IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

<p><strong>The Only Authorized Guide to IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence</strong></p><p>Develop deploy and maintain a complete BI solution across your enterprise. <em>IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide</em> shows you how to take full advantage of the robust service-oriented architecture and simplified role-based user interfaces. Learn how to create share and analyze data-rich reports that lead to increased productivity and better business decisions. Featuring real-world insight and expert tips this is a must-have guide for IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence users of all levels from administrators to end users.</p><ul><li><div>Measure and monitor performance using dashboards and scorecards     </div></li><li>Assign user roles and privileges            </li><li>Provide complete and consistent access to a broad range of data sources via Cognos Connection</li><li>Use Cognos 8 Go! to extend BI to Office applications mobile devices and search engines</li><li>Enable business users to create reports with Query Studio</li><li>Develop new insights by exploring data in multiple dimensions and perspectives with Analysis Studio</li><li>Build Dimensional Reports with Report Studio</li><li>Use Event Studio to identify and deliver mission-critical information</li><li>Create modify organize and publish a model from Cognos Framework Manager        </li><li>Implement sound security measures</li><li>Take advantage of the management tools in Cognos Administration to ensure maximum reliability and availability</li></ul>