The recent financial turmoil has served to raise awareness that we need to fully understand complex investment products and the benefits and risks they bring.
- By Mike Schiff
- October 8, 2008
Dynamic business intelligence can quickly deliver answers to business questions, but it can be difficult to implement in today’s technology and business environment.
- By James E. Powell
- October 8, 2008
The Aberdeen Group finds that despite failed attempts to see just one version of the truth, the goal is achievable.
Microsoft touts an in-memory, column-based Excel data store on every desktop
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 6, 2008
Birst targets the important (but small) projects that are ill-served by existing BI tools, its developers argue
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 1, 2008
A study by Aberdeen Group shows what distinguishes best-in-class companies in their governance, risk management, and compliance activities and shows how BI plays a role.
Today's credit scoring system does a lousy job of predicting customer defaults. SAS's finance architect is out to overhaul it.
- By Ted Cuzzillo
- October 1, 2008
The Oracle/HP Database Machine is notable for being as ambiguous as it is ambitious. No one seems to know just how much it costs; which options it includes (or requires); or how much storage it encompasses.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- October 1, 2008