Mr. Michael J. Corcoran This is Me

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1. 1. www.esj.com

   www.esj.com/business_intellige - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/18/2008   Last Visited: 6/18/2008

   That's where the ROI lies, says Michael Corcoran, vice-president of product strategy with IBI.
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   It isn't just a pipedream, Corcoran insists -- and the business case is a slam dunk.
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   It isn't so much about making BI "pervasive" -- a view which Corcoran insists is inextricably yoked to traditional, aristocratic thinking -- as about democratizing BI.
   
   "The real value is when the field worker, or the sales people, or the truck driver, or the mechanics -- it's when they have the metrics to understand how what they're doing is making a difference [on the corporate bottom line]," he suggests.
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   Corcoran uses the example of the City of Richmond.It's police department is using WebFOCUS not just to predict crimes but to help officers and other field personnel score their expectations (i.e., intuition or instinct) against actual demographic trends.The idea, Corcoran says, is that the City of Richmond can proactively blanket high-crime areas or areas of likely crime with police officers, who can in turn score their own crime-fighting instincts against what's actually happening on the ground.
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   The result, Corcoran claims, is that the City of Richmond reduced violent crime by 38 percent over the last two years and reduced overtime pay.
   
   "That's real ROI.

2. 2. Business Intelligence Goes Operational

   www.informationbuilders.com/ev - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/8/2008   Last Visited: 6/8/2008

   Michael Corcoran is vice president and chief communications officer for Information Builders.With more than 15 years' experience in the software industry, he is responsible for working with the executive management team to develop and communicate corporate and product strategy.

3. 3. Information Builders Executive Directory

   informationbuilders.com/about_ - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/8/2008   Last Visited: 6/8/2008

   Michael Corcoran, Chief Marketing Officer