TDWI News and Articles

Global IDs Introduces New Data Governance Appliance

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

"Out-of-the-box" data governance solution for SMBs.

QlikTech Shares Future Product Plans

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Cindi Howson examines what's ahead for this fast-growing vendor.

5 Tips for Cleaning Your Dirty Data

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

With spring upon us, it's time diving into "spring cleaning" your data by following these top 5 tips for leveraging the value of your dirty data.

Data Quality: Customers Satisfied with Products but Most Willing to Switch

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Customers seem pleased with their data quality tools -- until they're asked to put their money where their mouth is.

Trend Lines: Kognitio Recalibrates

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Kognitio spent the last half-decade trying to break into the U.S. market. Now, officials claim, the market is coming to Kognitio.

Lavastorm’s Free Software Tool Delivers Agile Analytics to Business Analysts, Data Gurus

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Lavastorm Desktop Public Edition makes discovery-driven, audit analytic capabilities available to analysts and business users alike.

Treating Your BI Project Like an Entrepreneurial Startup

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Startups know that what customers say they want isn’t necessarily what they want. The same principle is critical to the success of your BI project.

Oracle Showcases Data Discovery, Commits to Public Cloud

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

What's new and forthcoming from Oracle? Cindi Howson takes us inside Oracle's annual analyst conference.

Yellowfin Displays Adaptability

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Yellowfin benefits from a few core design decisions -- or "fortuitous mistakes," as CEO Glen Rabie puts it -- that make it a surprisingly adaptable BI platform.

In Praise of Data Replication

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

If consolidation activity and new product pushes are any indication, data replication is finally getting the respect it deserves.

Q&A: Melding Predictive Analytics and Big Data Makes Sense

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Predictive analytics and big data "make perfect sense together," says analyst Fern Halper, even as some vendors are struggling to catch up with users.

SAP Takes the Predictive Analytics Plunge

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

With SAP Predictive Analysis, the company says it wants to bring predictive analytic capabilities to as many users as possible.

Developing and Branding Your Analytics Communities

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

How can the principles of branding be applied to BI to help multiple groups in large organizations work collaboratively across departmental boundaries?

Tech Talk: DW Databases Scale Out and Up

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

MPP databases have to scale out and scale up. According to analytic database specialist Calpont, they don't. Most focus on MPP to the detriment of SMP.

BI Experts: Close Encounters with Customers: 3 Steps to Success

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Three recommendations for improving customer intelligence and engagement.

Q&A: Predictive Analytics Hot and Getting Hotter

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The increased interest in predictive analytics points to its power and possibilities, says analyst Fern Halper. Vendors are eagerly jumping on board, and open source is becoming increasingly important.

5 Myths about Predictive Analytics

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Modern predictive analytics tools and solutions are no longer restricted to IT specialists. Don’t let these five myths impede your adoption of this powerful technology.

Oversight Systems’ SuperMapper Technology Expands Continuous Analysis Capabilities

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Helps turn big data into actionable insights.

5 Critical Features of Successful Predictive Analytics Projects

Tue, 01 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Successful project opportunities share five features so developers can achieve business success.

Pentaho Adds Interactive Visualization, Expands Big Data Analytics in Business

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Pentaho Business Analytics 4.5 platform unifies data integration, business analytics to accelerate business insights.

Q&A: BI, Mobile, and Collaboration

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

QlikTech's Donald Farmer discusses how mobile technologies are fundamentally changing BI, sometimes in ways you might not expect.

BI Experts: Real-Time Quality for Real-Time Data

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Don't just deliver bad data faster. Improve data in real time.

How to Build a Business Case for Your Master Data/Governance Initiative

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Knowing how to get started is key to building a successful project -- and obtaining the funding to get the project off the ground.

Making BI Analytics Fun

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The search for BI insight already has a game-like feel to it. Advocates of "gamification" want to amplify this effect and immerse BI users in their task.

