Need more BI horsepower? A data warehouse appliance may be just what you need.
BI and DW professionals had been anxious to discover just what Oracle's Database Machine brings to the table. A new report bolsters the company's impressive performance-throughput claims.
Teradata explains the importance of appliances -- as both data warehouses and data marts -- and trumpets its Active EDW vision.
With IQ 15, Sybase takes aim at columnar competitors ParAccel and Vertica -- as well as the teeming MPP appliance market.
With social media, consumers can spread their praise and condemnation. From blogs to video-rich sites, this new conversation is changing CRM, and enterprises and BI professionals must pay attention.
Appliance proponents aren't worried about SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse. Instead, they raise credible objections about Redmond's high-end DW push.
How on-the-fly data analysis can fundamentally change the basic cost structure of analyzing data
Few predict an outright contraction in a DI segment that's been a hotbed of recent activity
How software-as-a-service relates to cloud computing.
Public sector shops deserve improved insight into their operational budgets, too, Oracle officials say
Reducing energy consumption and improving business performance is a win-win for businesses by any standard.
Microsoft says that SQL Server Fast Track systems can be pre-tested to scale to up to 32 TB -- at a claimed $13,000 per TB.
It's precisely in today's economy that SaaS BI, with its promise of rapid and inexpensive deployments shines
Forrester report helps enterprises distinguish between products in a crowded enterprise data warehouse marketplace
A recent survey made BI stomachs turn when it reported that 40 percent of business decisions relied on judgment instead of analytics.
If open-source BI is a suite proposition, Pentaho is a sort of meta-suite
Many customers are adjusting -- in some cases drastically -- their BI buying and deployment habits.
Aster Data must distinguish itself to compete in a teeming DW segment
It's no longer sufficient to simply provide people with the ability to get answers. You must give them the right questions to ask.
IBM, Oracle, and SAP grab most of the attention, but a swarm of upstart performance management players helps keep things interesting.