OVERVIEW
Opaque views
The creation of ‘shadow data systems’ is threatening the integrity of much corporate decision-making

OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Live and direct
Using business intelligence tools to work with live, operational corporate data

CASE STUDY
Stellar analytics
How drinks giant Constellation has taken control of unfettered data access, reporting and analysis

CASE STUDY
Right on the money
Investment bank Investec has empowered its accountants with up-to-the-minute data

DESKTOP TOOLS
Spreadsheet creep
The ‘spreadmarts’ created using desktop tools have become the enemy of corporate-wide data consistency

Q&A
In search of integrity
Neil Chandler, research director at Gartner, highlights the impact of shadow data systems

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