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Concurrent’s Open Source Scoring Engine Helps Reduce Barriers to Hadoop Adoption
Company launches Pattern, which, in combination with Cascading and Lingual, helps enterprises fulfill the promise of Hadoop.
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Q&A: Big Data and Database Technologies
When it comes to big data, technologies abound. How do you select the options best for your environment?
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Is Big Data Tipping toward Pragmatism?
The theme of this month's TDWI World Conference in Chicago was "The Big Data Tipping Point." That tipping point may be occurring in some not-so-obvious ways.
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Leveraging Tiered Data Analytics Approaches for Better Cloud Utilization
We explore how to leverage tiered data architecture when leveraging cloud-based platforms.
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
What "In-Memory" Truly Means
In-memory database engines seem to be everywhere. Trouble is, few so-called "in-memory" databases actually run completely in memory.
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Noetix Releases Noetix Generator for QlikView
Solution delivers seamless access to Oracle E-Business Suite data for reporting and analytics.
Date Posted: May 21, 2013
Outsourcing BI: Why You Need to Know Your Competitive Basis
Industries are inspired by competition. This is advantageous for organizations relying on outsourcing, with a plethora of vendors vying to provide that harmonious service you are looking for. Then again, do you need to outsource everything? Mike Atwood from Booz & Company looks at why competition has taken on a whole new meaning.
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
Starting the BPM Process: 10 Best Practices
A 10-point guide to getting started with business process management.
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
MapReduce, Parallel Processing, and Pipelining: A Tech Primer
Over the last five years, many DBMS vendors have introduced native or in-database implementations of MapReduce, a popular parallel programming model for distributed computing. One key difference is that MapReduce in the data management world tends to speak a very different programming language. There are plenty of other differences, too.
Date Posted: May 14, 2013
Q&A: Disruptive Trends and Technologies Shaping Our Data Use
Major disruptive factors reshaping how we view and use data include the volume, variety, and velocity of big data, along with social computing, more pervasive BI, and advanced analytics, says Vitria CTO Dale Skeen.
Date Posted: May 07, 2013
The Case for Big Data Analytics – And the Infrastructure to Support It
Big data analytics -- and its seemingly enormous infrastructure requirements -- hits an IBM System z sweet spot.
Date Posted: May 07, 2013
Inside Facebook’s Relational Platform
At TDWI's World Conference in Chicago, Ken Rudin, director of analytics for Facebook, surprised many attendees when he revealed that Facebook has built itself a conventional data warehouse.
Date Posted: May 06, 2013
What's Really Different about Big Data Analytics?
We explore several fundamental changes driven by big data analytics.
Date Posted: Apr 30, 2013
Operational Intelligence: Footloose and Schema-free
Because big data is fast-paced and unpredictable, operational intelligence outstrips the capabilities of traditional BI or DW tools, argues Vitria CTO Dale Skeen.
Date Posted: Apr 30, 2013
Actian Acquires ParAccel - What's Ahead?
The combination will offer end-to-end big data solutions built from the ground up, says a company spokesperson. We look at what’s ahead post-acquisition.
Date Posted: Apr 29, 2013
Q&A: The Looming Big Data Skills Shortage
With big data everywhere, a skills shortage of workers with the necessary knowledge to work with it looms.
Date Posted: Apr 23, 2013
Hadoop Usage Poised to Explode
Today, comparatively few enterprises are using HDFS, the distributed storage substrate of the Hadoop framework. That's quickly changing.
Date Posted: Apr 23, 2013
Big Data: Helping to Predict the Unpredictable
Recent advances in analytic technology have provided us with the horsepower necessary to harvest much more big data.
Date Posted: Apr 23, 2013
Wanted: IT Pros with Hadoop Management Skills
Never mind Java programmers or data scientists, there's an acute need for IT technologists with Hadoop management skills.
