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Tableau and Teradata: The Visual Approach to the Active Warehouse

Tableau and Teradata: The Visual Approach to the Active Warehouse

07/27/10

Now more than ever, companies need to arm their knowledge workers with the tools and data to enable immediate exploration of the state of the business.


Five Things You Need to Know about Your Users before You Deploy Business Intelligence

Five Things You Need to Know about Your Users before You Deploy Business Intelligence

05/20/10

Don’t put the BI cart before the horse! This paper lists 5 things you need to know before you begin planning your BI application, so you can better understand the blend of capabilities needed to address and satisfy end user requirements.


Understanding an OLAP Solution from Oracle

Understanding An Olap Solution from Oracle

05/17/10

The twin pillars of the Oracle OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) solution are Oracle’s Hyperion Essbase and Oracle Database 11g OLAP Option. Like twins, they share similar characteristics; however they are individuals with their differences.


Worst Practices in Business Intelligence: Why BI Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail

05/10/10

This paper provides insight into the top four worst practices for business intelligence deployment. It also provides guidance on how to avoid or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. This paper expalins how you can avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.


Enhancing Decision-Making, Cost-Efficiency, and Profitability With Predictive Analytics

Enhancing Decision-Making, Cost-Efficiency, and Profitability With Predictive Analytics

05/10/10

This paper discusses the incorporation of predictive modeling capabilities into the WebFOCUS BI platform and highlights how this advanced functionality can dramatically improve decision-making, thus reducing risk and costs while increasing revenues and profits.


Bloor InDetail - Talend Open Studio, an independent analyst review, Business Process Management

05/04/10

This InDetail product review will help IT staff and decision makers get an independent angle on the leading open source data integration solution.


Deploying Data Mining Models with Pentaho

Deploying Data Mining Models with Pentaho

03/22/10

This white paper outlines the flexible options for the deployment of predictive models using Pentaho Data Mining and Pentaho Data Integration. In particular, it considers the common scenario of batch scoring to rapidly update predictive scores.


7 Leading Applications of Business Intelligence Software, Analytic Application Development Tools

03/03/10

Discover the depth and breadth of business intelligence applications across seven major categories. This paper provides detailed descriptions, sample reports, key performance indicators (KPIs), and case studies from leading companies…