Colin White, a World-Renowned Expert on Leading-Edge Business Intelligence and Enterprise Business Integration Technologies, Forms BI Research.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ASHLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2003 Colin White Colin White may refer to:
consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in helping companies understand and benefit from evolving and leading-edge technologies in the areas of business intelligence and business integration. White is recognized industry-wide for his in-depth knowledge of leading-edge business intelligence and enterprise business integration technologies, and how they can be integrated into an IT infrastructure for building and supporting the Smart Business. He has helped hundreds of companies throughout the world exploit modern information technologies to optimize and improve the efficiency of their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . BI Research will provide a wide-range of research and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to both the IT end-user and vendor communities. It has consulted for Global 2000 companies, IT vendors, venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , other consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , educational establishments, and government departments. The company delivers educational conferences and seminars in the US and Europe, and via the Internet. It also publishes regular articles and columns in a variety of leading industry publications. In addition to his consulting practices, White is a frequent speaker at leading IT events. He is currently conference chair for DCI's Portals, Content Management, and Collaboration conference, and is on the advisory board for The Data Warehouse Institute's Business Intelligence Summit. Colin has co-authored several books, and has written numerous articles on business intelligence, enterprise portals See corporate portal. , database and Web technology for leading IT trade journals. He writes a regular column for DM Review Magazine entitled "Building the Smart Business." Prior to becoming an analyst and consultant he worked for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Amdahl. "Business intelligence and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse systems have evolved to where they are now so essential to business success that many companies cannot manage their business effectively with them," White said. "These systems are no longer standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. and separate from operational processing -- they are becoming more and more integrated into the overall business process. This integration allows business intelligence to be used, not only for strategic and tactical planning, but also for actively driving day-to-day business operations and decisions. "To support operational decision making," White added, "the business intelligence system must provide easy-to-use and self-service enterprise analytical applications that enable real-time decision-making. The charter of BI Research is to provide organizations an unbiased assessment of the myriad of available technologies available in the marketplace today." White's former company, Intelligent Business Strategies, will now be headquartered in Wilmslow, England, and operated by Mike Ferguson. Ferguson has been the Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd. in the United Kingdom since its inception in 2002. BI Research will continue to work closely with Intelligent Business Strategies internationally in the areas of business intelligence and enterprise business integration. About BI Research BI Research is a leading research, education and consulting firm helping companies understand and benefit from evolving and leading- edge technologies in the areas of business intelligence and enterprise business integration. It has a worldwide reputation for its in-depth technical expertise and for helping its clients exploit modern information technologies to optimize and improve the efficiency of their business operations. Founded in 1985 as DataBase Associates International, BI Research is based in Ashland, Oregon Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley. It was named after Ashland County, Ohio, point of origin of Abel Helman and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other . For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.bi-research.com. |
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