Business Intelligence


The Year Ahead: IT in Transition, BI Rising

The CEO of Jaspersoft gazes into his crystal ball to reveal five key trends to watch in 2010.

Trends and Predictions from Big Blue

IBM managers look at key events and company strategy from 2009 and explain what it means for customers in 2010.

Stage Set for MDM Adoption in the Enterprise

Done right, MDM delivers both strong ROI and improves the reliability of one's BI or data warehouse assets.

Upstarts Filling BI/DW Gaps

Upstart BI and DW vendors say their offerings address gaps or pain points established solutions ignore. It's a pitch that resonates with customers.

Perspectives: Open Source BI's Very Bright Future

Some issues that complicate or frustrate shrink-wrapped software implementations are mitigated by the open source model. That has some experts predicting a very bright future for open source BI.

Q&A: BI Technology Holds Special Promise for SMBs

Up and coming technologies including in-memory processing and column–based databases, combined with advances such as inexpensive memory and 64-bit operating systems, are finally promising affordable BI to small and medium-sized businesses.

Q&A: Cloud Computing's Pros, Cons, and Potential

Consultant and TDWI instructor Steve Dine talks with BI This Week about some of the ins and outs of cloud computing for business intelligence.



Why Oracle’s Exadata May Attract CXOs

Exadata V2 seems tailor-made for big Oracle shops and C-level executives.

Searching for Effective Enterprise Information Management

The goal of EIM is to help locate and transform an organization’s data into meaningful information while managing its distribution so everyone can perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively. The key to success: search capabilities.

Why Enterprises Must Avoid the MDM Divide

Many shops are still sitting tight on aging -- and potentially obsolete -- MDM implementations, at their peril.

SaaS BI Continues to Draw Interest, Traction

A recent survey sponsored by on-demand BI provider Birst finds that nearly half of respondents would consider a BI solution delivered as a service. Top concerns remaining around SaaS BI are complexity of integration, security, and opposition from IT, the survey found.

Data Mining: Sometimes Coincidences Are Just Coincidences

Data mining is just one component of business analytics. You must ask yourself: do the results make sense?

The Mainstreaming of MapReduce

MapReduce ready for the mainstream, or is it best used in niche environments?

Four Tips for a Successful Data Migration Project

From establishing governance and transparency to embracing smart timing and change, following these four tips at the start of your data migration project will dramatically increase your success.

Q&A: Survey Shows Organizations Overly Optimistic About Data Quality

Data quality remains poor at most companies, while data managers are surprisingly unaware of that -- and of the high costs of poor data, according to a survey on the subject.

Analytic Database Pioneer Netezza Riding High

With new appliance configurations and an "advanced analytics" push on tap, Netezza seems positively ebullient. A mention from Oracle didn't hurt.

One of a Kind: Teradata Touts Active Data Warehousing

Only Teradata does ADW, officials say, and ADW isn't just marketing-speak.

Database Technology and Open Source Keys to Greener Data Warehouses

Three key areas where new solutions for data warehousing are making a big difference.

Showcasing the Best and the Brightest at Teradata Partners

Teradata touted a new Extreme Performance data warehouse appliance and its first-ever enterprise-oriented cloud offering, and that was just the beginning.

Q&A: Open Source Continues Move into Mainstream

Open source software for business intelligence and data warehousing continues to grow in popularity, a recent survey finds, with 40 percent of respondents saying they have deployed or plan to deploy it this year.