Date Posted: Apr 16, 2013
Top 10 Priorities for High-Performance Data Warehousing
Data management must achieve speed and scale, to support new data types and business requirements.
Date Posted: Apr 16, 2013
NeutrinoBI: Natural Language Search Meets Information Discovery
UK-based Neutrino Concepts is taking search in a new direction -- delivering answers to questions, not a ranked list of results -- and helping users start data discovery in a whole new way.
Date Posted: Apr 16, 2013
Big Data Maturity: Measuring Your Journey
How can you define the success criteria of your big data program? TDWI's forthcoming Big Data Maturity Model will be able to help.
Date Posted: Apr 09, 2013
Big Data in its Infancy
A new survey highlights how enterprises are collecting customer and product data and their use (and projected use) of external big data.
Date Posted: Apr 09, 2013
Bringing Big Data into Focus
Two trends to watch this year in big data.
Date Posted: Apr 09, 2013
Oracle Big Data Appliance Product Family Expanded
Solutions help customers jumpstart initial big data projects, scale more cost-effectively.
Date Posted: Apr 09, 2013
dBase Launches Online Service Offering Access to Trusted, Public Datasets
Datasets provide timely information that can transform big data into actionable information.
Date Posted: Apr 09, 2013
Beyond ETL: On Demand ETL and the Big Shift in BI and Analysis
An emerging trend -- "on-demand" ETL -- augurs a big shift in the way analysis and BI are performed and results disseminated.
Date Posted: Apr 02, 2013
Q&A: Return on Investment for Information Projects
Is ROI for BI projects practical or even do-able? Is there a science to calculating ROI, or should we just use gut feel? Consultant, author, and speaker William McKnight explains what you need to know about BI ROI.
Date Posted: Apr 02, 2013
Q&A: The Human Side of Big Data
Big data isn’t just about growing data volumes or integrating new data sources. Human beings need to interpret the results of big data and build trust in the data. We look at how big data begins and ends with people.
Date Posted: Apr 02, 2013
Q&A: The Impact of Big Data at Facebook
What's the difference between the insight and impact of big data? Facebook's director of analytics, Ken Rudin, explains how the company uses big data, the benefits it offers, and how "real time" data needs to be.
Date Posted: Apr 02, 2013
Q&A: How Data Visualization Boosts BI's Value
The visual representation of business intelligence is making BI more accessible to a broader audience, says industry analyst Lyndsay Wise, who discusses where data visualization is headed and how to get the best value from it.
Date Posted: Apr 02, 2013
TDWI Research Report Reveals Hadoop Technologies to Impact Half of BI/DW Environments within Next Three Years
User acceptance and aggressive adoption of open source solutions indicate preparations under way to meet the growing demands of big data and advanced analytics
Date Posted: Apr 01, 2013
Adopting a More Rigorous Approach to BI
BI is increasingly taking on the metaphor of the scientific method: a model in which hypotheses can be tested and proven.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
Big Data Management: Deploying Best-of-Breed Solutions to Do More with Less
Savvy data mangers are using multiple approaches to maximize the strength of each technology.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
Cutting through the Hype of Big Data
A key to getting the most from big data is to separate hype from facts. TDWI World Conference keynoter Bill Franks helps you discover which is which.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
Big Iron + Big Data = Big Skills Shortage
Finding the skills to support big data on the mainframe is tough and getting tougher. What organizations need to do to address the big data skills shortage.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
Calabrio Enhances Analytics, Forecast Accuracy in Workforce Management Solution
Helps contact center personnel forecast for the unexpected, proactively analyze and adjust for daily realities.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
New Acunu Analytics for Cassandra NoSQL Supports Real-Time Big Data Analytics
Acunu Analytics brings “fast-to-build” rich queries, rich data modeling, and real-time results to the Cassandra NoSQL community.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
Compuware Adds Business Analytics, Mobility Improvements to Changepoint
Integrates advanced business analytics, offering increased transparency and visibility into big data.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
dBase Unveils New Version of Legendary dBASE Database Management System
New dBASE PLUS 8 includes Microsoft Windows 8 compatibility, ADO connectivity, and redesigned user interface to increase speed, efficiency, and productivity.
