TDWI | Training & Research | Business Intelligence, Analytics, Big Data, Data Warehousing

TDWI Checklist Report | Analytic Databases for Big Data

October 4, 2012

This report presents a requirements checklist for analytic DBMSs with a focus on their use with big data. You will also learn definitions for the many techniques and tool types involved. The report will help you evaluate analytic databases and/or develop strategies for big data analytics.

TDWI Best Practices Report | High-Performance Data Warehousing

October 1, 2012

In the age of "big data," high-performance data warehousing is primarily about achieving speed and scale while also coping with increasing complexity and concurrency. The tips and strategies presented in this research can help user organizations prioritize their acquisition of vendor tools and their adoption of design best practices.

TDWI Checklist Report | Using Location Information for Geospatial Analytics

September 26, 2012

This TDWI Checklist Report presents tips for aligning geospatial information with the business intelligence environment, empowering analytics to use location data to yield operational efficiencies, revenue growth, and other potential benefits.

TDWI Checklist Report | Operational Analytics: Balancing Business Benefits and Technology Costs

September 5, 2012

This TDWI Checklist Report examines the business drivers and technology requirements for deploying operational analytics. The main objectives of the Checklist are to identify specific business benefits of operational analytics, review the ways these benefits can be achieved, and explain the potential trade-offs or IT costs involved.

TDWI Checklist Report | Predictive Analytics Project Design: A Nine-Step Guide to Realizing Business Value

July 12, 2012

Ultimately, the effective utilization of predictive analytics is the goal-driven analysis of data to enhance business performance metrics. This TDWI Checklist Report examines the strategic steps that predictive analytics project teams must take in order to define, design, and implement successful projects.

TDWI Checklist Report | Satisfying New Requirements for Data Integration

June 27, 2012

Mounds of structured data, unstructured data, big data, and advancements in cloud technology are imposing new requirements for data integration. This TDWI Checklist Report will explore some of the key drivers these new requirements are intended to address. Whether you are looking to support the performance needs of big data applications, filter concepts from unstructured data, monitor hundreds of data feeds for unexpected behavior, export data across enterprise boundaries, or provide real-time reporting and analysis, there is a rapidly expanding need for data integration competency that extends well beyond traditional ETL.

TDWI Checklist Report | Strategic Planning for Big Data Management

May 9, 2012

This TDWI Checklist Report provides grounding for developing a strategic business intelligence (BI) plan for agility when adopting innovative data management and utilization techniques, while retaining a line of sight to corporate mission and corresponding business objectives.