BI This Week


Philip Russom

Customer Data Integration: Five Areas for Improvement

We explore five areas where CDI has the most room for improvement -- and opportunity for greater benefit -- and recommend corrective actions that user organizations can apply successfully.

Tableau’s Free Service Helps Users Create, Share Visualizations

Site visitors can manipulate data interactively

A Peek into the Future: The Next Wave of Data Warehousing

Data found in warehouses is mostly transaction-oriented -- data from repetitive activities that are an integral part of every organization's business. Bill Inmon and Geno Valente look at what's ahead: textual data.

Question and Answer: How to Improve Performance from Cloud Computing

How to scale the data tier to get better performance.

The Necessity of Data Profiling: A How-to Guide to Getting Started and Driving Value

Allocating sufficient time and resources to conduct a thorough data profiling assessment will help architects design a better solution and reduce project risk by quickly identifying and addressing potential data issues.

IDC Predicts Strong Growth for Cloud-Based Analytics

The market for SaaS business analytic technologies is set to surge, according to a new report from research firm IDC

Question and Answer: Ten Tips for Maximizing Data Virtualization

To help IT leaders make the most of data virtualization, Robert Eve, executive vice president of marketing for Composite Software, offers a list of virtualization suggestions.

Mike Schiff

Data Warehousing: Remembering the Basics

The data warehouse concept has continued to evolve over the past two decades and now includes a variety of architectures such as data marts, operational data stores, data warehouse appliances, analytic databases, and federated and virtual implementations.

How Camera Settings Help Us Understand Data Models

Cameras have settings, including zoom, focus, timer, filter; so do data models