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Business Intelligence & Analytics (BI&A) Systems

Business Intelligence (BI) software is a group of different technological tools aimed at helping organisations in decision making (Chaudhuri, Dayal, & Narasayya, 2011). BI, which was introduced as a term in the 1990s (Chen, Chiang, & Storey, 2012), has been around for many years with different names, like Decision Support System (DSS) and Management Information System (MIS) (Olszak & Ziemba, 2012; Thomsen, 2003).Nowadays, BI represents a combination of processes, technologies and tools (Shariat & Hightower, 2007). This combination aims at transforming raw data into meaningful information and information into knowledge, something excessively important in a world where Big Data is getting even bigger day after day (Mayer-Schönberger, & Cukier, 2013).

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Synergy, an EOH Company

At Synergy we believe that data is one of the most valuable assets of any organisation and we are on a mission to help companies turn data into information in such a way that it boosts revenue, increases efficiencies and delivers world-class service. Synergy designs, implements and supports enterprise-wide business analytics, Financial Performance Management and Predictive Analytics solutions The company's expertise is founded on 40 years of providing strategic information advantage.

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A Review of BioPharma Sponsor Data Sharing Policies and Protection Methodologies

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

This whitepaper examines clinical trial data contribution policies and the data protection methodologies applied to protect patient privacy. Information published by 29 biopharma sponsors was collected across three data-sharing platforms, collated by sponsor size. Results showed that large sponsor contribution policies can provide helpful benchmarks for medium and smaller sponsors.

Application-Driven Analytics

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

By building smarter apps and increasing the speed of business insight, application-driven analytics gives you the opportunity to out-innovate your competitors and improve efficiency. However, it does require a shift in the way we think about and deliver analytics.

Data & AI Survey Report 2021/2022

whitePaper | September 2, 2022

This year, unlike previous years, we asked professionals the most difficult elements of a successful data strategy instead of the most important.

The Intersection of Big Data, Data Governance and MDM

whitePaper | June 29, 2022

For (oh so many) years, we’ve been hearing about the “promise” of big data. Much of the buzz focused on getting people prepared for the onslaught of bigger data sets – and what IT needed to do to help the business make sense of this information.

Our Approach to Data Analytics

whitePaper | November 4, 2022

Truveta offers the most complete, timely, and highest-quality data on US health, enabling actionable insights by researchers in life sciences and healthcare.

Vida for Retail: Rebooting Retail withthe Power of Data Analytics

whitePaper | January 11, 2023

There used to be a time when purchase decisions were based on recommendations of the neighborhood grocery manager. Today, these purchase decisions are driven by technology, bringing together the collective wisdom of consumers of the same product from across the world.

Business Intelligence & Analytics (BI&A) Systems