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does a great job cess,"saysWeinman,"it's criticalto have
controlsin placeby makingsurethat some-
of delivering data
oneis accountable for specificdataelements
to people, but not in the repository.A big part of my job is to A RepresentativeList
information that make sure that the rest of the managers
of End-UserTools
those people can abideby our controls."CIGNA promotes
compliance by havingbusinessuserstake
use. Turning data Queryand ReportingTools
ownershipof everypieceof datathat is en-
into information tered into the repository.The namesand r BusinessObjects
is a highly cre- phonenumbersof the userswho serveas BusinessObjects Inc.,
ownersaccompanyeachdataelement,so Cupertino,
Calif.
ative process, and r CrystalReportsPro
other users will know whom to contactif
lS organizations they havequestionsor problems.Accessto Vancouver,
CrystalServices,
are not prepared the data is availableto the desktop via British
Columbia
CrossThrget, a multidimensional data-analy- I FocusReporter
to deal with it."
sistoolfromDimensional InsightInc. lnformation
BuildersInc.,NewYork
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Anotherkey to forginga goodworkingre- r Quest
lationshipwith usersis for IS to recognize GuptaCorp,,MenloPark,Calif .
thatpoweruserscanin factbe greatalliesin r R&RReportWriter
the organization. Bv encouraging them to ConcentricDataSystems Inc.,
take on someprograniming and develop- Westborough,Mass.
ment responsibilities, IS canoffloadsome
routinetasks..\s a result,IS can devote Executive-lnformationSystemsand
moretimeto suchpressing issuesasimple- Decision'SupportSystemTools
mentingneri'technology andmigratingto r Commander EIS
distributedcomputing. Comshare Inc.,AnnArbor,Mich.
"[Javingpoweruserscanbe adversarial," r CrossTarget
sa1'sJoefucher,vicepresidentof application Dimensional InsightInc.,
development at ColonialManagement Asso- Burlington,Mass.
ciatesInc.in Boston."But if youwork close- r eSSbase
ly with them andgive them the propertrain- ArborSoftware Corp.,
ing,they canbe a tremendous asset."(See SantaClara,Calif.
relatedstory,Page53.) r Forest& Trees
Corp.,PaloAlto,Calif.
Trinzic
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PilotSoftwareInc.,
Cambridge, Mass.
r SAS/EISSoftware
SASInstitute,Cary,N.C.
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