Date Posted: Mar 26, 2013
The Perfect (Data) Storm: Moving from Automation to Leverage
We examine why businesses need to provide a solid data foundation to their data-leveraging initiatives. The good news is that this same information architecture can be used for data leveraging strategies.
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2013
Q&A: Splunk Helps Users Mine Insights from Machine Data
Unstructured data generated by machines is one of the fastest-growing and most pervasive areas of big data, and one of the most valuable, explains Raanan Dagan of Splunk
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2013
Hadoop Reconsidered: A Data Management Perspective
After half a decade, Hadoop remains a divisive technology. Some data managers think Hadoop has the potential to be hugely transformative; others see it as a more pedestrian proposition.
Date Posted: Mar 19, 2013
HP Accelerates Enterprises’ Path to Big Data Value
HP Big Data Discovery Experience simplifies, accelerates unlocking value of information.
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2013
Dell Boomi Takes Next-Generation MDM to the Cloud
Targets midsize businesses with features, capabilities, and value.
Date Posted: Mar 18, 2013
BI: Becoming Cheaper, Better, Faster, and More Pervasive Each Year
Technical innovations are making BI more pervasive each and every day.
Date Posted: Mar 12, 2013
Analysis: What's All the Hadoop-la? EMC Breaks Out with Pivotal HD
EMC Corp. arguably stole the show at last month's Strata 2013 conference, announcing the equivalent of a SQL-compliant, high-performance RDBMS running on top of Hadoop: Pivotal HD.
Date Posted: Mar 12, 2013
Q&A: BI Helps Healthcare Meet Huge Challenges
"BI and analytics are new concepts to many healthcare organizations," says Ted Corbett, whose consulting company, Vizual Outcomes, focuses on how BI and data visualization can help healthcare providers meet huge future challenges.
Date Posted: Mar 12, 2013
New, Updated Products Abound at TDWI World Conference
An unprecedented number of vendors unveiled new products at last month's TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas.
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2013
3 Things You Need to Know about Big Data
Before you jump into a big data project, be sure to think about these three big data issues related to data integrity, data quality, and the nuances of analysis.
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2013
BI, Analytic Growth to Slow in 2013, Gartner Says
This year’s projected 7 percent growth rate for BI and analytics software is good -- but hardly spectacular, given that BI software sales grew 16 percent in 2011. What’s dragging down the market?
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2013
Predictive Modeling Bound with Analytical Data is a Concept Whose Time Has Come
The strategic use of data can provide strategic advantages for any business -- you simply have to create the plan and make the move. The ROI will be almost instantaneous.
Date Posted: Mar 05, 2013
FusionOps Analytics Adds Support for Apparel, Consumer Segments
Cloud-based big data platform supports SAP AFS, FSCM solutions.
Date Posted: Feb 28, 2013
Updated BI4Web Introduces Mobile BI Features
New Web-based BI suite supports most widely used mobile platforms.
Date Posted: Feb 27, 2013
Streamlining BI Projects: How a Techno-Functional Expert Can Help
IT and business users have rarely maximized their work together on BI and data warehousing projects. A new position in your organization may be just the solution you need.
Date Posted: Feb 26, 2013
Top Trends in Insurance Analytics
Developing capacities to deal with big data, predictive analytics, and predictive modeling is the singular current focus for strategic insurance companies today.
Date Posted: Feb 26, 2013
InetSoft Enhances Collaborative Features
The revamped version of InetSoft's BI platform boasts mobile and collaborative enhancements. It's also refreshingly free of big data-themed marketing.
Date Posted: Feb 26, 2013
SAP Sybase IQ 16 Helps Enterprises Reveal Big Data Insights
SAP Sybase IQ 16 software delivers speed, power for large-scale enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics.
