DSS News
D. J. Power, Editor
September 30, 2012 Vol. 13, No. 19
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1) Can decision support provide a competitive advantage?
2) Recent DSS News Headlines
3) Upcoming DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
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Can decision support provide a competitive advantage?
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by Dan Power
Editor, DSSResources.com
Some software vendors claim their decision support, analytics
or business intelligence applications provide a competitive
advantage. This broad claim is made for decision support
applications built using many technologies, including business
intelligence tools, business performance management software,
data mining tools, and quantitative models. Supposedly all
organizations that implement a vendor's solution gain a
competitive advantage. This broad promise sounds too good to be
true and it is not believable. Vendors need to temper claims
with words like may, can, often or should. Exaggerated vendor
technology optimism creates unrealistic expectations and in
some cases contributes to technology cynicism. Computerized
decision support, analytics and BI may and can create
competitive advantage.
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2) Recent DSS News Headlines
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09/28/2012 Calabrio named finalist for 2012 Golden Bridge
Awards for best information technology software. Check release.
09/27/2012 JasperWorld brings together business intelligence
thought leaders for forum on big data and the new factors
of production. Check release.
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3) Upcoming DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
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1. Call for papers: BI & KM track at ECIS, deadline
December 7, 2012. Check
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2. Call for IS/T book proposals.
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3. Call for papers: BI Congress 3 in Orlando,
FL, Dec. 15 and 16, 2012.
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4. Sentiment Analysis symposium in San Francisco,
Oct. 30, 2012.
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