Business Intelligence


How Mobile Devices Change BI

Even the fastest bandwidth may not be able to keep up with data intensity of BI applications, so what must change?

Q&A: Making Data Meaningful with Visualization

How data visualization techniques can encapsulate vast amounts of data into intensely visual and data-rich displays.

Q&A: How Data Infrastructure Enhances Your Bottom Line

In a challenging economy, how can you extend the life of your information systems? One solution is to focus on data quality and consistency.

Open Source BI Shines

Companies that have used open source solutions for a decade or more are now looking at that distribution model for their BI tools.

BI for the Masses, Birst Style

SaaS BI specialist Birst practices what it preaches, officials say; it is, first and foremost, a general purpose BI platform.

BI or Bust Study Highlights Best Practices for a Tough Economy

A new report from Aberdeen Group sheds light on how to get the biggest bang for your BI buck.

Text Analytics to the Rescue

A recent survey suggests a clear and inescapable rise in the consumption -- and importance -- of unstructured data



Q&A: Making the Leap from Spreadsheets to Models

When spreadsheets become cumbersome and aren't flexible enough to work with you, not against you, then it's time to move up to work with a modeling tool.

The End of Enterprise Software: Open Source Finds an Opening

If the mantra of business today is "faster, better, cheaper," then it's inevitable that companies need to explore alternatives to traditional enterprise software.

Paradise Lost: Why BI Programs Fall Apart

Three reasons why organizations struggle with BI

Analysis: IBM’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of SPSS

Big Blue’s acquisition of SPSS could herald a return to prominence for statistics gurus, model architects, and other power users. It’s about time, industry watchers say.

Informatica Touts a DI On-Ramp to the Clouds

Informatica's PowerCenter Cloud Edition will support Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) along with Salesforce.com and Web services.

Q&A: Enterprise Data Sharing Builds on Data Warehousing

How enterprise data sharing builds on earlier models such as data warehousing and XML standards to enable data sharing at an enterprise level.

BI and DW Technology Models Under Fire

Economic crisis invites a referendum of BI and DW technology models.

Q&A: BI Buy versus Build

The age-old question of buy-versus-build is alive and well for developers. We look at the current state of the decision-making process for BI professionals.

Q&A: The Maturing Open Source Model

To address BI costs, many enterprises turn to open source. We compare the many different open source models to help you find the one that's right for you.

Aster Data Unveils New DW Appliances

Aster this week introduced two new DW appliance systems running on top of commodity hardware from Dell

ParAccel's Coup

Columnar DW specialist ParAccel delivers new analytic database software and trumpets a venture capital cash infusion.

Q&A: BI Trends Point Up Despite Down Economy

With the economy showing few signs of rebounding any time soon, what should business intelligence buyers do?

PerformancePoint Server Planning Gets a New Lease on Life

Microsoft last week announced a reprieve, of sorts, for beleaguered users of its PerformancePoint Planning Server.