By 2012, fully 85 percent of organizations will be practicing advanced analytics thanks to several converging trends.
The former head of Siebel's sales analytics team explains how companies can forecast sales much more accurately using effective analytics.
Sooner or later, data warehousing pros will have to come to terms with the remarkable staying power of the mainframe.
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.
The accord with HP is very similar to a partnership that SAP notched six months ago with Teradata. Its similarity raises questions.
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.
Vendors competing in the fractious analytic database segment sure know how to keep things interesting.
Corda Technologies likes to position itself first, foremost, and entirely as a "dashboards" vendor.
With the release of a revamped Metadata Management product on tap this fall, SAP's platform-specific pitch looks to get even stronger.
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.
A new report from Aberdeen Group shows the strong synergy that integrating ERP and BI systems can bring.
At a small market research firm, dashboard software that can work in real time and with flat files is proving highly useful.
The trouble with Oracle's Exadata v2 pitch, a competitor alleges, is that there just isn't much demand for what Oracle's selling.
Three new offerings combine HP and Informatica products. Is even closer collaboration in their future?
Oracle claims that the latest version of Exadata can beat all competitors, including specialty solutions.
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?
Business-critical data resides in more than one domain, which is why enterprises must manage master data across domains with great care.
About one-quarter of shops use open source BI tools; even more are evaluating them.
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.
Kalido's new KONA appliance could well be the first of its kind