Business Intelligence


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.

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.

Building for Yesterday's Future

Are we building new information delivery systems for a future that isn't there?

Six Principles for Making Collaboration Work

Collaboration happens. The only remaining question is how well it happens and what value your tools add.

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.

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.

Teradata is Thinking Big

With its forthcoming Teradata v14 release, Teradata is going columnar, and that's just for starters.



MicroStrategy, Tibco Go Social

Two business intelligence vendors are taking on an increasingly social aspect.

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.

The Elusive Definition of Agile Analytics

It's about time for an authentic definition of "agile analytics" based on analysts' understanding.

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.

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.

Kognitio Touts "Train-of-Thought" Analytics

Company says the OLAP status quo has got to go.

How to Reduce Your BI Platform Costs

Streamline BI admin costs to save money, but don’t forget to keep the pressure on your software vendors, too.

Best Practices for Measuring and Improving Data Quality

This pair of modern techniques will help you succeed in your enterprise data quality initiative.

Predixion Wants to Make Data Mining Easier, More Pervasive

Predixion proposes to take data mining -- long the province of statisticians and complex predictive models -- and make it pervasive.

Analytics, DBMS News Offer Fresh Insight into Vertica

A pair of recent announcements offers fresh -- and refreshing -- insight into the new Vertica four months after its acquisition by HP.

Strategy Companion, SwitftKnowledge Extend Microsoft BI

What's it take to be a Microsoft-centric BI player? It may be a matter of picking up where Redmond leaves off.

10 Traits of Top Business Analysts

When you recruit business analysts, what traits should you look for?