Q&A: Expanding the Definition of Data Governance

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Data governance is more than just managing data in order to optimize outcomes.

BI Tech Talk: Behind the Wild Profusion of ESBs

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Why are so many data integration players selling enterprise service buses of their own? Is it just a matter of vendor opportunism?

Pitney Bowes Portrait Explorer Tames Big Data on Desktops

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Customer analytics software tool displays customer information graphically to improve targeting queries, highlight data quality problems.

Q&A: Ensuring Success in Your Enterprise-wide BI Project

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

There are many traps to rolling out an enterprise-wide BI project. We show you how to avoid those problems.

Three Steps to Successful Data Integration

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

This three-step approach will help you establish or reenergize your DI development projects.

BI Experts: Validating Your Data Warehouse Direction

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Technology changes are helping us analyze growing data volumes. Our data warehousing architecture must remain flexible, and frequent validation of user requirements and data usage will help us achieve this goal.

The Impact of an Effective BI Assessment

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

How are BI maturity assessments implemented and how can their value be marginalized? We explore the impact and scope of such assessments and what to expect from the process.

Q&A: Charting the Course of Innovation

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

What new technologies are affecting BI professionals, and how can we be prepared for these changes and the innovations they bring?

Arcplan Enterprise 7.2 Released

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

New version supports in-memory appliances for analyzing big data.

Predixion Aims to Make Predictive Analytics Simple, Accessible

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Predixion's goal was to develop a solution that makes data mining and predictive analytics consumable and usable by rank-and-file workers. Has it succeeded?

Cool BI: Heading to the TDWI Forum in Chicago

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Which key BI trends matter most? Cindi Howson explains the top seven innovations she and co-presenter Dave Stodder will discuss at the Cool BI Forum in Chicago in May.

Host Analytics Touts Benefits of CPM in the Clouds

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Host Analytics says its cloud pedigree gives it advantages relative to its on-premises competitors in corporate performance management.

IBM Accelerates Big Data Decisionmaking

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

DB2 10, InfoSphere Warehouse 10 help clients find answers up to 10 times faster, reduces storage needs.

Q&A: The Magic Bullet for BI and DW Success

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT

How do organizations effectively handle the inevitable challenges in human dynamics to ensure project success?

BI Experts: No Time for BI Complacency

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Three catalysts that are changing BI and data warehousing.

The Confusing Future of BI and Data Warehousing

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Thanks to a combination of social, mobility, cloud, Big Data, and other forces, business intelligence and data warehousing are on the cusp of profound transformations. The question is: which way are these technologies headed?

SQL Server 2012 Marks the End of an Era

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Microsoft bids "adios" to OLE-DB.

Q&A: Analyst Sees Bright Future in Big Data

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Huge data sets can reveal hidden patterns, analyst explains.

AnalytiX Pre ETL Mapping

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

A decade ago, using spreadsheets to manage ETL source mappings might've made sense. Today, an upstart BI vendor claims, it isn't just inelegant -- it's anachronistic.

Host Analytics Introduces Cloud Business Analytics for Finance

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Brings BI to finance, enabling faster and smarter business decisions.

New SAS Visual Analytics Helps Users Analyze, Visualize Big Data

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

In-memory solution offers high performance, deep insights.

What Shifting IT/Business Battle Lines Mean for BI's Future

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Line-of-business analysts are advancing on IT's old territory. Five thoughts on what it means for both parties.

Busting 10 Myths about Hadoop

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Hadoop is still misunderstood by many BI professionals.

Tibco Goes All In for Social Features

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

For a company that's best known as a provider of back-end plumbing, Tibco's tibbr and Spotfire solutions comprise a very visible public face.

Q&A: "Smart or Lucky" Book Analyzes Tech Successes, Failures

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

A long-time tech observer delves into why some companies succeed and others fail.

