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Summary: The French are giving us Business 101 for the 21st century!
Review: I have not generally recommended a business book for several years, and never anything French, but...With all the books about e-this and e-that, you tire quickly of the torrent of buzzwords and cliches endured to read anything about sharing data on the internet, make better use of corporate data, new business paradigms, etc. This book actually elucidates how you can leverage all the new and extant technologies going forward to great effect while staying grounded with recent case examples. Sounds simple, but try to find this information anywhere else. The business world will change immensely because of the internet and the exponential increases in both the amount of data available and the need for business intelligence. In the years to come, management, especially in highly competitive environments, will live or die depending on their understanding of the concepts aptly explained in this book. The best literature from France since Dumas!
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Summary: Very relevant piece of stuff
Review: I must say that the book is very easy to read and straight to the point. Helping me see the importance of Business Intelligence to my business and how to go about addressing these needs.
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Summary: Comprehensive overview of important area -- a good read
Review: I've read E-Business Intelligence twice and think it's a thorough overview of the subject of extracting intelligence from data. The book shows the different ways companies are actually exploiting information to help give their business a competitive advantage -- as opposed to simply automating the running of their operations. Most information books today take a "stovepiped" view of the organization and talk only about one part of a company -- doing supply chain, customer relationship management, sales force automation, etc. What I like about this book is that it's holistic. It shows how us of these pieces fit together. It's a rare sideways (or transverse) way of looking at information exploitation. The case studies are not highly detailed, but they do provide enough detail to illustrate "the point" behind each example, and they do stimulate the reader into thinking of new ways that he/she can exploit the information that they most likely already have in their information systems. I think it's a must-read for business executives who are trying to get a handle on what's possible with today's technology and for information technology staff trying to get the business perspective on IT.
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Summary: A Must Read on E-Business Intelligence
Review: If you are seeking a quick, concise, yet thorough analysis of how to make an impact with your e-business data, this is the book for you. The book is easy to follow, well-written, and most importantly, provides great examples. There are volumes of data flowing into every enterprise at a record pace. Data analysis tools and strategies are expanding to meet the increasing needs for corporations to turn data into dollars. Liautaud's book will help you to better understand the key elements of any successful e-business intelligence strategy. The examples represent a broad range of industries and really helped apply real-world thinking to the content. It is nice to see a publication on this topic that is more than theory and predictions. This one is a winner. If you are in this space, read this book.
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Summary: Required Reading - For Sure...
Review: In today's business environment, companies need to leverage every information asset available to be able to stay consistently successful. This book provides excellent guidance in the areas of turning technology and information into a competitive advantage. This work from Bernard Liautaud spends time in the critical areas of managing your corporate information assets, sharing the value of your data with those inside and outside of the organization to ensure loyalty from your customer base and the value of information in the areas of CRM and SCM extranets. This book should be required reading for everyone from the IT analyst through to the CIO, CFO and CEO of every company that has an "e-" in their strategic future. I have gained extremely valuable insight into how I can better leverage my information assets and am eagerly anticipating Mr. Liautaud's next work. Bravo.
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Summary: A Must read for executives and business professionals
Review: Insightful and clear. Doesn't try to complicate or confuse, but simplify and explain, with a good use of analogies and examples.
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Summary: Too much style, not enough content
Review: One thing is sure after reading this book: Bernard Liautaud likes writing beautiful, impressive-sounding sentences. A glossy writing style is probably OK in a press release or product description literature, but here it rapidly becomes tedious, and in my opinion the stuck-up prose doesn't do the book any favour. The amount of information in the book is rather thin. Everything is pretty much explained in the first 30 pages and drags on from there. Business Intelligence is fairly straightforward after all, and consists in "empowering" the company's employees with database query tools and Excel-like analysis software, so that they can themselves access and "leverage" the information, instead of waiting days or weeks for the IT department's troglodytes to generate reports. Liautaud never gets too technical and real-world case studies that could have spiced up the book a bit are disappointing and are all along the lines of "We used to be in the dark but the day we deployed a Web-enabled enterprise e-business intelligence software we saw the light". It's hard to imagine managers today not being aware of the concepts and technologies described. This very bland book seems to be targeted at the Chairmen of multinational companies still wondering what this Internet thing is all about.
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Summary: Making Sense of E-Intelligence
Review: The title sounded very daunting - E-Business Intelligence. What on earth had I got myself into! A daily user of computers, comfortable with a mouse, starting to use the web... I thought I would take the leap. What a pleasant surprise!! The book explains in normal terminolgy how we can all use the wealth of information locked away in our databases. There are many aspects that I enjoyed about the book, not the least of which it was so easy to read. What made it this way was how the authors constantly gave clear examples of the key points they were making. They used real customers with real problems with real solutions. For example they talk about "Mastercard mastering its data volumes". A company that has grown its data volumes by a massive 400% since 1995 and has thousands of users online everyday. The authors also take the reader back to basics. They provide simple and clear explanations of processes and concepts that for many could be incomprehesible. They include graphs, hypotethical examples and anecdotal stories where ever possible. Those savvy with the ins and outs of the Business Intelligence world will even find this useful, so well is it done. They will also get quite a kick out of reading how some organisations are using BI to better manage data, clients and consequently profit. For example Eli Lilly, Hertz and eBay. The clear explanation will enable any reader of the book to quickly understand, see the value and start thinking about what they could or should be doing in their own information world. I have been inspired to look at what can be done within the organsiation I work for. Just how much better could I manage and work with my clients if I was able to access and use the information locked away on all of them? A brilliant read for anyone who has clients,information, a computer and a desire to make a profit!
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Summary: Great read
Review: There are plenty of technical books that talk about databases, data warehousing (Kimball's famous book), and e-commerce. This is the first book that covers technology from a business person's perspective. Business intelligence is extremely important to all companies -- while not a new concept, it is only now becoming a key competitive differentiator. This book is a great read.
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Summary: Excelent book for Understanding CRM
Review: This a Excelent Book for Understandig how a good Business Intelligence Estrategy can Impact your CRM Process. Very Good Explanation about Set-Based Analysis.
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