Date Posted: Feb 21, 2013
Jaspersoft Introduces Utility-Priced BI Server on Amazon Web Services Marketplace
Cloud BI service available for less than $1 per hour for unlimited users; service is analytics ready in under 10 minutes.
Date Posted: Feb 21, 2013
Long Live the Spreadsheet
Armanta has released a solution that resembles a visual, more manageable spreadsheet that drops into existing business processes without disrupting them.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2013
Has Analytics become a Meaningless Term?
Some say the industry has dumbed down what's meant by analytics, treating the term as little more than a marketing tool.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2013
Agile BI: How to Turn Vague Ideas into Tangible Deliverables
This four-point methodology can help IT deliver on BI's promise of innovation and improving the top line.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2013
Decision Support: A Classic, Back-to-Basics Data Warehousing Business Driver
Big data and real-time analytics offer important and exciting benefits, don't lose sight of your organization's classic decision-making needs.
Date Posted: Feb 19, 2013
Top 10 Priorities for Data Quality Solutions
Data quality solutions need to grow into more technologies and address new business requirements
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2013
The Evolution of Data Masking
Data masking just might be the most important technology you've never heard of.
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2013
Relationships, Unified Information Central to Attivio Update
Unified information access platform gives organizations new ways to correlate, analyze business information; SQL capabilities expanded in latest version of Active Intelligence Engine.
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2013
Updated Style Intelligence Features collaborative BI
Solution adds annotations, shared bookmarks, and search.
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2013
Q&A: How Data Warehouse Design Can Reduce Time to Value without Compromise
WhereScape's CEO examines current data warehouse design, agile development, and the best route to revamping a data warehouse.
Date Posted: Feb 12, 2013
Actuate Embraces Analytic Discovery
In BIRT Analytics, Actuate touts a visual analytic discovery tool.
Date Posted: Feb 05, 2013
Defining Data Analytics Services in Support of Business Process Optimization
As we get better at building, deploying, and managing analytics services, we’ll need to create and maintain these services so end users can maximize BI in their everyday work.
Date Posted: Feb 05, 2013
8 Principles That Can Make You an Analytics Rock Star
Follow these principles -- many of which are overlooked by traditional methodologies -- and you could become an analytics heavyweight in your organization.
Date Posted: Feb 05, 2013
How Information Excellence Can Be a Competitive Advantage
Some day, companies may talk about "information excellence" as a key competitive differentiator, but what does a commitment to information excellence mean?
Date Posted: Feb 05, 2013
SAP Business Suite Heads to HANA
SAP this month unveiled a version of SAP Business Suite for HANA, its flagship analytic platform.
Date Posted: Jan 29, 2013
Pervasive BI Still Elusive, Survey Reveals
For two decades, BI boosters have pulled out all the proverbial stops to drive adoption. Less than half of potential BI users, on average, are being served, however.
Date Posted: Jan 29, 2013
What Big Data is Really About
Ignore the hype surrounding big data. What's really important is to learn about the new models for data processing that big data is bringing so you can plan rather than react.
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2013
Q&A: Eckerson Book Delivers Insights from Analytics Leaders
Wayne Eckerson's new book, "Secrets of Analytical Leaders," weaves insights from the well-known BI expert with comments from top names in the industry.
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2013
Actuate Launches BIRT Analytics
Fast, free-form visual data mining and predictive analytics tool for business users provides faster insights from any data source -- including big data
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2013
Enterprise Data Strategy: It’s Not Magic
A data strategy that does not anticipate business and technology change will likely be doomed to irrelevance.
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2013
Agile Inevitability
A new report from TDWI Research looks at what's driving the need for BI agility. It also assesses how "agility" is commonly conceived -- and best achieved -- in a BI context.
Date Posted: Jan 22, 2013
Impact of 2013 Data Strategies for Data Governance Programs
Modernizing data platforms will unlock additional business value, but enterprises must ensure that data governance will safeguard their investments.
