Business Intelligence


Advanced Analytics Set to Soar

By 2012, fully 85 percent of organizations will be practicing advanced analytics thanks to several converging trends.

Q&A: Using Analytic BI to Drive Sales

The former head of Siebel's sales analytics team explains how companies can forecast sales much more accurately using effective analytics.

Coming to Terms with Mainframe Data Access

Sooner or later, data warehousing pros will have to come to terms with the remarkable staying power of the mainframe.

Working Together to Build Your Data Model

Building a data model reveals insight into your organization's data for users and IT alike, but it won't happen unless both groups work as a team.

HP, SAP Team Up for BI

The accord with HP is very similar to a partnership that SAP notched six months ago with Teradata. Its similarity raises questions.

Q&A: In-memory Databases Promise Faster Results

Recent technology advances are making in-memory databases more affordable, faster, and generally more feasible for a range of businesses. Kognitio's CEO explains the technology and how it is changing.

Analytic Database Players Keep Things Interesting

Vendors competing in the fractious analytic database segment sure know how to keep things interesting.



Corda Technologies Sticks with Dashboards

Corda Technologies likes to position itself first, foremost, and entirely as a "dashboards" vendor.

SAP's DI Portfolio Strategy: Platform Neutrality

With the release of a revamped Metadata Management product on tap this fall, SAP's platform-specific pitch looks to get even stronger.

What Businesses Must Do to Improve Data Accuracy

Don't blame IT if you have bad data. Individual lines of business also contribute to data accuracy woes. They're also in the best position to help push for change.

Companies Maximize ERP by Integrating BI, Aberdeen Report Finds

A new report from Aberdeen Group shows the strong synergy that integrating ERP and BI systems can bring.

For Small Firm, Dashboards Meet Big Analytics Needs

At a small market research firm, dashboard software that can work in real time and with flat files is proving highly useful.

Is There Demand for Exadata?

The trouble with Oracle's Exadata v2 pitch, a competitor alleges, is that there just isn't much demand for what Oracle's selling.

HP and Informatica Partner for BI Bundles

Three new offerings combine HP and Informatica products. Is even closer collaboration in their future?

Exadata Update Dramatically Boosts Speed of Data Warehouses, OLTP

Oracle claims that the latest version of Exadata can beat all competitors, including specialty solutions.

Q&A: Venture Capital Investor Sees Solid Future for Cloud BI, DW

Business intelligence delivered via software-as-a-service (SaaS) seems to be on the cusp of a wave of popularity, but it also brings some risks, as the recent demise of SaaS BI company LucidEra indicates. What's the future of SaaS BI and data warehousing in the cloud, and how can companies mitigate the risk?

Multi-domain Master Data Management

Business-critical data resides in more than one domain, which is why enterprises must manage master data across domains with great care.

All Shook Up: Open Source BI Disrupts the Status Quo

About one-quarter of shops use open source BI tools; even more are evaluating them.

Q&A: How a Column-based Architecture Can Deliver Quick Returns

Companies that improve database infrastructures by moving from a row-based to a column-based architecture can expect immediate improvements in query responses and report generation speed.

With KONA, Kalido Touts a Number of Firsts

Kalido's new KONA appliance could well be the first of its kind