Data warehouse appliances and virtualization make logical partners for companies interested in cost-effective solutions to handling massive amounts of data across devices.
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
- August 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new survey examines how over 200 organizations use performance management to improve revenue performance, forecast-to-plan ratio, and customer satisfaction.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At last week's TDWI Summer World Conference in San Diego, bottom-up disruption -- of an agile kind -- was a salient theme.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When it comes to analytics, the columnar database debate misses the point.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 18, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    MapReduce is usually thought of as an enabling technology for Big Data analytics. Talend says it can help supercharge data integration, too.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 18, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Does Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g "close the loop?" 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 18, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New information sources demand improved analytics to learn more about customer behavior, employee and supplier relationships, competitors, and the market.