BI This Week


Moneyball and the Limits of Predictive Analysis

Could predictive analytics be used as extensively in business as it is in baseball?

3 Steps to Exploiting Analytics

Moving beyond the basics will help you harness the potential of analytics to build a better future.

6 Tips for Applying Data Quality Practices to Data Governance Programs

Apply to data governance much of what you already know about data quality.

Enterprises Failing at Big Data Management

Nearly a third of C-level executives give their organizations a failing grade according to a new survey.

ParAccel Promotes "Dynamic" Analytics

Dynamic analytics describes an analytic use-model that emphasizes both discovery and iteration. The idea is to refine analytic discoveries by tweaking algorithms and queries.

BI Experts: Best-of-Breed May Not Be the Best Solution

Best-of-breed solutions certainly can be appealing, but are integrated products a better approach for your organization?

Big Data -- Why the 3Vs Just Don't Make Sense

The industry seems to have settled on 3 Vs -- volume, variety, and velocity -- to describe the big data problem. What's missing? Let's start with another V: value.

Q&A: Agile Data Warehouse Design

Why agile BI needs modelstorming: agile techniques for data warehouse analysis, modeling, and design.

Making the Case for Agile BI

There's resistance to the use of agile concepts and methods in BI and DW. The reasons for this resistance, agile proponents argue, are misguided.