Business Intelligence


In Praise of Operational Data Warehousing

Real-time or not real-time is no longer the question.

Building Creative PowerPivot Solutions

Creative ways to leverage PowerPivot.

Toward Pervasive BI: A New Generation of Analytic Applications

The best analytic applications will help improve business processes, monitor and manage critical business events, and deliver richer information through both contextual relevance and analytic insight.

Q&A: Emerging BI Technologies

Emerging tech is the theme of Orlando TDWI conference. BI expert and conference speaker Steve Dine leads us through the latest in BI innovations and trends.

Pervasive BI Still Eludes Enterprises, Survey Reveals

Only about one in ten enterprises has deployed BI to a majority of its users.

Cool BI: Outlook and BI Search

BI expert looks at two recent trends that have the potential to bring greater adoption of BI to enterprises: Outlook integration and BI search.

Q&A: MDM Proving Its Value at Health Services Company

MDM may not be easy but it's worth the effort.



Q&A on Emerging Technologies: SaaS BI

How software-as-a-service can be used with BI, plus a look at the technology's drawbacks and limitations.

Sybase Survey Reveals Analytics Paradox

IT sees value of Analytics, but few have formalized analytics plan.

How Data Federation Can Co-exist with an EDW

Why data federation has earned itself a seat at the data management round table

PowerPivot's Role in Enterprise BI

How PowerPivot can be incorporated into your enterprise BI projects.

Q&A on Emerging Tech: Analyzing the Voice of Your Customer

Making the most of the 80 percent of data stored as text is the job of this increasing popular technology.

Survey Reveals What’s Driving SaaS BI

A new report explores which BI professionals are drawn to the technology and the self-service benefits it can provide.

Pervasive Analytics: Are You Being Served?

Users are yearning for more analytic responsibility

In Search of BI ROI

Hard BI benefits -- such as reductions in costs or in employee headcounts -- remain frustratingly elusive, according to a new survey.

Q&A: Social Media and BI Overlap Ahead

Using BI and data warehousing tools on data collected from social media applications could allow companies to better store, search, and analyze that data. The founder of a firm that makes a capture and storage platform for social media sees synergies just ahead.

Data Deluge or Opportunity?

Why data aggregation, data exhaust, and metadata are the fundamental building blocks to tomorrow’s business model for organizations of nearly any size.

Metadata Management: An Imperative for Your Enterprise

A new report delves into the importance, use, and management of metadata and how it's become a critical component for your enterprise.

Winning the Quest for Reliable and Timely Data

In a 24/7 marketplace, you need reliable and timely information. We explain the data integration challenges and how to overcome them.

Mobile Data Intelligence: The Next-Generation BI

Mobile service providers struggle to match data usage to revenues. A new kind of BI can help.