When evaluating variable data for a given business intelligence objective, we may observe that the relevant variables are not reliable or that the reliable ones are not relevant. Here's how to address this situation.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TDWI Research's Philip Russom describes a logical architecture that knits together the multi-platform present (with its panoply of databases) into a diverse data warehouse environment, or DWE. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 13, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Integration platform-as-a-service, or iPaaS, is a big category: it encompasses everything from traditional application and data integration to integration between and among REST-ful applications.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 6, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big data offers zero value unless a business can extract the intelligence it's looking for. As advanced analytics with intuitive data visualization comes online, big data 2.0 will come into its own as the driver of fully personalized and actionable insights.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Historically, a shockingly small proportion of potential information consumers has actually used BI. It's beginning to seem as if that isn't ever going to change.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 6, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big data benefits not limited to large enterprises
                    
			            - By James E. Powell
 - April 28, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Every time someone has a satisfying technology experience, the bar gets set higher.