Business Briefing – U.S. Rebounds To Lead Global Technology Revenue

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IBM to invest $100 million for big-data analysis research

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Collaborative analytics and collaborative decision making

The world  of Business Intelligence is changing. Access to information in the corporate world is now a must not just a nice to have. With the advent of social media, information can be easily accessed by all on both computing and mobile platforms. I recently deployed a substantial social media platform across the World Bank [...]

In-memory computing

Brad Howarth (CIO) 20 January, 2011 09:33 In-memory computing is making its way out of R&D labs and into the enterprise, enabling real-time processing and intelligence The massive explosion in data volumes collected by many organisations has brought with it an accompanying headache in terms of putting it to gainful use. Businesses increasingly need to [...]

Business Intelligence, Processes Converge to Drive Next-Generation Business Decision-Making

According to a Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Geographic Business Intelligence® software developer Alteryx®, LLC, industries such as retail, real estate, banking and telecommunications are moving quickly toward single-vendor BI solutions and pre-packaged content, converging business processes toward a new generation of best-practice decision-making. Orange, CA (PRWEB) January 19, 2011 Recent advancements in software capabilities, [...]

HP and Microsoft Roll Out Appliances

Good article on the changing appliance markei   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. By Jeffrey Schwartz January 19, 2011 One year after announcing a $250 million, three-year pact to deliver next-generation data center technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft today unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations. The two companies’ offerings range from a so-called private cloud [...]

New Study Ranks Teradata Highest in Data Warehouse Technology

Data warehouse technology from innovative leader pays big, tangible dividends for customers DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) today announced that it has been recognized for its technology domination in data warehouse landscape by a new study from the Information Difference research firm. The research report further validates Teradata’s leadership as the world’s largest company solely [...]

Mobile business intelligence tools on the rise, says Gartner

Interesting review and observation     Breaking news from ihotdesk, the home of IT outsourcing in London: Category SME IT 07 January 2011 Posted by Jessie Richards More businesses are set to turn to mobile business intelligence (BI) solutions in 2011 and beyond, it has been reported. Research consultancy Gartner claims that a strong body of [...]

Ten Techniques to Guarantee a Successful DW/BI Solution – Denise Rogers

Good article by Denise Rogers on Successful DW/BI solutions.   The ingredients to a successful Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence deployment include good project management, effective communication and using DW/BI tools to their full potential. Denise Rogers presents her top 10 techniques to guarantee a successful DW/BI deployment. The ingredients to a successful Data Warehouse / Business [...]

Collaborative Analytics – the new analytic solution

The world of analytics has changed, now top organisations can harness the power of multiple views and opinions from within. Analytics has traditionally been more one to one relationships. Someone requests a piece of analytics and an analyst creates and prepares the work. This is then presented back for consideration and action. Now with the [...]