Justifications for business intelligence projects are as varied as business strategies and vendor product claims. Many are good, others not.
Republicans just might have an IT edge in Washington—wireless e-computing technology that lets senators and staff check on the latest developments via PDA.
Business intelligence is really about answering questions, not about providing better information. To get started, you should ask four questions about any business intelligence project ...
We all have times when we put off tasks until the last minute. It's called procrastination, and it's generally considered a habit to avoid. But there are situations in life—and in data warehousing—in which it's actually smart to wait until the last minute. I call that healthy procrastination.
The rise in e-business makes it more important than ever to get a grip on your Web-based information assets. New tools can help you manage your Web content.
If you read the trade magazines, you’ve seen an endless stream of information and opinion about data warehouses, data marts and operational data stores. But what about staging areas—the forgotten data store?
Many well-respected analysts and academics claim Linux will never become a major industry force, but try telling that to the folks at Seton Hall University, and reactions will likely range from raised eyebrows to quiet bemusement. Why? Because, after extensive analysis and reporting, Seton Hall has overhauled its network and launched itself into the 21st century, using Linux as its primary OS.
Just as financial planners manage monetary assets, so should IT managers manage technological assets. The plan is simple: Identify the corners where inefficiencies and underutilized assets lurk, and form a solution that ultimately results in higher cost-savings. Here are some solid suggestions to get you started.
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) found itself in the middle of an application conflagration when new, Oracle-based applications refused to share desktop space with older, internally-developed applications. GTRI considered several options to help the applications learn to coexist, but, eventually, turned to Chicago-Soft's WALLS implementation that allows GTRI to create packages, identify conflicts and insulate executables, simplifying the overall software-deployment process.
The conclusion of this two-part series looks at the tools and techniques used in data mining and the issues surrounding implementations.
Today's infrastructure needs to be resilient; not just to failures in the computer hardware, but also to the catastrophic failures of computer sites. Fortunately, with the falling equipment and communication costs, the solutions that were cost prohibitive yesterday, are feasible today.
UMB Financial Corp.'s computing and communications systems operate around the clock. The installation of a multi-level command console in UMB's new Technology Center is allowing the IT Command Center staff to handle growth without an increase in personnel.
Today's companies are judged not only on the quality of their products and services, but on how well they share information with customers, employees and business partners. Most organizations have myriad systems which makes maintaining complete, up-to-date information across many departments difficult. The more integrated an enterprise becomes, the easier it is for everyone to get the information they need - so they are empowered to make their best decisions.
The "Father of the Data Warehouse" discusses what's in store for the industry.
The enabling technologies of business intelligence and data warehousing are playing a vital role in facilitating strategic corporate and organizational initiatives, such as customer relationship management and e-commerce worldwide.
What is the best approach to modeling data in a DSS environment? Recently, a group of industry experts met to compare the pros and cons of the two data warehouse design approaches. Their results were astounding.
As the Web grows by leaps and bounds, critical business information is, in many cases, not easily accessible. The enterprise portal offers a Web-like solution to obtaining, maintaining and distributing information.
IDC predicts a 23 percent annual growth in the data warehousing tools market. This article presents strategies in data mining, developed by IBM and SAS Institute, as well as up-and-comers NeoVista Software and HNC Software.
How to avoid those expenses that seem to sneak up on you before, during and after completion of your data warehousing project are examined.