Date Posted: Jan 15, 2013
Top 3 Analytics Trends for 2013
In 2013, major trends in analytics help enterprises deliver the data and capabilities they need.
Date Posted: Jan 15, 2013
Q&A: Big Data Uses and Issues
How big data is being used and why big data security issues must be addressed.
Date Posted: Jan 08, 2013
Data Integration: 2013's Top 3 Trends
Big data, Hadoop, and the need for faster performance will be at the forefront of data integration this year.
Date Posted: Jan 08, 2013
Q&A: Big Data Warehouses and the Intelligent Enterprise
What are the most important topics BI and data warehouse professionals should be paying attention to?
Date Posted: Jan 08, 2013
Executive Summary: Achieving Greater Agility with Business Intelligence
The information that flows from BI, analytics, and data warehousing systems can help organizations find the right decision-making balance that avoids the extremes of snap decisions and rigid processes. This new survey-based research report examines benefits, barriers, technology solutions, and recommendations for achieving greater agility with business intelligence.
Date Posted: Jan 04, 2013
SQL's Staying Power
SQL might have lost some of its sexiness, but it's as essential as it's ever been.
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2012
That Was the Year that Was: Major Data Warehousing Events of 2012 (and Predictions for 2013)
How well did we predict 2012's big events, and what's ahead for 2013?
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2012
BI and Data Warehousing 2012: A Memorable Year
This year might be remembered as one of the most interesting in the history of business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW).
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2012
Pentaho Refreshes Business Analytic Platform
Pentaho 4.8 introduces a new iPad-ready native app -- dubbed Pentaho Mobile BI -- along with a new visual discovery tool, dubbed "InstaView."
Date Posted: Dec 18, 2012
To Migrate or Not to Migrate Your Data Warehouse
When it comes to migrating a data warehouse, resist the temptation to lift-and-shift and do it right. It might take more time upfront, but it'll save you time in the long run.
Date Posted: Dec 11, 2012
10 Rules for Real-Time Data Integration
Real-time operation is a common business requirement, and real-time data integration can enable it.
Date Posted: Dec 11, 2012
Tackling Data Quality Problems in Data Consolidations
Data quality problems arise when an enterprise must consolidate data during a merger or acquisition. We examine a real-world example of how a firm in Iceland confronted the challenge.
Date Posted: Dec 06, 2012
A Phased Approach to Data Warehouse Projects
Massive waterfall solutions may not be the right approach for many enterprises. We offer a better way to build data warehouse success.
Date Posted: Dec 06, 2012
How Autonomous Cars Will Benefit Enterprise-Scale Analytics and BI
What does a car that drives itself have to do with BI? The connection is stronger than you might think.
Date Posted: Dec 04, 2012
Big Data Strata Hadoop World
At Strata + Hadoop World, vendors scrambled to stake their claims in a big data market most analysts believe is still riding a rising tide of hype.
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2012
SiSense Touts 3G Discovery and Analysis
SiSense is taking its pitch directly to business users -- much like insurgent BI specialists QlikTech and Tableau did half a decade (or more) ago.
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2012
Big Data Challenging the Status Quo
Big data is about mixing, mashing, and commingling all kinds of (seemingly unrelated) information together. This has big implications for BI and data warehousing.
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2012
Are Enterprises Getting Serious About Governance?
Thanks to big data and self-service BI, enterprises might finally be getting serious about data governance.
Date Posted: Nov 27, 2012
Informatica Takes on Big Data
Informatica's PowerCenter Big Data Edition is more than just a Hadoop DI tool: it even includes vanilla PowerCenter.
Date Posted: Nov 13, 2012
NuoDB: A Database for the Cloud
There are two big problems associated with data warehousing in the cloud -- agile elasticity and ACID compliance. NuoDB, a database startup, aims to address both of them.
Date Posted: Nov 13, 2012
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