Ventana Research Launches Operational Intelligence and Real Time Event Research and Education Services

    SAN RAMON, CA, May 16, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ventana Research will commence new benchmark research to provide education on Operational Intelligence and use of real time events and data. This new research will explore existing and planned approaches to Operational Intelligence (OI) and related information technologies. The firm will also identify best practices in process improvements and outcomes across business and IT deployments and look at the future direction of organizations. Ventana Research defined Operational Intelligence and a focus to help organizations bring value to business through use of specifically designed information technology.

Ventana Research designed this benchmark research to assess the maturity of organizations in acquiring fuller, more actionable understanding of current events and conditions while achieving business innovation through implementation of technologies that support Operational Intelligence. It will also examine the challenges associated with Operational Intelligence; including how real time data and event-based architectures impact existing infrastructures such as networks, applications, databases, analytics, data warehouses and big data environments. Event-based modeling, activity monitoring, rules and process development will also be assessed, along with the maturity of tools and processes. The research will align these challenges with business priorities to identify initiatives to address them, reduce associated risk and make changes to gain competitive advantage.

"It's long standing that organizations need a view of real-time data and events to monitor and mitigate risk but Operational Intelligence using real time data and events can do much more than that." noted Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer. "Unfortunately today businesses lack the information required to identify which technologies keep up the pace of business and utilize the real time information being generated from applications and IT systems. With this research, we'll examine the benefits of technologies that help use real time data, along with how that data is correlated and analyzed against historical data to achieve operational effectiveness."

To learn more about Operational Intelligence and real time data and event processing and take the benchmark, please visit: http://www.ventanaresearch.com/OICEP. Ventana Research, a leading business technology research and advisory services firm, provides qualified research participants with a financial incentive, complimentary report and presentation of the research findings as well as access to a free educational webinar on key findings from the Operational Intelligence benchmark research. Thank you to our partners and our technology vendor sponsors, IBM, Splunk and Vitria, for supporting our research and helping us deliver world-class education.

Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana On-Demand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

Ventana Research provides the most comprehensive analyst and research coverage in the industry; business and IT professionals worldwide are members of our community and benefit from Ventana Research's insights, as do highly regarded media and association partners around the globe. Our views and analyses are distributed daily through blogs and social media channels including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus.

To learn how Ventana Research advances the maturity of organizations' use of information and technology through value index and benchmark research through Ventana Research education and advisory services, visit www.ventanaresearch.com.

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