BI This Week


Q&A: Understanding Enterprise Metadata

Data about data is a company's bread crumb trail to its information, but many enterprises have no management strategy.

IBM Cognos Unveils Revamped TM1 OLAP Stack

TM1 isn't going anywhere, IBM Cognos maintains -- even if Big Blue hasn't yet ruled out changing its brand.

Up Close: Greenplum's Smart Moves

Greenplum cozied up to Hadoop earlier this year -- but the MapReduce capability it announced last week is its own. What happened?

Escaping Business Intelligence's Groundhog Day

Escaping BI's Groundhog Day may take new vision and new interpersonal strategy.

Greenplum, Aster Data Tout Google-Like Analytic Capabilities

In-database MapReduce helps workers tackle terabytes of information. What's ahead for BI professionals?

Non-traditional Users Hold Key to BI ROI

Organizations should be feeding actionable insights to decision-makers further on down the line. That's where the ROI lies, according to Information Builders.

BI: Green Data and Marketing Spin

The parade of "green" data has arrived -- though most of it is one marketing pitch after another. Meanwhile, real problems and likely solutions stay on the sidelines.

TDWI Audio Report: How New Technologies Affect ETL

ETL technology has certainly not been stagnant, and neither have the many technologies surrounding it. Sweeping changes in users, technology, and culture have affected how this tool is used and by whom. We talk with Arman Eshraghi, CEO of LogiXML, about what ETL users need to know about how changes to technology have affected ETL.

ChartSearch: Information Is Out There

Even though BI search is an established technology, information retrieval problems still plague many organizations. ChartSearch says it can help.