Business Intelligence

Cloud computing / shutterstock

At its most basic, cloud computing is about the ability to enhance enterprise value through more efficient use of IT resources. One of the more innovative ways to boost capacity and add capabilities in a cloud environment is by the virtualization of services and infrastructure.[read more]

Marketing automation

Leading marketing and advertising agencies are discovering that marketing automation is giving them the power to outflank their competition. Here are the steps you can take to automate your marketing, improving your customer service and your profits in the process.[read more]

Future of video streaming

Fact #1: the video streaming category is getting crowded. And, fact #2, it’s getting more than a little competitive, as media companies are moving into streaming video looking for their own new revenue streams. What does this mean for consumers?[read more]

Mobile & Decision Management: James Taylor

While at IBM IMPACT this year I was interviewed about Decision Management, Mobile and more. Check out this video to see the interview.[read more]

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Focusing on customer retention and reducing churn instead of customer acquisition, Gainsight integrates with Salesforce and uses sales data, surveys, support tickets, usage logs and other sources of customer intelligence to turn customer retention into an automated, data-driven process.[read more]

What's your data story? 

My colleagues and I had the opportunity to represent Attivio at the recent Tableau 8 Roadshow as a partner vendor. Unlike some BI events I have experienced over a number of years, the Tableau 8 Roadshow attendees were very much user-based rather than IT-focused.[read more]

Big Data journey / shutterstock

While much around big data remains hype, many companies are in the fledging stages of drawing value from their big data corpus, and given an army of discussions and opinions around the topic, it’s still hard to find a clear roadmap to arrive at the Big Promise.[read more]

BI evolution

Operational analytics is making headlines in 2013. But why is it important? And why is it more likely to succeed now than in the mid-2000s, when it was called operational BI, or the mid-1990s when it surfaced as the operational data store (ODS)? Let's see what has changed.[read more]

decision management / shutterstock

I have written about few in-memory technologies and approaches in recent months, and into this space has come Teradata with its new Intelligent Memory. I would summarize the idea behind the Teradata Intelligent Memory product with three points.[read more]

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One of the most discussed concerns surrounding big data today is privacy. While many powerful analytics are possible with the detailed data that is now collected on each of us, the sensitive nature of much of that data requires rethinking data practices and applications.[read more]

Big Data jobs

It has been highly chronicled that the Big Data talent shortage is turning into a storm of epic proportions; the number of Big Data Analytics positions is expected to reach 4 million globally by 2015. So will H1-B visa holders be the solution to the Big Data talent shortage? Yes, if a few things happen.[read more]

Future of Big Data / shutterstock

Big Data and ROI. Many of you will be asked to justify the investment you’re making in Big Data Analytics technology. ROI is key term you’ll hear. But companies that are trying to look at Data Analytics as a tactical budget item are in trouble. Here's why.[read more]

A Big Data solution

Cloud, social, mobile: all of these technologies are connected through one important commonality, and that is Big Data. By allowing individuals to quickly discover important information through the use of data, organizations are given the power to make smarter data-driven business decisions.[read more]

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Data stored in SaaS applications is often inaccessible to BI tools. This is a major headache to early adopters of SaaS applications. With on-premise applications, IT departments can bypass the application and access data directly from the underlying database.[read more]

Corporate compliance

Everybody put your party hats on, it’s time to celebrate! May 5-11 is Corporate Compliance and Ethics week, which means it’s the perfect time for taking stock of your business and finding some great ways to make compliance a culture you and your staff can celebrate year-round.[read more]