Although storage prices are dropping, you must still consider how your customized data set will work for self-service or ad hoc reporting, especially in a real-time environment.
As growth of cloud-based applications outpaces growth of on-premise apps, enterprises must address how best to integrate data between the cloud and on-premise storage.
Organizations must discover why and where their systems are inflexible and how they can apply new methods and technologies to increase agility. These three tips can help you get off on the right foot.
- By David Stodder
- August 14, 2012
What's the killer app for business intelligence? Two years after the debut of the iPad, we still don't know, though there are lots of opinions.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 14, 2012
Just what is Predictive Model Markup Language, and how can it help BI professionals?
Vectorwise's special sauce -- its support for vector processing and microprocessor-level parallelization -- is increasingly catching on in a big way.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 14, 2012
Setting the optimal prices for your company's products or services is vital to your firm's financial health. We explore big data's role in setting pricing
- By James E. Powell
- August 14, 2012
Some organizations might be surviving the current economic hard times in part because they know how to use data better than their failing competitors. Can they extend their lead in good times with new cloud-aware analytics?
Transforming unstructured knowledge analytics practices into smart big data will increase your organization's innovation speed and relevancy. Here's how to jazz up your unstructured data analysis.