BI This Week


Is Your Organization Ready for Hadoop?

Successfully implementing Hadoop relies on readiness factors that you can quantify by using a new online assessment tool from TDWI.

Search and Discovery to Increase Productivity and Minimize Risk

Getting answers means asking the right questions -- and a search engine that can securely find the results you need.

Survey Reveals Progress, Back Sliding in BI Self-Service Trends

Despite strong benefits, fewer than a quarter of users have access to BI self-service tools and technology.

Real-World BI: Why Analytics Must Grow

At a recent event staged at Boston's historic Fenway Park, a presentation by Yellowfin highlighted the importance of analytics scalability.

Data Digest: Mimimizing Open Source Risks, Preparing for Compliance Problems, and Cloud Storage Options

Why open source is not a security risk, plus two cloud data storage options and the implications of a lawsuit on your compliance preparedness.

Data Digest: Big Data's Business Benefits, Democratizing Data, and Leveraging Big Data for Marketing

An in-depth look at big data's use in business, plus setting your data free for use by every department, and three ways to use data analytics to boost your marketing.

Cloud Computing: Great for Users, Headache for IT

New survey shows complexity of the cloud, including managing multiple cloud vendors, puts a strain on IT.

Dec 2 2015: BYOD Risks, Data Archiving and Compliance, Turning IoT into Insight, and a Buyer's Guide to Data Analytics Software

Risks of your BYOD policies, avoiding a skirmish between IT and your legal department over data archiving, turning the Internet of Things into valuable insight, and a comparison of data analytics software.

Marketing IT In-House: Respect Routines

Respect a BI user's routine if you want to successfully change it.