BI

Buddying up to HR to solve your tech hiring headache

The future is now -- and it's wreaking havoc on tech hiring.   Here's an example of what we mean. Back in 2010, the Corporate Executive Board Co. (CEB) pulled out its crystal ball to summon a

Big data is dead (maybe)! Long live analytics apps!

Is big data dead already? I guess that depends on how you define it. If you're analyst Mark McDonald, a VP and fellow at Gartner Inc., and you equate big data...

SIM CIO survey: IT budgets trend up, BI reigns as top CIO investment

When asked, "Are you better off than you were three years ago?" most IT organizations answer in the affirmative. IT budgets,

Jettison relational database management systems for BI

Are you dissatisfied with your traditional relational database management system (RDBMS) for business intelligence (BI)?

You're not alone.

According to Forrester...

Agile business intelligence is still a work in progress for most CIOs

Petabyte data warehouse? Check! Scalable to thousands of users? Check! Every business intelligence (BI) feature imaginable? Check! Agile BI? "One thing we do not yet know how to do well is agility," Boris Evelson...

What’s data fungibility got to do with delivering business insight?

What's data fungibility have to do with delivering business insight? No, really, I'm asking. According to Burton Group analyst Lyn Robison, one reason CIOs are struggling to deliver business insight to the business -- as...

Using the sex appeal of the iPad to push BI reporting in the C-suite

Democratizing business intelligence software is the anthem of the industry -- and the rallying cry of lots of BI stories. Users can become masters of their own dashboards! But (no big surprise) the slogan doesn't always match reality. That's what I gathered from several of the CIOs and BI...

What is your predictive BI analytics IQ?

Predictive analytics, a subset of BI analytics, was a hot topic at the Information Builders Summit in Kissimmee, Fla., this week....

SaaS BI vendor LucidEra’s demise harkens to ASP downfalls

When my inbox began filling up with all the theories of why BI SaaS vendor LucidEra is expected to close down by month’s end, I couldn’t help thinking that the more things...