Key CIO Responsibilities? Don’t Forget Education
A few weeks ago in my post about how the CIO role is changing in ways that are more evolutionary…
Oracle Takes Endeca – a War of Acquisition?
I believe it was Forrester Research who coined the phrase "Unified Information Access (UIA)" back in a 2008 publication as…
In Bringing Gold to Customers, Teradata Earns a Platinum
Last week Teradata received the highest honor, the Platinum Award, from Gaming & Leisure magazine as part of the G&L…
BI Business Value – Timeliness or Consistency, Part 2
Having looked at timeliness in Part 1, let's turn our attention to consistency.
Considering IT Operational Decision Making as an Asset in Current Dynamics
“To deliver on increased qualitative and quantitative expectations and combat with situations of close margins, it becomes imperative to redefine…
Bad Data Viz – That’s No Pie Chart
Take a look at this dreadful chart from BusinessInsider.com and see if you can figure out what it's trying to…
10 Technology Trends that will Define Enterprise Architecture in the 2010s
Forrester Research’s Brian Hopkins and co-researchers recently assembled a list of the top 20 trends that will define (or redefine)…
Survey Shows Business Intelligence Wants and Struggles of SMBs
While dashboards and reporting continue to be critical elements driving adoption of business intelligence (BI) among small to medium-sized businesses…
Teradata: All in the Family of Appliances and Big Data
Teradata recently held its Partners User Group meeting (Twitter hashtag #TDPUG11) in San Diego.
One Simple WebFOCUS BI Best Practice – Personal Backups
While developing WebFOCUS BI applications, you will invariably experience a "Duh!" moment. You just saved something bad to the development…