BI This Week


Five Key Trends Driving the Future of BI

What’s ahead for BI? We offer five trends happening now that are irreversible and have substantial implications for BI.

Q&A: Try a "Non-invasive" Approach to Data Governance

The path to data governance starts with small steps.

It Takes Two: Microsoft's DW Market Strategy Explained

Microsoft sees a bifurcated data warehousing market, with Fast Track SQL Server on the low end and SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse at the top.

BI for the Masses, iPad Style

An overwhelming majority of organizations believe mobile BI will play an important -- perhaps even critical -- role in their information futures.

Good Data Governance Finally Taking Hold

Enterprises finally seem serious about grappling with what makes for good data governance.

Designing Parallelism into the Data Integration Models

How data integration developers can include parallelism into data integration models.

Analysts in Action: Getting Analytics Off the Test Track

Business intelligence vendors still seem to run on a test track while users just want to get on the road with data.

How Better Prototyping Can Improve BI

BI projects are expensive, time-consuming, and risky. Advanced prototyping can bring IT and business users together.

A Prescription for Public-Sector Big Data Woes

Instead of just reporting on data, shops should be exploring their data. This is particularly true in government, where very large data sets can benefit from cutting-edge visual data exploration technologies.