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Benefits of Automating Data Warehousing

Benefits of Automating Data Warehousing

08/24/10

This newly released white paper, "Benefits of Automating Data Warehousing," shows how automation can keep queries and reports accurate while speeding up their delivery. Download your copy today and learn: - How to handle more operations in less time, by cutting lag time and automating key steps like pre-extraction processes, nightly failure notifications, complex recovery sequences, even report running and distribution -How to prevent data errors by cutting down on hand-coding, ensuring properly ordered execution sequences, and keeping complex, uneditable scripts out of the loop - The 6 pivotal steps in the overall data collection/distribution process, and why they shouldn't be overlooked if you want data warehousing to succeed


Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared

Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared

08/10/10

Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin are both promoted as strong platforms for data warehousing projects, although Oracle also promotes Exadata for online transaction processing (OLTP). Yet OLTP and data warehousing applications differ significantly in their functional and performance requirements. This white paper outlines the different requirements of OLTP and data warehousing applications, and then compares Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin in terms of their query performance, simplicity of deployment, cost of ownership, and value creation for customers.


Managing Information in the Enterprise: Perspectives for Business Leaders

Managing Information in the Enterprise: Perspectives for Business Leaders

07/29/10

When 19 of 20 people agree on a strategic initiative, odds are it's powerful stuff. That's the case with information management, according to this recent Forbes Insights study of more than 200 business and IT executives.


Designing Great Visualizations

Designing Great Visualizations

07/29/10

This paper traces the history of visual representation, from early cave drawings through the computer revolution and the launch of Tableau. We discuss some of the pioneers in data research and show how their work helped to revolutionize visualization techniques.


Selecting a Visual Analytics Application

Selecting a Visual Analytics Application

07/29/10

Visual analytics is becoming the fastest way for people to explore and understand data of any size. This definitive guide will help you select a visual analytics, or data visualization, software application.


Data, Data Everywhere: A Report on Managing Information

Data, Data Everywhere: A Report on Managing Information

07/29/10

This special report from The Economist covers the phenomenon of the Data Deluge -- everywhere you look, the quantity of information in the world is soaring. According to one estimate, mankind created 150 exabytes (billion gigabytes) of data in 2005.


Business BI Requirements for IT: What every IT Manager Should Know about Users’ Real Need for BI

Business BI Requirements for IT: What Every IT Manager Should Know about Users’ Real Need for BI

07/27/10

In today’s marketplace, the half-life of BI is typically shorter than the life of the project needed for its implementation. This means that companies are getting a continual negative return on their BI investment. It is time to approach the problem from a new direction and empower the business owners and knowledge workers to quickly and easily find the answers to their questions.