In-memory analytics processing and access to live data is finally achievable and will make active live analytics a real possibility, and that opens up a new area of information processing and exchange.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Most data is dumb; it is hard to find, hard to combine with other data, and hard to understand.  If data is dumb, then big data is very dumb.  Here are five steps to making it smart.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We explain the business and technical challenges that motivate the need for smart data. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Huge amounts of climate data is available for free to journalists and the general public.  One challenge is finding easy-to-use data analysis tools that can effectively help users visualize the raw big data.
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - July 8, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Preserve the meaning of BI by making every possible technology serve it.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To get the most value and greatest insight from your analytics, embed your analytics into your business processes.
                    
			            - By Fern  Halper, Ph.D.
 - July 1, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It can be fiendishly hard to translate a BI and analytic practice to the cloud. It can be no easier to spin up a new BI and analytic practice.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - July 1, 2014