BI This Week


Q&A: New Perspectives on Big Data Problems

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.

NoSQL Data Structures: One Structure Does Not Fit All

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.

Building the Business Case for Big Data

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.

Q&A: Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio

Cindi Howson explains best practices for evaluating (and re-evaluating) your BI tool set and looks at what's cool in BI.

Why Organizations Must Get the Small Stuff Right

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.

Use Simulation to Make an Impact

To explore future possibilities and opportunities that do not currently exist, enterprises must explore the capabilities of simulation.

Treasure Data: Not Your Typical Take on Hadoop or Data Warehouses

Think of SaaS newcover Treasure Data as a kind of Hadoop-as-a-service offering, albeit one with an emphasis on data warehousing workloads.

5 Ways to Make Your BI Program More Efficient and Maximize ROI

We present five important ways to make a BI program more efficient and uncover the greatest opportunities to maximize ROI.

Survey Shows Correlation between Cloud Use, Better Decision-Making

A new survey from IBM links financial performance with use of cloud computing for competitive advantage.