How to Sell a Data Quality Project

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

It’s a tough time to cost-justify BI projects and get buy-in from upper management. Here’s how to get your data quality project approved.

Roambi BI: Right Place, Right Time

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

MeLLmo's Roambi BI platform runs only on Apple's iOS platforms. Is that a risky position or a savvy one?

The BI Revolution: Cloud BI Progress and Pitfalls

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

With so much written about cloud and BI in the last year, it would seem the intersection of these two hot IT trends must be a winner -- but is it?

Are Data Integration Vendors Responding to Pricing Concerns?

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Vendors appear to be making an effort to address concerns about how they price their data integration tools. Will their efforts result in meaningful savings?

BI Experts: Why Predictive Analytics Will Continue to Grow

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:00:00 GMT

What's behind the increasing popularity of data mining, and what is its relationship to predictive analytics?

Alteryx Accelerates Decision Making with Strategic Analytics 7.0

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Private cloud, social media connectors and predictive capabilities added.

BI Experts: Big Data Goes Public

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Facebook's IPO has drawn attention to the importance of social media data.

Ranking the DI Players

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

There's plenty of competition in the fractious data integration market.

IBM Cognos Insight Introduced

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Updates to performance management solution helps users easily access any data source, explore data, and build visualizations without help from IT.

Q&A: Applying Semantics to Data Management

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Semantics helps bring data management down to the user level.

Pentaho Beefing Up Enterprise Support

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Open source business intelligence player Pentaho has had a lot to crow about.

New Report Helps Users Get Up to Speed on Hadoop

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

A new report from TDWI helps users understand the basics of Hadoop and MapReduce.

Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine Released

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Engineered system for in-memory decision support, online analytical processing, forecasting, and planning.

Why All Data is Not Created Equal

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Although relational databases will continue to be used for high-speed online transaction processing, conventional relational databases have clearly exhausted their usefulness for business analytics. What’s ahead for database technology?

Q&A: Archiving Tools Apply BI to E-mail

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Sophisticated e-mail archiving solutions can generate business intelligence from stored e-mail messages.

Redefining the Data Integration Problem Set

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Phasic Systems touts a combination of software, services, and even naysaying as an effective solution for effective enterprisewide governance.

Why IBM Wants to Put Mainframes at the Center of BI

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

IBM asks the not-so-obvious question: If you already have a mainframe in-house, why not make it the centerpiece of your business intelligence and data warehouse efforts?

BI Teams Need to Take a Page from Apple's Book

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

BI teams need to focus on what business users want most.

Oracle Advanced Analytics for Big Data Released

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Oracle integrates R statistical programming language into Oracle Database 11g.

Big Data Killed the Data Modeling Star

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Big data offers BI professionals new ways of making information work for the business.

5 Macro Trends Shaping Next-generation BI and Analytics

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The traditional BI stack has failed. What's next?

Q&A: How BI Competency Centers Can Add Business Value

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

HP's Chris Carney explains how a business intelligence competency center can help align BI efforts and needs across the enterprise, bringing real business value.

TDWI Report Explores Challenges, Lessons Learned from Mobile BI Deployments

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

A new report from The Data Warehousing Institute discusses the how and the why of mobile BI.

JackBe is sMashing BI Barriers

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The beauty of the BI mashup is that it makes it easy to expose any kind of information -- including data you wouldn't typically want to bring into a data warehouse.

Kalido Information Engine Update Eliminates Data Mart Migration, Consolidation Hassles

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Ability to automatically translate existing data models, taxonomies, and glossaries into business information models dramatically reduces time and cost.

Pentaho Releases Kettle’s Big Data Capabilities as Open Source

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Developers, analysts, and data scientists gain industry’s first free Apache-licensed open source data integration tool for operationalizing big data management, analytics.

IBM’s New Analytics Appliance Helps Retailers Transform Big Data into Business Opportunities

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Appliance can analyze petabytes of data to help retailers understand customer behavior; delivers actionable insight.

