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Business Insights
Intelligence for Better Decisions
January 2011
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Get Onsite Training From A Top SAP Authorized Training Partner
In 2011, DFT taught more students in onsite training classes for SAP's BusinessObjects than any other SAP BusinessObjects partner. We also have been the Solution Provider Partner of the Year for six consecutive years! When you are looking to partner with a top SAP Authorized Education Partner...look no further than DFT. We provide SAP BusinessObjects training for all skill levels and business needs, including on-site customized courses utilizing actual examples from your own customer data. Our goal is to provide your staff with the hands-on and real-world experience they need to quickly take full advantage of the SAP BusinessObjects tools and rapidly increase productivity. Coursework includes fundamentals, design, report creation, system administration, architecture, deployment, and more. Decision First instructors combine lectures with hands-on exercises to increase the retention rate and decrease the learning curve.

If you are looking for public training, checkout our Nashville Training Center .



Using Location Intelligence to Map Better Business Strategies
Join us online for one of our webinars on location intelligence and see how you can geographically and demographically profile past and present customers and their interests, giving you the ability to refine market segments and even identify new ones. To view more information on how location intelligence can help government agencies, please join us for our government-focused event otherwise, we look forward to seeing you at our Location Intelligence for Any Industy Webinar. For more details and to register, please click below.

Location Intelligence for Any Industry
Thu, Feb 24th @ 11:00 am Eastern

Location Intelligence for Government Agencies
Thu, Feb 24th @ 2:00 pm Eastern
The SAP Run Better Tour Coming To a City Near You...
DFT will be exhibiting at the Atlanta Event on March 15th...Please join us...there is no cost to attend!

Each unique, one-day event will provide a collaborative environment for SAP customers and prospects. Focus areas will include priority innovations in areas such as Mobility, HANA, BusinessObjects portfolio, and Business By Design.

Whether your organization is too big to be small or too small to be big, learn how to survive, grow, and run better. With sessions and content specifically tailored to the needs of small and midsize businesses like yours, the Run Better Tour is the one event where you can:
  • Learn strategies to make better, faster business decisions; to maximize sales potential; and to do more with fewer IT resources and less funding.
  • Discover the world's most complete, adaptable, and affordable on-demand business solutions for small and midsize businesses.
  • See how world-class organizations are becoming more informed, mobile, customer-focused, socially connected, and innovative using SAP solutions in all areas of their operations.
  • Learn from other successful, fast-growth companies the best practices that are crucial to supporting your growth strategies.
  • Be among the first to test-drive the hottest business-analytics, mobile, on-demand, and in-memory technology at the SAP Innovation Bar.
There is no cost for attending the SAP Run Better Tour but space is limited and will fill up quickly. Register today!
Business Planning: The hard way or the easy way?
If planning seems like a chore, chances are you'll try to avoid it. But if you find yourself procrastinating, ask yourself this: are you still doing business planning the hard way?

Learn about the SAP tools designed specifically for small and midsize businesses - and see how you can simplify, speed up, and energize your planning processes.
Make your 2011 Business Resolutions Stick
Like New Year's Resolutions, even the best business plans sometimes fall by the wayside before the end of the year. But how do you keep your plans on track when the world around you is constantly changing?

Learn how solutions from SAP can help you keep pace with today's business demands -- so you can stick to your plans for growing your business this year.
Planning/Forecasting/Budgeting: The Disciplines Everyone Hates That Are Essential for Success
Day-to-day challenges may leave you wondering when you'll find time for forecasting and planning. But without the guidance of a clear business strategy, you may find your business going around in circles - instead of moving forward.

Read this insightful article from IDC to find out why you should make planning a priority - and the three elements that are critical to your forecasting, planning and budgeting success.
As an authorized SAP BusinessObjects Channel Partner, Decision First Technologies, Inc. is a member of the SAP ® PartnerEdge TM program. Our organization is part of a select group of providers authorized to sell, implement, service and/or develop solutions from SAP ® , the global leader in business management applications.