Hadoop Stays Big, Visualization Popular: Jaspersoft Survey Nick Kolakowski, September 18, 2012 4 min read A new Jaspersoft survey suggests that companies are turning to Hadoop in order to wrangle with a massive flood of...
Smartphone Data Security Lax for Many Workers: iPass Survey Nick Kolakowski, August 22, 2012 3 min read The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon might lower costs for IT departments no longer forced to equip employees...
Trend Micro Upgrades Security Network with Analytics Nick Kolakowski, August 7, 2012 2 min read Trend Micro has unveiled an upgrade in its Smart Protection Network, merging that cloud-based security...
SQL vs. NoSQL: Which Is Better? Jeff Cogswell, July 16, 2012 30 min read Not too long ago, this was the only data-storage device most companies needed. Those days are over. For the past...
SAP’s Net Margin Analysis Shines a Light on Hidden Costs Nick Kolakowski, July 13, 2012 3 min read A screenshot from SAP's Net Margin Analysis application. SAP’s new Net Margin Analysis application relies on data...
B.I. Apps, Other Enterprise Software Spending to Increase: Gartner Nick Kolakowski, June 21, 2012 2 min read Worldwide spending on enterprise application software—including business intelligence applications—will...
Business Workers, Not IT, Should Operate Most B.I. Apps: Analyst Nick Kolakowski, June 13, 2012 3 min read Regular employees, as opposed to IT professionals, should operate the majority of an organization’s...
Datameer 2.0 Makes Hadoop a Desktop Tool Nick Kolakowski, June 11, 2012 3 min read Ever since “Big Data” and “data analytics” started gaining momentum as corporate buzzwords, companies have...
Cloudera Aims for Enterprise Hadoop Developers Michael Krieger, June 7, 2012 7 min read http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihAn_H4O_c&feature=youtu.be Cloudera unveiled the fourth incarnation of its...
Mobile B.I. Adoption Will Demand Work, Planning Nick Kolakowski, May 18, 2012 3 min read Business intelligence is already mobile in many respects. Oracle, Sybase (an SAP company), IBM, and a variety of...