The end of Essbase Visual Explorer
I talked to Tableau and Oracle on the same day recently so I managed to get both sides of this story.Essbase Visual Explorer is an OEM version of Tableau Desktop. In other words, it is the Tableau...
View ArticleColumn oriented databases are not the same as in-memory databases
In recent years, thanks not least to aggressive marketing by QlikTech (or Qlik Technologies as the are now often called) Tableau and Tibco Spotfire, columnar databases and in-memory databases have...
View ArticleData modeling and agile BI
One of the advantage that some analytical tools such as QlikView Spotfire or Tableau claims to offer over the products they call "Traditional BI" is that they can be used without data modeling....
View ArticleIs the cloud really the future of business intelligence?
The idea of hosting software off-premises is not new. In fact, software as a service (SaaS) is just a rewording of an older term referring to companies providing the service, application service...
View ArticleDiscovering hierarchies in columnar databases
I recently blogged about columnar and Wayne Eckerson asked me for a clearer explanation of what I mean by columnar databases "discovering hierarchies".For example consider the approach of two well...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence, the semantic Web and Alltop
My blog is including on the Alltop business intelligence page, and at the time of writing I display their badge on the blog. According to the site 'The purpose of Alltop is to help you answer the...
View ArticleWhy short projects are part of agile business intelligence
One of the key ideas in agility is the importance of delivering real, testable results without delay. In fact, the Agile Manifesto recommends delivering working software frequently, from a couple of...
View ArticleEnterprise BI and agility
I'm talking to QlikTech about their new version, coming soon. I'll be publishing the results in the BI Verdict. They are focusing more and more on these bigger accounts. I think this story fits pretty...
View ArticleChasing new trends
I'm talking to Tibco about Spotfire. It's an interesting product that I've reviewed before. It seems to me that they are moving more and more into operative BI, which fits the Tibco idea of fast data...
View ArticleMobile business intelligence expectations
There is a discussion of some remarks I made to Ann All at IT Business Edge here, together with some opnions by Howard Dresner.The interview reflects my opinion pretty well. I see mobile BI as a way to...
View ArticleEverything is a computer
Christmas shopping this year really drove home to me how completely the electronics industry has made itself obsolete in recent years. The electronics stores are emptying out. All the gadgets that have...
View ArticleHow headlines misrepresent data
Have a look at this TIME article. The headline is "Americans Are Eating Fewer Calories, So Why Are We Still Obese?".It goes on to cite two studies. One study shows that old people eat less fast food...
View ArticleBI Trends for 2013
Analysts like to provide a list of predictions for the coming year. I've never been a big fan because I think that real tipping points are pretty rare in any industry. People tend to overestimate the...
View ArticleHow headlines misrepresent data
Have a look at this TIME article. The headline is "Americans Are Eating Fewer Calories, So Why Are We Still Obese?".It goes on to cite two studies. One study shows that old people eat less fast food...
View ArticleActian acquires Paraccel
Paraccel was founded in 2005 by former Netezza executives as an alternative to Netezza's DW appliance idea. Paraccel runs on a commodity platform. It got lots of VC money (I've heard...
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