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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Now challenges to BI success abound -- while older challenges stubbornly endure.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 13, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The dynamics of professional servanthood put the IT department in a position of increased effectiveness.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How deploying a multiplier effect model can help spread analytics throughout your organization.
                    
			            - By Fern  Halper, Ph.D.
- August 6, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Try as they might, organizations haven't been able to push BI adoption beyond 25 percent. JasperSoft's Karl van den Bergh has a theory to explain the situation.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 6, 2013
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why enterprises must have contingency plans for their data before moving to the cloud.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
- August 6, 2013