Business Intelligence: The Big Picture
There is a lot of buzz about Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL and columnar MPP databases. But where is the actual value for businesses? Businesses need to have actionable information derived from their data that...
View ArticleAny Data - Big Insights
Over the last year, many industry analysts have tried to define Big Data. Some of the common dimensions that have been used to define Big Data are the 3 V’s, Volume, Velocity and Variety. (Volume =...
View ArticleData Anarchy – A real threat to Self-Service BI (Part I)
In this post series I examine the challenges companies are experiencing while trying to implement self-service business intelligence initiatives through bleeding edge BI tools. Data anarchy is a real...
View ArticleProject RIPTide: Business Analytics meets innovation at Dell
Editor's Note: The following is a joint post co-authored by Shree Dandekar, Director BI Strategy and Konnie Brown, Global CommunicationsIntroducing RIPTide, the second project from Dell’s incubation...
View ArticleExcel for BI? OK to Keep the Excel User Interface, But Ditch the Spread-marts
How many times have you heard the argument that Excel is not a good platform for BI because it undermines the ability to establish a single version of the truth? Siloed spreadsheets breed data...
View ArticleBusiness intelligence fastest growing application – PASS BA Conference talks...
How do you turn data chaos into insights? How do you become more data driven in your role? These are some of the questions and topics addressed at the inaugural PASS Business Analytics conference....
View ArticleDrive Informed, Urgent Action to Get the Most from Your Big Data, Cloud...
In recent months, my colleagues in Dell Software’s Information Management Group—Matt Wolken, Darin Bartik and Chris McNabb—have shared their thoughts and advice on how organizations today can benefit...
View ArticleLessons from TDWI: Want Analytics with Your Fries?
At the risk of aging myself, I’ve probably attended 70 or so TDWI conferences and executive summits, but the recent TDWI Las Vegas was different. It marked the organization’s 20th anniversary and...
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