BI This Week


Tableau Brings Grass Roots Empowerment to Business Users

Company recently outlined six themes for its next release, features that boost Tableau to a leadership position in the BI market, says analyst Cindi Howson.

Q&A: Agile BI Practices in the Real World

A preview of TDWI/Ceregenics research into the broad trends in agile methods adoption and how to select your first agile BI project.

As Analytic Search Heats Up, Information Builders Touts WebFOCUS Magnify

Information Builders makes use of key open source search technologies -- namely, Lucene and Solr -- to power its own search offering, WebFOCUS Magnify.

Q&A: The Human Factors of BI

Top-level management support is vital for project success, but it won't guarantee it. Len Silverston explains why human factors in BI projects are just as -- if not more -- important.

Q&A: Don't Overlook Data Governance When It Comes to Big Data

The issue is often overlooked, but solid data governance policies are crucial for getting business value from big data, explains SAP's Dan Everett.

Data Archiving: More than Just Making a Copy

Protecting your data and ensuring that no data is lost isn't as simple as just making an extra copy, even if storage costs have dropped significantly. We examine key considerations for any data archival/retrieval plan.

Understanding the Self-Service Market

How to ensure a successful deployment of BI self-service solutions.

The Secret to BI Success: Take a Business-Driven Approach

For two decades, Barb Wixom has been investigating how companies deliver value from BI, and she has discovered an important characteristic that separates the real winners in BI: a business-driven approach.

Tech Talk: Bringing Sexy (Hardware) Back

Big Data, meet Hyper Density. A real-life use case illustrates what multiprocessor parallelism at a massive scale might mean for information processing and analysis.