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

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Gartner Outlines 3 Steps to a Successful CRM Strategy

The economic upswing spawns a return of the $100 million CRM project, according to a Gartner analyst. Gartner’s recent report, “Three Steps to Create a CRM Strategy,” aims to help CRM project managers, executive sponsors, and operations executives create an effective CRM strategy. The report is an assemblage of findings collected since 2002 by Gartner’s [...]

The future of Business Intelligence

More and more organisations are drowning in the sea of data, but few can say they have harnessed the real power and insight. There seems to be an increasing need for reporting and analytics but this is not supported by the needed data quality. It seems a little strange that people accept what is in [...]