BI This Week


Q and A: Business Intelligence Architecture in an Agile Environment

What role does BI architecture play in an agile environment?

IBM's Past May Hold Clue to SAP's Future

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Microsoft Promotes BI Development

Microsoft positions Visual Studio for developing business intelligence applications

Vertica Enhances Flagship Analytic Database

Vertica says the latest revision of its analytic database is easier to deploy, manage, and scale.

Q and A: Agile BI Basics

The what, who, and why behind the move to agile BI.

IBM Embraces MapReduce for Big Data Analytics

Officials say IBM's new MapReduce-based offering permits customers to tackle Big Data projects that involve petabytes of information.

Business User's Power, Influence Over Business Intelligence Decisions Growing

IT must become more responsive to the needs of business users. If it doesn't, it runs the risk of becoming irrelevant.

Operational Data Quality is Within Reach

High-quality operational data is possible.

"Being" Agile vs. "Doing" Agile

Why don't agile development methods when applied to BI always yield success? It comes down to understanding that agile is really about behaviors, attitudes, and values.