TDWI, the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) industry, has announced the featured track for its next 2013 TDWI World Conference, “Business-Driven BI: Building a Business/IT Partnership.”
Although their responsibilities and cultures may be planets apart, organizations ultimately need what business and IT teams can only deliver together.
- By David Stodder
- August 20, 2013
The cost of data integration is clearly misunderstood by most building BI systems. You need to understand more than you think, and it takes more time than you expect.
Innovation by NoSQL players like DataStax challenges the BI status quo.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 20, 2013
In the world of big data, it's logical that the market continues to push for ever-faster analytics. However, the true benefit comes when enterprises combine analytics in real-time with automated decisions on that data.
Hadoop will not replace relational databases or traditional data warehouse platforms, but its superior price/performance ratio can help organizations lower costs while maintaining their existing applications and reporting infrastructure. How should your enterprise get started?
How is NoSQL different from other databases? What about scalability and reliability of databases and how quick can they come online? We take a close look at several important aspects of today's database technology.
- By James E. Powell
- August 13, 2013
Patient queries have dropped from minutes to seconds as top-rated Seattle Children's Hospital -- with 350,000 patients annually -- turns to big data and analytics. Wendy Soethe, manager of enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence at the top-rated hospital, explains.
- By Linda L. Briggs
- August 13, 2013