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Big Data Killed the Data Modeling Star
Big data offers BI professionals new ways of making information work for the business.
Date Posted: Feb 07, 2012
Q&A: How BI Competency Centers Can Add Business Value
HP's Chris Carney explains how a business intelligence competency center can help align BI efforts and needs across the enterprise, bringing real business value.
Date Posted: Feb 07, 2012
JackBe is sMashing BI Barriers
The beauty of the BI mashup is that it makes it easy to expose any kind of information -- including data you wouldn't typically want to bring into a data warehouse.
Date Posted: Feb 07, 2012
5 Macro Trends Shaping Next-generation BI and Analytics
The traditional BI stack has failed. What's next?
Date Posted: Feb 07, 2012
TDWI Report Explores Challenges, Lessons Learned from Mobile BI Deployments
A new report from The Data Warehousing Institute discusses the how and the why of mobile BI.
Date Posted: Feb 07, 2012
Kalido Information Engine Update Eliminates Data Mart Migration, Consolidation Hassles
Ability to automatically translate existing data models, taxonomies, and glossaries into business information models dramatically reduces time and cost.
Date Posted: Feb 01, 2012
Pentaho Releases Kettle’s Big Data Capabilities as Open Source
Developers, analysts, and data scientists gain industry’s first free Apache-licensed open source data integration tool for operationalizing big data management, analytics.
Date Posted: Jan 31, 2012
IBM’s New Analytics Appliance Helps Retailers Transform Big Data into Business Opportunities
Appliance can analyze petabytes of data to help retailers understand customer behavior; delivers actionable insight.
Date Posted: Jan 30, 2012
How Mobile Computing Will Impact the Value of Time
Anytime, anywhere access to applications and data is what mobile computing is all about. We explain how the technology can harness the value of time.
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2012
Q&A: "Cool BI" List Includes Dashboards, Visual Discovery Tools
Popular analyst Cindi Howson discusses top BI innovations.
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2012
Q&A: Analytics, Unstructured Data, and the Growth of Social Media
What are the common misperceptions about unstructured data are explored, and how can this data be exploited for game-changing insights?
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2012
BI Experts: Why Enterprise Data Strategies Must Support Business Goals
Success with enterprise business goals demands strategies for enterprise data.
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2012
2012: Year of Cloud BI
There’s no doubt that customers will continue their migration from in-house BI to BI in the cloud. We explore best practices for cloud BI and the limitations this technology imposes.
Date Posted: Jan 24, 2012
From the BI Scorecard: The Year Ahead in BI and a Look Back on 2011 Highlights
From in-memory to visual discovery, big data to mobile and cloud BI -- and more -- what's ahead for BI professionals in 2012.
Date Posted: Jan 18, 2012
Talend Platform for Data Services Operationalizes Information, Data
Converged platform provides holistic integration capability across data, applications, and services.
Date Posted: Jan 18, 2012
Why NoSQL is Moving from "Need" to "Want"
In 2012, all of IT -- from developers to C-level IT executives and IT operations teams -- will start thinking differently about NoSQL.
Date Posted: Jan 17, 2012
10 Key Elements of Your Data Strategy
We look at the 10 key details your data strategy must address and suggest a good place to start formulating your strategy.
Date Posted: Jan 17, 2012
4 Performance Management Trends to Watch in 2012
Performance management solutions have been around for years, but momentum is building, as these four future trends reveal.
Date Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Q&A: Moving Beyond Traditional Data Virtualization
Composite Software VP Robert Eve has co-written a new book on data virtualization. In this interview, he describes going beyond traditional data virtualization and discusses some of the lessons from the book's 10 high-profile case studies.
Date Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Q&A: Mobile, Search, and Cloud Top "Cool BI" Innovations
In this two-part interview, well-known BI analyst and TDWI faculty member Cindi Howson discusses some of the top innovations affecting business intelligence, in keeping with her annual "Cool BI" list of business intelligent innovations.