2012: Year of Cloud BI

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

There’s no doubt that customers will continue their migration from in-house BI to BI in the cloud. We explore best practices for cloud BI and the limitations this technology imposes.

Q&A: "Cool BI" List Includes Dashboards, Visual Discovery Tools

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Popular analyst Cindi Howson discusses top BI innovations.

BI Experts: Why Enterprise Data Strategies Must Support Business Goals

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Success with enterprise business goals demands strategies for enterprise data.

How Mobile Computing Will Impact the Value of Time

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Anytime, anywhere access to applications and data is what mobile computing is all about. We explain how the technology can harness the value of time.

Q&A: Analytics, Unstructured Data, and the Growth of Social Media

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

What are the common misperceptions about unstructured data are explored, and how can this data be exploited for game-changing insights?

From the BI Scorecard: The Year Ahead in BI and a Look Back on 2011 Highlights

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

From in-memory to visual discovery, big data to mobile and cloud BI -- and more -- what's ahead for BI professionals in 2012.

Talend Platform for Data Services Operationalizes Information, Data

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Converged platform provides holistic integration capability across data, applications, and services.

Q&A: Mobile, Search, and Cloud Top "Cool BI" Innovations

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

In this two-part interview, well-known BI analyst and TDWI faculty member Cindi Howson discusses some of the top innovations affecting business intelligence, in keeping with her annual "Cool BI" list of business intelligent innovations.

Q&A: Moving Beyond Traditional Data Virtualization

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Composite Software VP Robert Eve has co-written a new book on data virtualization. In this interview, he describes going beyond traditional data virtualization and discusses some of the lessons from the book's 10 high-profile case studies.

Why NoSQL is Moving from "Need" to "Want"

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

In 2012, all of IT -- from developers to C-level IT executives and IT operations teams -- will start thinking differently about NoSQL.

4 Performance Management Trends to Watch in 2012

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Performance management solutions have been around for years, but momentum is building, as these four future trends reveal.

10 Key Elements of Your Data Strategy

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

We look at the 10 key details your data strategy must address and suggest a good place to start formulating your strategy.

The Data Model’s Role in Data Governance

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Data models are an important part of your data governance program. We look at the Zachman Framework, which describes multiple levels of data models.

Q&A: Data Strategies and Philosophical Dilemmas

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

We examine how creating a data strategy has philosophical implications, raising ethical questions about analytics and emphasizing the need for data governance.

BI Experts: Good Data Strategy is Good Business Strategy

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Director of TDWI Research David Stodder looks at three major trends that he sees shaping the development of data strategies.

BI 2012: The Future that has Already Happened

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Eight current trends that yield insight into BI's future.

Oracle Releases Big Data Appliance

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

New engineered system and Oracle big data connectors help unlock the value of enterprise big data.

Why Search-Based Applications are Set to Thrive

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The enterprise search industry and search-based application space will see major steps forward in 2012 as recent acquisitions are sorted out.

How Lyza Learns from its Users

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The new Lyza learns from how people use it and makes recommendations based on a user's role or interests. The more people who use it, the better, officials say.

A Big Year Ahead for Big Data and Hadoop

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

During 2011, Hadoop became more reliable with better performance in new commercial distributions. In 2012, Hadoop will become easier to use and manage.

Mobile Business Intelligence and Analytics: Executive Summary

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

BI Resilient in 2011; Mobility, SMBs, Services to Highlight 2012

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

BI popularity continued, and BI in the cloud and data aggregation took center stage this year. We look at what BI professionals might expect in 2012.

Data Management: The Year Past, The Year Ahead

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

In a year when in-memory analytics was memorable, what data management trends were the most important in 2011, and what can we expect in 2012?

Information Governance: Big Data and the Road Ahead

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

In 2011, enterprises were aligning their information governance practices across functions. In 2012, Big Data information policy will become mission critical.