BI This Week


Is Your Organization Ready for Hadoop?

Successfully implementing Hadoop relies on readiness factors that you can quantify by using a new online assessment tool from TDWI.

Search and Discovery to Increase Productivity and Minimize Risk

Getting answers means asking the right questions -- and a search engine that can securely find the results you need.

Survey Reveals Progress, Back Sliding in BI Self-Service Trends

Despite strong benefits, fewer than a quarter of users have access to BI self-service tools and technology.

Real-World BI: Why Analytics Must Grow

At a recent event staged at Boston's historic Fenway Park, a presentation by Yellowfin highlighted the importance of analytics scalability.

Data Digest: Mimimizing Open Source Risks, Preparing for Compliance Problems, and Cloud Storage Options

Why open source is not a security risk, plus two cloud data storage options and the implications of a lawsuit on your compliance preparedness.

Cloud Computing: Great for Users, Headache for IT

New survey shows complexity of the cloud, including managing multiple cloud vendors, puts a strain on IT.

Data Digest: Big Data's Business Benefits, Democratizing Data, and Leveraging Big Data for Marketing

An in-depth look at big data's use in business, plus setting your data free for use by every department, and three ways to use data analytics to boost your marketing.

Dec 2 2015: BYOD Risks, Data Archiving and Compliance, Turning IoT into Insight, and a Buyer's Guide to Data Analytics Software

Risks of your BYOD policies, avoiding a skirmish between IT and your legal department over data archiving, turning the Internet of Things into valuable insight, and a comparison of data analytics software.

Marketing IT In-House: Respect Routines

Respect a BI user's routine if you want to successfully change it.