Social Software, Feature or Product?
We have this debate running about social software and whether it's, for the most part anyway, a set of features…
Decide.com – New Search Ideas for Unstructured Data
In this video from BizIntelligence.TV, University of Washington professor and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni describes his work in data searching innovation…
Big Data – Big Change or Big Hype?
In the Information part of Information Technology, Big Data is the Big Hit of 2011. It's also a wonderful phrase…
Decision Management Systems drive the second economy
Cross-posted from International Institute for Analytics There was a great article recently in the McKinsey Quarterly – The Second Economy.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