Date Posted: Jan 17, 2012
The Data Model’s Role in Data Governance
Data models are an important part of your data governance program. We look at the Zachman Framework, which describes multiple levels of data models.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
BI Experts: Good Data Strategy is Good Business Strategy
Director of TDWI Research David Stodder looks at three major trends that he sees shaping the development of data strategies.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
A Big Year Ahead for Big Data and Hadoop
During 2011, Hadoop became more reliable with better performance in new commercial distributions. In 2012, Hadoop will become easier to use and manage.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
How Lyza Learns from its Users
The new Lyza learns from how people use it and makes recommendations based on a user's role or interests. The more people who use it, the better, officials say.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Why Search-Based Applications are Set to Thrive
The enterprise search industry and search-based application space will see major steps forward in 2012 as recent acquisitions are sorted out.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
BI 2012: The Future that has Already Happened
Eight current trends that yield insight into BI's future.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Oracle Releases Big Data Appliance
New engineered system and Oracle big data connectors help unlock the value of enterprise big data.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Q&A: Data Strategies and Philosophical Dilemmas
We examine how creating a data strategy has philosophical implications, raising ethical questions about analytics and emphasizing the need for data governance.
Date Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Mobile Business Intelligence and Analytics: Executive Summary
Date Posted: Dec 28, 2011
BI Resilient in 2011; Mobility, SMBs, Services to Highlight 2012
BI popularity continued, and BI in the cloud and data aggregation took center stage this year. We look at what BI professionals might expect in 2012.
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Information Governance: Big Data and the Road Ahead
In 2011, enterprises were aligning their information governance practices across functions. In 2012, Big Data information policy will become mission critical.
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
The BI Year in Review
From tablets to takeovers, it was a busy year for business intelligence professionals.
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Data Management: The Year Past, The Year Ahead
In a year when in-memory analytics was memorable, what data management trends were the most important in 2011, and what can we expect in 2012?
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Big Questions Simmered for Data Analysts in 2011
The role of data analyst has struggled for clarity on standards this year as the importance of analytics advances.
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
That Was the Year That Was: Major Data Warehousing Events of 2011 (Plus Predictions for 2012)
How well did analyst Mike Schiff predict DW trends for 2011, and what's in store for next year?
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2011
Yellowfin 6 Makes BI, Data Analysis Easier
Includes new native application for iPads.
Date Posted: Dec 09, 2011
An Open Letter to Santa: Thinking about BI “Subjects”
Today’s integrated tools can analyze data, execute business rules, and move data. What’s needed are tools that don’t work on the record level but rather examine “subjects.”
Date Posted: Dec 09, 2011
Talend’s Updated Unified Platform Offers Holistic Integration Solution
New version 5 supports shifts to cloud, big data; includes new business process management product.
Date Posted: Nov 30, 2011
6 Surprises On My Way from Data to Analysis
What do you do when you have data but insufficient data analysis skills? You find a guide -- and surprises as a result.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Integrating Canonical Message Models and Enterprise Data Models (Part 3 of 3)
Although an enterprise data model (EDM) can be used to facilitate messaging (as described in Part 2 of this series), this way of using an EDM does not achieve the same results that would be achieved by using the EDM to instantiate databases.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Mobile BI: 2011 Trends and 2012 Directions
This year we’ve seen the emergence of HTML5 and the popularity of tablets. What will 2012 bring to the BI mobility market?
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
A 4-Phase Approach to Socializing Business Analytics
How your BI team can communicate your focus on delivering solutions rather than the use of tools and technology.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
From the BI Scorecard: Impactful BI Remains Elusive for Many
While the economy struggles, demand for BI experts and software shows robust growth -- yet BI adoption has been flat. We explore this and other findings from a new survey by Cindi Howson.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Q&A: Lack of Data Background, Quality Can Hold Back Business
Too many business executives lack not only good data, but an understanding of the data’s origination and history.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
Data Virtualization is Far from a Pipedream
Bank of America, Comcast, and other shops are using data virtualization to support applications, services, and initiatives.
Date Posted: Nov 29, 2011
TIBCO Spotfire 4.0 Simplifies Data Sharing, Improves Visual Data Analysis
Combines “free dimensional” analytics with collective intelligence.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Integrating Canonical Message Models and Enterprise Data Models (Part 2 of 3)
How an enterprise data model is used to "facilitate messaging" and the benefits of using it that way.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
How Continuous Transaction Monitoring Uses Targeted Analytics to Prevent Fraud
How to stop fraud, strengthen controls and improve business processes by finding and fixing root causes behind improper transactions in real time.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Q&A: Making the Move to Better Data Governance
Data governance expert David Loshin discusses ways to embed data governance practices into systems to institutionalize good practices while working to eradicate bad ones.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Revolution R Enterprise Delivers New Capabilities for Big Data Analytics
Revolution Analytics introduces distributed computing, flexible data import, and conversion to enable scalable data management and advanced data analysis for multiple users.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
From the BI Scorecard: Tableau Launches Version 7, Challenges Old School BI
News from Tableau’s recent user conference, including the company’s CEO discussion of how Seattle Children’s Hospital uses Tableau to improve care and reduce costs.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Q&A: Managing the Risks of Offshore Data Warehousing
Moving a data warehouse offshore can bring significant cost savings, but such a move introduces elements of risk that must be managed.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2011
Corporate Culture Key to Success with Analytics says IBM, MIT Sloan Management Review
Organizational challenges -- not technology -- impede more rapid adoption.
