Using a unique tab-based approach, it allows viewing and manipulating of any InsFocus report.

The new version also contains major infrastructure, content and scalability improvements. Amongst these are the moving of system definitions from XML to databases, support for multiple application servers, report searching in the Windows and Web clients, support for SQL Server full-text indexing, and an announcements and information mechanism.

Accompanying the new version is InsFocus Data Model 2.0, which has been greatly enhanced with internal and customers’ feedback. The model now contains more than 300 items (report building blocks) and more than 70 dimensions. A revamped report library is part of the new model as well. The library contains 172 pre-defined reports, which assist insurance companies to improve their performance, including reports for marketing, underwriting, claims, reinsurance, actuarial work, financial analysis and audit. All reports can further be customized by clients to their needs.

Speaking of InsFocus BI’s new Web viewer, Hanan Taiber, CTO of InsFocus Systems, says that “We’ve worked very hard on our Web viewer, as we wanted to build a version that is totally optimized for the Web, including the latest and emerging standards, that will have a fresh and modern UI and that can work fast just as a desktop application.”

“We are truly excited about this new version”, says Uri Taiber, CEO of InsFocus Systems. “The combination of the new features, with the Web viewer and the greatly improved data model, will provide an even greater value to our customers and will further expand the true value of an insurance-specific solution.”

For more information on InsFocus Systems and InsFocus BI, please visit InsFocus Systems Homepage.

ABOUT INSFOCUS

InsFocus is a leading provider of insurance business intelligence software. Leveraging decades of insurance industry experience paired with BI and DW expertise, InsFocus Systems brings advanced analytics to every part of the insurance business, including marketing, underwriting, reinsurance, actuarial, and accounting domains.

Building on its proprietary data model and extensive field experience, InsFocus creates and deploys structured BI projects with a focus on predictable and accurate results, customizability, and user-friendliness. InsFocus is a Microsoft™ Certified ISV Partner, operating globally through Microsoft implementation partners.

For the original version on PRWeb visit: http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/3/prweb9261440.htm

Article source: http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/InsFocus-Releases-Version-2-0-of-InsFocus-BI-3390959.php

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New Teradata Platform Reshapes Business Intelligence Industry

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/PRNewswire/ – Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the leading analytic data solutions company, announced the immediate availability of the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690 (Teradata Active EDW), which offers the newest generation of hybrid storage that further enhances the data warehouse’s capability to help companies make the best decisions possible.

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Please follow this link to view the full social media news release on Teradata.comhttp://www.teradata.com/News-Releases/2012/New-Teradata-Platform-Reshapes-Business-Intelligence-Industry/

Teradata is the first vendor to provide customers with the optimized use of solid state drives (SSD) and hard disk drives (HDD), which is enabled by Teradata Virtual Storage™, its intelligent storage management software. The new hybrid storage-based platform meets a much broader range of customer analytic needs with expanded flexibility in the configuration and balance of SSD and HDD. The Teradata Active EDW supports robust strategic intelligence for long-range planning and reporting, and real-time operational intelligence for “front-line” employees.

“Businesses now demand real-time analytic solutions that provide the right answers at the right time – it’s all about speed,” said Scott Gnau, president, Teradata Labs, Teradata. “The Teradata Active EDW leverages multiple tiers of storage technology including main memory and both high-speed and high-capacity storage drives to achieve optimum data warehouse performance. It is clear that Teradata customers understand the value of this hybrid storage, based on an unprecedented rate of adoption by leading companies across many industries.”

Customers in many different industries benefit from hybrid storage.

  • A manufacturer of high-value products is using a Teradata Active EDW hybrid storage-based platform to quickly process data from a multitude of sensors located at multiple sites, on their production lines. They are able to significantly increase manufacturing yield with the high-velocity collection and analysis of real- time sensor data from fabrication machinery to make instant adjustments. These quick responses optimize the overall production flow in an environment where every one percent of yield improvement can mean millions of dollars in savings.
  • A large wireless phone service provider wants to increase the velocity of intelligence about customers to support service agents’ decisions. With this information, agents can reduce churn, lower costs, and increase revenue. Its hybrid storage- based Teradata Active EDW enables all of these benefits by analyzing the current hot data from customer interactions along with the cold data from the long-term customer history.  

“Our research shows that organizations need frequent access to their large scale databases, and a majority analyze the data many times a day,” said David Menninger, vice president and research director, Ventana Research. “Given the performance and cost differences between solid state disks and conventional disk drives, a hybrid storage system that recognizes the usage pattern in the data optimizes the trade-offs, delivering the advantage of solid state performance for most operations while minimizing costs.”

The enhanced Teradata Active EDW 6690 is differentiated by these key elements.

Breakthrough Hybrid Storage TechnologyTeradata is the only data warehouse provider to offer integrated, self-managing storage combining both SSD and HDD devices in the same platform. Its fully automated approach makes the storage management transparent to the database administrator and user.

