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May 2013

Miles Ahead

Southwest Airlines reaps big rewards, transforming a successful frequent flyer program into a superior customer experience.

 

big data Special Report: Dealing With Data
In 2012, researchers from Oracle and the Economist Intelligence Unit interviewed 373 senior executives on the subject of business analytics, exploring the traits of leaders who have successfully leveraged big data.

Here, find out what the report revealed, plus get other fresh insight about big data from the May issue of Profit magazine.

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    On June 13, Oracle executives will host the fourth annual Primavera Virtual Summit. Find out how to register for the summit. Plus, read about Oracle's latest enhancements to its Enterprise Project Portfolio Management solutions, and get advice from other executives who are using project management technology to drive their companies forward.
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    To design, build, and deploy the world's most-efficient solar energy systems, managers at Amonix must maintain a streamlined global supply chain.
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    As Fiat maneuvers beyond Italy, new analytics help steer managers in the right direction.
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    Southwest Airlines reaps big rewards, transforming a successful frequent flyer program into a superior customer experience.
  • Innovation and the CIO: 5 Great Ideas
    From Oracle Senior Vice President Bob Evans: “Today's dynamic business environment calls for the CIO to step forward cheerfully and confidently to take on the additional (and unofficial) role of Chief Acceleration Officer, taking responsibility for finding ways to speed up everything from financial closings to product-development cycles to customer-feedback loops.”
  • Five Ideas: Growth
    In April, Oracle announced the new release of the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System. Here, read about this latest release, plus hear from Oracle experts about solutions that can help executives plan for growth, report with confidence and accelerate time to value.
  • Special Report: Customer Experience
    According to the results of a recent Oracle survey, 62 percent of B2B e-commerce professionals said that they have a customer experience program in place, and 25 percent plan to implement one in 2013.
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Miranda

Unique Blend

Steve Miranda, executive vice president of application development at Oracle

“The acquisitions have really bolstered our development efforts. When you bring in talented people through acquisitions, you get good ideas from a lot of places. And these ideas have affected our cloud technologies as well as our on-premises solutions.”

 

Fung

Beyond Big Data

Kaiser Fung, statistician, blogger and Numbersense author

“Executives are one of the biggest consumers of big data...They need to actually understand what their people are showing them and make smarter decisions about what data analysis can be trusted.”

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Shapira

The Seven Key Steps of Data Analysis

Gwen Shapira, solutions architect at Cloudera and an Oracle ACE Director

“While each company creates data products specific to its own requirements and goals, some of steps in the value chain are consistent across organizations.”

 

Jayawardhane

Predictive Analytics: Four Strategies

Suneth Jayawardhane, senior director of insight and customer strategy at Oracle

“Recent growth in available data and statistical analysis tools has improved the role of predictive analytics.With four steps, managers can position themselves to reap the benefits.”

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