Date Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Software AG’s Prime Accelerates Time to Value
Process improvement accelerator combines methodology, blueprints, and industry-specific best practices based on its Industry.PerformanceREADY offerings.
Date Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Starview Enterprise Platform Provides “Best Next Action” Advice for Data-Drenched Enterprises
New platform for real-time business analytics and optimization.
Date Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Toad for Cloud Databases Addresses Big Data Skills Shortage
Free download has broader NoSQL support, data-transfer capabilities for Oracle and Hadoop.
Date Posted: Nov 08, 2011
Alpine Data Labs Gives Oracle Businesses the Power of Predictive Analytics
Alpine Miner Version 2.0 helps enterprises maximize value of Big Data.
Date Posted: Nov 01, 2011
GIS Enriches Data, Enhances Decision Making
GIS information can enrich internal data, improve business processes or enhance decision making. So why aren’t you using it?
Date Posted: Nov 01, 2011
QlikView Update Gets an Enterprise-Oriented Makeover
QlikView never pitched itself as an enterprise BI platform. With the new QlikView 11, it’s doing just that.
Date Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Integrating Canonical Message Models and Enterprise Data Models (Part 1 of 3)
The enterprise data model (EDM) has failed. We explore a new way of using EDMs -- one in which an EDM can more directly affect the management of data than as merely a paper reference model.
Date Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Q&A: Governance Challenges of Unstructured Data
The growth of unstructured data presents special data governance challenges, but it can be managed as can other challenges around data governance.
Date Posted: Nov 01, 2011
Attivio’s AIE 3.0 Enables Advanced Information Access
Unified information access platform with full SQL and ODBC connectivity seamlessly adds context from unstructured content to big data, business intelligence, and analytics.
Date Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Pentaho Releases Extreme Scale In-Memory Analytics
Pentaho Business Analytics users can now analyze big data with speed-of-thought performance, high availability.
Date Posted: Oct 31, 2011
Noetix Ships NoetixViews 6.1 for Oracle E-Business Suite
Latest release includes new views with key performance, security, and administration enhancements.
Date Posted: Oct 28, 2011
IBM Releases Big Data Analytics Tools
IBM helps users gain actionable insight on big data.
Date Posted: Oct 25, 2011
IBM’s New Systems Accelerate Smarter Computing
Big Blue introduces new or enhanced servers, storage products to help businesses make better decisions, operate more efficiently.
Date Posted: Oct 19, 2011
BI Unplugged -- Enabling Unprecedented Information Access
Mobility promises to enable unprecedented access to information -- in a highly-interactive, visually compelling context, to boot.
Date Posted: Oct 18, 2011
SyncSort Doubles-Down on High-Performance ETL
Performance is a major component of SyncSort's ETL 2.0 push.
Date Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Q&A: As Enterprises Mature, Data Governance Remains Challenging
As enterprise data management has matured, companies are beginning their data governance programs with a better understanding of what the term means, but plenty of questions and confusion remains.
Date Posted: Oct 18, 2011
How the iPad Experience Will Change the Face of BI
The iPad-like user experience promises to wholly transform the way information is presented and consumed in the enterprise. To their collective credit, many BI players get this. Why they get it is another matter.
Date Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Q&A: How to Achieve Master Data Management Success
MDM and governance go hand in hand, but how do you know if your MDM approach is working, especially in light of Big Data and social media?
Date Posted: Oct 18, 2011
Oracle Announces Exalytics for In-Memory, Visual BI
At Oracle Open World, the company announced a new combination hardware/software solution, laying down the gauntlet to SAP and specialty visualization vendors.
Date Posted: Oct 06, 2011
6 Conditions for the Rise of Business Analysts
The lack of well-qualified business analysts dampens the value of data. A Stanford University professor has found keys to help.
