http://dssresources.com/ DSSResources.COM publishes appropriate DSS related news releases, our focus is on new product introductions and decision support product adoption announcements. We also publish relevant conference/meeting announcements. Please send your NEWS to news@dssresources.com. http://dssresources.com/news/3788.php May 22, 2013 -- In keeping with the ICIS2013 theme of "Reshaping Society", the 2013 SIGDSS Workshop aims to bring together academic professionals from around the world who have a passion for research and education innovation in “Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of BI and Social Media". The workshop will be held in Milan, Italy Sunday, December 15, 2013 in association with ICIS2013. ICIS ... Tue, 21 May 2013 19:40 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3785.php ARMONK, N.Y. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ushering in a new era of cognitive computing systems, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the IBM Watson Engagement Advisor, a technology breakthrough that allows brands to crunch big data in record time to transform the way they engage clients in key functions such as customer service, marketing and sales. Now businesses can ... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3787.php BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20, 2013 —- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), a full-service health benefits company headquartered near Boston has expanded its integrated data warehouse (IDW), Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced today. This upgrade supports their analytics access to increasing volumes of detail data to fuel improved consumer engagement, cost containment, and a new level of data transparency with both providers and patients.Business users ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3786.php ORLANDO, Fla., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering the future of business analytics, Pentaho Corporation today announced that it was highly ranked as a top business intelligence technology vendor by its customers in the third annual independent Wisdom of Crowds® Business Intelligence Market Study conducted by Dresner Advisory Services, LLC. The report recognizes Pentaho as a "High Growth BI Software" company with a critical ... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:03 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3782.php LONDON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has been appointed as the Technology and Innovation Partner in the Thames Water AMP6 Alliance. IBM together with Thames Water will create innovative strategies by analyzing big data and social media with the aim of improving operations and customer interaction while preparing the water company for future transformation. As part of the alliance IBM will help shape the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:50 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3783.php ORLANDO, Fla., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today released-to-customer new advancements in business intelligence (BI) products designed to provide one suite for all insight, one place for all information and one standard for enterprise BI. The suite aims to provide the ability to incorporate more data than ever before with deeper integration to a real-time data processing platform and a single big data landscape for ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:54 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3784.php ORLANDO, Fla., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering the future of analytics, Pentaho Corporation announced today it had been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's Top 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. Finalist selections for the 2013 edition of the Red Herring ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:58 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3780.php WALLDORF, Germany, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP NEWSBYTE -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the availability of the majority of core SAP® Business Suite applications and industry solutions powered by SAP HANA®. First introduced in January 2013, SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA enables customers to run their businesses in real time by bringing together business transactions and operational analytics on a single, open ... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:44 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3781.php DUBLIN, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eHealth Week Conference -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that the Region of Southern Denmark (RSD) is launching a new program to provide comprehensive insight to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of care for patients with chronic illness. The goal of the program is to facilitate real-time communication among patients, physicians, pharmacists, mental health professionals and specialists so all parties ... Wed, 15 May 2013 13:01 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3778.php SAN FRANCISCO, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of enterprise IT experts from around the world will come together in San Francisco on June 17 and 18 when the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) will host Forecast 2013, ODCA's premier cloud computing and big data event. Forecast is where the ODCA Board of Directors, which includes IT leaders from BMW, Capgemini, China Unicom, Deutsche Bank, Disney Technology Solutions and Services, JPMorgan Chase, ... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:19 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3779.php ATLANTA, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRM), a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise content management, business analytics, computer assisted coding (CAC), and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) solutions for healthcare providers, today announced that Hartford HealthCare Corporation signed an agreement to replace their existing content management solution with AccessAnyWare™ ... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3772.php KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent survey, the majority of corporate risk managers and senior executives expressed concern about cyber risks. Yet many U.S. companies do not have a network security or privacy liability insurance program to protect themselves. In other words, they feel vulnerable but aren't sure what to do about it. A new report by Lockton illuminates the issue, along with the solution to managing cybersecurity ... Fri, 10 May 2013 05:09 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3777.php May 9, 2013 – Justin Kern, senior editor at Information Management, reports on the makeover of BI. He notes that according to a new report from Saugatuck Technology, "the potential of business intelligence applications and operations in the cloud has been, to this point, 'long on promise,' though changes to how business data is analyzed and accessed are rippling through enterprises from new on-demand capabilities and interest." He reports ... Fri, 10 May 2013 07:14 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3773.php SYDNEY, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the analytic data solutions company, announced today that Woolworths Limited, based in Australia and one of the world's top twenty retailers, has completed implementation of its Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance platform in collaboration with Teradata Professional Services. The new data warehouse environment, fusing the most powerful new database software and hardware, serves as the point ... Fri, 10 May 2013 05:16 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3774.php SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InsightsOne, a pioneer in consumer predictive intelligence solutions, today announced that Independence Blue Cross (IBC), the leading health insurer in the Philadelphia region selected InsightsOne to help with predictive analytics capability and solutions. By combining cutting-edge 'big data' and predictive analytics technology, the InsightsOne solution allows users to predict their customers' hidden ... Fri, 10 May 2013 05:21 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3771.php May 7, 2013 -- Teradata University Network (TUN) is a free, web-based portal that provides teaching and learning content and hands-on, industrial-strength software tools for use by faculty and students in data warehousing, business intelligence/analytics and database curriculum. Check http://www.teradatauniversitynetwork.com/tun/ . The new TUN Teaching Innovation Award is designed to recognize excellence in the scholarship of teaching in the area ... Tue, 07 May 2013 10:05 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3776.php Westport, CT, May 7, 2013 –Four forces are changing how, when, and where companies of all sizes and types do business – Cloud, Mobility, Social/Collaborative IT, and business data Analytics. These forces enable change, and require change, by driving an accelerating shift in core business models and in IT purchasing and management practices. These changes come about because the forces behind them enable the erasure and redrawing, and sometimes the ... Fri, 10 May 2013 06:59 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3769.php ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of IT jobs grew 0.24 percent sequentially last month to 4,424,200, according to TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. With the upward revision in March's numbers from 0.38 to 0.58 percent, IT employment has grown by 5.1% since April 2012. "I am pleased to see demand for IT professionals ... Tue, 07 May 2013 04:57 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3768.php Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2, 2013 -- The INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST 2013) will be held on Oct. 5-6, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in conjunction with the INFORMS Annual Meeting. The theme of the conference is “Business Analytics and the Information Economy.” The explosion of data and unprecedented ability to leverage information in the current economy are creating intriguing and unique research opportunities for ... Thu, 02 May 2013 16:27 PDT http://dssresources.com/news/3770.php MUMBAI, India, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A report titled "Global Geographical Information Systems Market 2012-2016" is now available that provides an overview and forecast of the global GIS market. TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Business Information markets to grow at a CAGR of 4.75 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing need to develop competitive strategies. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 05:27 PDT