How the rise of data science reflects a fundamental industry shift and the return to objective roots.
BI has grown, with everyone from executives to casual users having an opinion on the company’s BI strategy. Is that a good thing?
- By Cindi Howson
- December 17, 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, it’s time to once again review some of the major events of the year and speculate on what might occur in 2011.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 15, 2010
How will compliance-driven structured data retention affect your enterprise? Will expensive data management software fall and sustainable IT rise as a result?
It's that time of year again. Every December, we look back at the year just past, highlight some of its most intriguing trends, and hazard a few guesses about what the New Year will have in store.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 15, 2010
With a reloaded MPP engine on deck in SQL Server Denali -- and a promised columnar option -- Microsoft could still make a high-end DW splash, but it will have to move quickly.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 15, 2010
Visual discovery tool is one of the easiest to use.
- By Cindi Howson
- December 3, 2010
With the world losing one or more entire species of animal or plant life every 20 minutes, a conservation group in the UK is using analytical software from IBM to untangle the complex factors contributing to a particular species' decline.
- By Linda L. Briggs
- December 1, 2010
Data virtualization confers advantages that simply aren’t achievable by means of federation alone.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 1, 2010