Date Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Data Integration Goes 3D
What is Wherescape 3D and why is it free? One industry watcher say it's unlike anything he's aware of in the market.
Date Posted: Oct 04, 2011
BI Not Meeting Needs of Marketers and Merchandisers, Survey Finds
E-commerce workers can't get the answers they need quickly enough; integration still a headache.
Date Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Informatica and the Power of Data Virtualization
From Informatica's viewpoint, being realistic about data virtualization shouldn't mean adjusting -- or curbing-- your expectations of what the technology can do.
Date Posted: Oct 04, 2011
StarQuery 4.0 Offers a Multi-Database, Multi-Dimensional BI Solution
Features fast, in-memory, simultaneous multiple database reporting.
Date Posted: Sep 29, 2011
EMC Delivers Unified Big-Data Analytics Appliance
Greenplum introduces scalable, modular system that combines shared-nothing MPP relational database with enterprise-class Apache Hadoop for structured and unstructured data co-processing.
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2011
Self-Service Business Intelligence: Empowering Users to Generate Insights
Learn four key self-service BI objectives and which information workers will benefit most from such environments.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Rosslyn Analytics Launches Free Data Extraction Apps for SAP, Oracle Customers
Customers can begin data extraction within two minutes.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Why All-in-One Platforms are a Data Warehouse Dinosaur
If a single, combined platform for transaction processing and analytics is a bad idea, isn't it likewise a bad idea to champion a single DW platform for the wild profusion of analytic workloads? Netezza, an IBM Company, thinks so.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Kognitio Regroups, Refocuses
Kognitio says it has two things going for it as it prepares to tackle Wall Street: a next-gen spin on OLAP and WX2, its Big Data, in-memory DBMS.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
From the BI Scorecard: MicroStrategy’s Unique Approach to Cloud BI
MicroStrategy Cloud promises to be as easy to get up and running as current SaaS offerings but with all the BI robustness of its traditional on-premise solution.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Q&A: New Approaches for Tackling Big Data Security Issues
Data management expert David Loshin and security expert Wasim Ahmad discuss security threats to big data, and how encryption can protect data as it moves about the enterprise. Second in a two-part series on security.
Date Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Six Principles for Making Collaboration Work
Collaboration happens. The only remaining question is how well it happens and what value your tools add.
Date Posted: Sep 06, 2011
Q&A: The Changing Data Security Landscape (Part 1 of 2)
A data management expert and a security expert discuss issues created by the increasing sophistication of data thieves, and the lack of adequate attention to security among data managers. First in a two-part series.
Date Posted: Sep 06, 2011
Building for Yesterday's Future
Are we building new information delivery systems for a future that isn't there?
Date Posted: Sep 06, 2011
VectorWise Enables Data Analysis for Windows Business Workers
Powerful analytics and interactive reporting on big data sets.
Date Posted: Aug 25, 2011
Upstarts Shine at TDWI's San Diego World Conference
There's a lot of excitement in the BI space in spite of all of the megavendor consolidation. We examine three new offerings.
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Q&A: Web 2.0 Functions Boost BI’s Power
Bringing search and Web 2.0 into next-generation BI improves user access and the decision-making process.
Date Posted: Aug 23, 2011
Teradata is Thinking Big
With its forthcoming Teradata v14 release, Teradata is going columnar, and that's just for starters.
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2011
MicroStrategy, Tibco Go Social
Two business intelligence vendors are taking on an increasingly social aspect.
Date Posted: Aug 09, 2011
BI Basics Still Lead Advanced Analytics Solutions
Demand for traditional end-user query, reporting, and analysis technologies outpaces demand for advanced analytic technologies. And the gap is growing.
Date Posted: Aug 02, 2011
The Elusive Definition of Agile Analytics
It's about time for an authentic definition of "agile analytics" based on analysts' understanding.
Date Posted: Aug 02, 2011
Accelerating BI Adoption in Smaller Enterprises
Business intelligence in small and midsize enterprise shops is an anecdotally tough nut to crack. A new report claims to offer up a nutcracker of sorts.
Date Posted: Jul 26, 2011
BI Case Study: Hospitality Firm Cleans Up with BI
A small vacation property-management company in the famed Outer Banks of North Carolina brings in analytics software to maintain its high standard of customer service -- and to stay competitive against national chains.
Date Posted: Jul 26, 2011
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