Teradata is the first in the market to deliver a database-aware storage management capability, Teradata Virtual Storage, which continuously and automatically places the most frequently used “hot” data on the fast SSD, and the least-used “cold” data on the slower, less expensive HDD storage. The data placement is dynamic and based on usage patterns. Teradata Virtual Storage automatically moves data as its temperature naturally changes over time ensuring alignment to the most appropriate storage location. The result is not only accelerated analysis of hot data due to the speed of SSD, but also the faster analysis of cold data due to the now lightened load for the HDD storage.

Proven Analytic Workhorse The proven analytical workhorse of the world’s leading companies, the Teradata Active EDW is the foundation for enterprise–class analytics. This system can manage the toughest, most demanding real-time workloads. It has been architected to handle both massive data volumes and data traveling at extreme velocity, while it scales from 100s to 1,000s of concurrent users and business applications. In addition, the system easily manages concurrent mixed workloads that include ad hoc, tactical, and basic reporting queries.

For example, a leading e-retailer uses the new Teradata platform to cost-effectively store a relatively small amount of hot data on SSD to meet the high-performance analytic need to create on-the-fly customized sales offers for consumers, while storing a much larger amount of colder historical data on HDD. The enhanced flexibility of the new platform enables customers to choose an optimized configuration to meet their individual needs.

The Teradata Active EDW supports systems starting at six terabytes (TB) and scales up to 60 petabytes (PB) of user data to support a wide range of data space needs. Teradata continues to provide an optimized and integrated hardware and software stack based on best-of-breed technologies. The technologies include the powerful Intel Xeon Multi-Core Processors, the robust, field-proven NetApp E-series storage system with the new, space-efficient 2½-inch-sized HDD, while SanDisk provides the industry’s leading enterprise-class SSD with 400-gigabyte (GB) capacity in a 2½-inch unit.

Power to Enable Integrated Data Warehousing  The Teradata Active EDW provides an environment that enables integrated analytics with incredibly fast parallel processing, scalability for massive volumes of data, and rich in-database analytic capabilities. Teradata provides a comprehensive set of integrated analytics that leverage the speed of the database engine along with the cost-efficient performance of the hybrid storage platform. The analytics include data exploration, geospatial, temporal, predictive, and emerging open source technology such as “R.” In addition, Teradata has collaborated with industry-leading data mining partners to provide analytics and business intelligence with highly optimized in-database integrations.

Powerful Analytical Ecosystems Companies are building complete analytical ecosystems from their Teradata platforms, augmenting their Teradata Active EDW with one or more special purpose Teradata appliances. By doing so, they are creating a very efficient and powerful analytical ecosystem, which is optimized for price, performance, value, and system availability.

Unmatched Efficiency Teradata has set the green standard in data warehousing – with up to a 10-times improvement in energy and space utilization for the same performance system compared to systems from six years ago. The enhanced Teradata Active EDW platform achieves data center efficiencies because hybrid storage delivers more performance with fewer storage units. Customers benefit from the innovative, high-density designs of the cabinet, power, and cooling. In addition, Teradata virtualizes all system resources for optimum utilization and green efficiencies. It is widely accepted that the costs for data center power, cooling, and floor space will soon outpace the cost of the equipment in the data center, so the sustainability benefits of the Teradata system have become a critical factor to the information technology industry.

Maximum Investment Protection  Teradata’s architecture is unique in the industry, because it enables multiple generations of Teradata Active EDW nodes to coexist within the same system, allowing each generation to deliver full performance. Teradata customers can continue to grow and expand their current system for many years, unlike all other data warehouse vendors that require an entirely new system to take advantage of new hardware.

Versatility of Cloud-Based Data Warehousing The Teradata Active EDW platform supports a private cloud environment through virtualized resources, scalability, elasticity, self-service business intelligence, and consistent performance. As a result, the platform offers a powerful, flexible, and high-performance cloud-based data-warehousing environment to accommodate ever-changing business needs. The data warehouse as a private cloud enables companies to cost-effectively consolidate their many disparate data marts and “sand-boxes” into a true integrated data warehouse.

Relevant Links

Solid State Drives – A big Step Forward for Analytic Workloads: B-eye Network Podcast, Dan Grahamhttp://www.b-eye-network.com/listen/15619

The Magic Component in Teradata’s Hybrid Storage: B-eye Network Podcast, Jim Dietzhttp://www.b-eye-network.com/listen/15629

Hot and Cold Running Data: Teradata Magazine article, Keith Mullerhttp://www.teradata.com/videos/Intel-and-Teradata-A-History-of-Joint-Innovation/

The Heat is On: Teradata Magazine article, Jim Dietz http://www.teradatamagazine.com/v11n03/Viewpoints/The-Heat-Is-On/

Conquer Complexity with Teradata Virtual Storage: White Paper, Ron Yellinhttp://www.teradata.com/white-papers/Conquer-Complexity-with-Teradata-Virtual-Storage/?type=WP

Teradata’s Hybrid Storage: White paper, Jerome Wendt, DCIG analysthttp://sponsored.dcig.com/2011/09/teradatas-hybrid-storage.html

Solid State Drives in Data warehousing, White paper, Richard Winterhttp://www.wintercorp.com/WhitePapers/Solid%20State%20Storage%20for%20Data%20Warehousing%20%20-%20WinterCorp%20Executive%20Report%20v1b.pdf

About TeradataTeradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world’s leading analytic data solutions company, focused on integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and business applications. Teradata’s innovative products and services deliver data integration and business insight to empower organizations to make the best decisions possible for competitive advantage. Visit teradata.com for details.

