| In September 2009, IBM published the result of a | | | | For JD Edwards, BDA has built an out of the box |
| survey with 2,600 CIOs from 78 countries and 19 | | | | sales analysis and reporting system. It can be |
| different industries. The report revealed that | | | | installed and up and running in just a few days. |
| Business Intelligence and Analytics are the top | | | | Apart from sales analysis, BDA also offers |
| priorities for CIOs for 2009 and 2010. | | | | analytics for inventory, financials, purchasing and |
| On one hand, IT budgets are still very tight, but | | | | other JDE applications. |
| on the other hand, IT managers have to provide | | | | BDA offers their solution for a fraction of the |
| better and faster information than ever before. | | | | price you will be used from other BI applications |
| Even though the Dow Jones climbed over 10,000 | | | | and considering that it comes with a back-end |
| points today for the first time in more than 12 | | | | system (data warehouse), business applications |
| months, this does not mean the recession is over. | | | | like sales analysis, and a fantastic front-end |
| Your management, and particularly everyone who | | | | system for reporting and analysis (with unlimited |
| is involved in sales, needs sales and margin | | | | front-end users!), this is a must to check out. |
| analysis fast and reliable to make the right | | | | BDA connects to any data-base you may have |
| decisions. There is a new sales reporting and sales | | | | JD Edwards running on (Oracle, SQL-Server or |
| analytics system available, called BDA which | | | | DB2) and it is extremely easy to use. |
| stands for Business Data Analysis. | | | | |