AUG. 13: THE "HOW TO" ISSUE

How to:

	Be successful with your BI competency center  From knowing what you want to knowing who you need, the seven steps to follow if you want to roll out a BI deployment that your business users will be truly happy to work with. —August 15, 2008
	Sell performance management to your CFO  Forget promises of faster and cheaper, your CFO's heard them all before. Instead, reframe ROI to focus on value, not cost. New insights from our Innovation Center Advisors show you how. —August 15, 2008
	Plan for change in a "white water world"  Whether change is a crisis or opportunity depends on how you respond. While some make it up as they go, we suggest a better way using consistent information and a flexible approach.  —August 15, 2008

ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

Ventana Research talks stewardship and strategy 

CEO and EVP of Research Mark Smith defines his vision for operational performance management, shares his insights on data strategy, and reveals why choosing vendors based on features is the wrong way to go.  —August 15, 2008

Diving deep into data with IBM Information Server 

Michael Curry, Director of Product Marketing for IBM InfoSphere, explains the benefits of building a "baseline of understanding" and describes the behind-the-scenes benefits your business users will thank you for.  —August 15, 2008

Got information? Get an information agenda

From vision lock to implementation planning, a five-step process from IBM to help CIOs manage their data, protect their investments, and rethink their approach to delivering trusted information. —July 9, 2008

Breakout sessions at Performance 2008 deliver real-world insight

From strategy management and scorecarding to TM1 and SAP, a sampling of the seesions you can choose from at our most important one-day event of the year. —August 15, 2008

IBM Information On Demand 2008 spotlights Cognos solutions

A preview of some of the sessions that highlight the pivotal role that Cognos solutions play within the IBM Information On Demand framework. —August 15, 2008

ON FINANCE:

Performance leaders: The new face of performance management

"Enhanced CFO" or entirely new role? Org chart issues aside, observers say "Performance Improvement Officers" are long overdue. We look at the mandate and why the position demands "ceaseless, active engagement."  —August 15, 2008

Independent platforms bring "significant" rewards: CFO Research

The last of our excerpts from CFO Research Services examine the perils of proprietary systems and why finance occupies a "unique position" to make the case for an independent performance management platform.  —August 15, 2008

Planning for price swings in the age of "peak oil"

Whether there's any oil left to be found is almost beside the point. With prices at historic highs and talk of "structural change" in the industry it's as good a time as ever for the IBM Cognos Upstream Oil & Gas Performance Blueprint.  —July 9, 2008

ON BUSINESS

The metrics that matter for higher performance in higher ed

Whether it's entry scores, retention rates, or the energy and water they use, there's lots to measure at the University of Wollongong. We learn from with Chris Grange why results are trending up on his campus down under.  —August 15, 2008

Industry-specific measures, marts, and models with help from IBM

From regulatory compliance to customer churn in retail, banking, telco and beyond, we talk to Andrew Manby of IBM about the dimensions, measures, and business benefits at the heart of IBM Industry Models.   —August 15, 2008

Ant farms, analytics, and the predictive organization

The future's still not ours to see, but with Cognos and SPSS a little predictive modeling can go a long way in the mean time: like helping you see what your customers will want, where it's best to invest, and where your competitors will turn up next.  —July 9, 2008