Get to know Teradata:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/teradatanews   Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Teradata  YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/teradata  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/teradata/products  

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

SOURCE Teradata Corporation

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Aberdeen Publishes Business Intelligence, Global Supply, Communications, Data …

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BOSTON, MA, Mar 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company


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, today announced
the publication of new research reports from its Business
Intelligence, Global Supply Management, Collaboration and Integrated
Communications, and Enterprise Data Management research practices.

“Embedded BI: Boosting Analytical Adoption and Engagement,” prepared
by Michael Lock, Research Director, Technology Markets, Business
Intelligence, investigates the growing use of business intelligence
(BI) and analytical tools integrated or embedded within existing
enterprise applications such as CRM or ERP. The research shows that
an embedded approach to BI, when paired with a strong foundation of
organizational capability and the right analytical culture, leads to
a greater level of adoption and active use of BI capability. For top
performing companies, this widespread acceptance and engagement in
business analytics leads to measurable and repeatable business
performance when it comes to key metrics such as process efficiency
and employee productivity. To obtain a complimentary copy of this
report, made available in part by Birst, Jaspersoft and Pentaho,
visit:

http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7487camp=2 .

“Drilling for Success in Contract Management: Addressing CLM in
Upstream Oil Gas,” prepared by Constantine Limberakis, Senior
Research Analyst for the Aberdeen Group Global Supply Management
research practice, examines the unique pressures encountered in the
world of managing contract in the upstream Oil and Gas industry. Due
to these pressures and the complexities inherent in upstream and
offshore projects, there is an increased need to improve visibility
into contract management. Perhaps unlike any other industry, managing
contracts in Oil and Gas requires deep knowledge of various
jurisdictions globally, and insights into the unique legal
differences within these jurisdictions for the purposes of managing
issues such as: breach of contracts, gross negligence, and indemnity
provisions. By implementing workflow solutions to collaborate with
internal and external stakeholders, CLM can be a catalyst for
building positive contractual relationships in an industry that is
strife with risk and legal disputes. To obtain a complimentary copy
of this report visit:

http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7727camp=2 .

Cut Costs, Improve Service, Optimize Support: The Keys to Telecom
Lifecycle Management, written by Hyoun Park, Research Analyst for
Collaboration and Integrated Communications, explores how businesses
have reduced telecom, network, and wireless expenses while
maintaining the quality of these critical communications services for
all employees. For a typical billion dollar company these costs can
represent a $6 million dollar annual expenditure, and require three
or more dedicated employees to manage. However, industry leaders,
representing the top 30% of survey respondents, were able to reduce
overall costs by 13%, and reduce support staff by 45%, while
achieving more of their outage-based and financial service level
agreements. To find out how leading organizations constructed
strategies that reduced their telecom, network, and wireless total
cost of ownership while meeting the needs of their end users, visit

http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7586camp=2 .

“The Tortoise and the Hare: A Tale of Document Management in
Insurance and Banking” written by Nathaniel Rowe, Research Analyst
for Aberdeen’s IT Infrastructure practice, takes a close look at two
major document-centric industries. Aberdeen’s research shows that, as
in the well-known Aesop Fable, insurance companies are taking a slow
and steady approach to document management, focusing on high levels
of data accuracy and trust. Banking organizations, on the other hand,
are racing forward, quickly adopting technologies to increase the
speed of document capture and processing. In the real business world,
however, the winner is not so easily determined. For a closer look at
the benefits and pitfalls of each approach, and to obtain a
complimentary copy of the research report, visit:

http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182cid=7685camp=2 .

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen provides fact-based research and market intelligence that
delivers demonstrable results. Having queried more than 30,000
companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is positioned to educate
users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling
sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As
the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations
turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions.

As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting
content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing
company. Aberdeen’s analytical and independent view of the “customer
optimization” process of Harte-Hanks (Information – Opportunity -
Insight – Engagement – Interaction) extends the client value and
accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For
additional information, visit Aberdeen or call (617) 854-5200, or to
learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748.

Copyright 2012 Aberdeen Group, Inc., a Harte-Hanks Company
451 D
Street, Suite 710
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-1928
Telephone: (617)
854-5200
Fax: (617) 723-7897

www.aberdeen.com

SOURCE: Aberdeen Group

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