Big data issues -- from proper testing to developing accurate models -- can’t be ignored. The Modeling Agency’s Tony Rathburn takes at look at several important big data issues troubling enterprises today.
- By James E. Powell
- November 19, 2013
The traditional relational database is not the only answer to every database application. It's time to gain experience with non-relational (and non-legacy) NoSQL and NewSQL database technologies.
- By Mike Schiff
- November 12, 2013
What do companies do when they need the power of analytics to be increased with decision support architecture from enterprise data? They built business cases. Here are five business components to address in your own business case.
Cindi Howson explains best practices for evaluating (and re-evaluating) your BI tool set and looks at what's cool in BI.
- By James E. Powell
- November 12, 2013
Rather than worrying about new technologies, organizations should be sweating the small stuff: the bread-and-butter activities such as operational reporting or scorecards that still perplex so many enterprises.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 12, 2013
To explore future possibilities and opportunities that do not currently exist, enterprises must explore the capabilities of simulation.
Think of SaaS newcover Treasure Data as a kind of Hadoop-as-a-service offering, albeit one with an emphasis on data warehousing workloads.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 5, 2013
We present five important ways to make a BI program more efficient and uncover the greatest opportunities to maximize ROI.
A new survey from IBM links financial performance with use of cloud computing for competitive advantage.