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Is Your Approach to Modeling MDM Fixed or Flexible? How to evaluate the cost vs. benefits of Prepackaged vs. Model-driven MDM

Posted in: Master Data Management - Mar 20, 2012

Fundamentally, there are two different approaches to modeling MDM – (1) prepackaged, and (2) business model-driven. Each approach determines if the data model is fixed or flexible, web services are pre-generated or dynamically generated, and user interfaces are pre-defined or user-defined.top

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Validating Your Business Intelligence or Data Warehousing Direction

Posted in: Business Intelligence - Mar 19, 2012

Jonathan Geiger describes 10 common errors to avoid as you validate your current business intelligence or data warehousing direction.top

Business Intelligence Journal | Vol. 17, No. 1

Posted in: Business Intelligence - Mar 19, 2012

Democratic Analytics: Learn how two organizations succeeded in putting BI in users’ hands. The 2020 Workplace: “Swarming,” “hyperconnectedness,” and other BI trends of the future. Strong Leadership: Why it’s essential for data integrity. top

Making Sense of Big Data and Big Data Analytics

Posted in: Business Intelligence - Mar 15, 2012

Big data challenges involve not only the task of harnessing and managing big volumes of data stemming from a host of traditional as well as new types of data, but also trying to meaningfully make sense of big data by leveraging analytics tools and applications that are best suited and optimized for big data volumes and workloads.top

BI Solutions and Strategies for Midsize Companies

Posted in: Business Intelligence - Mar 13, 2012

Following the lead of large businesses, midsize companies are increasingly interested in acquiring new business intelligence (BI) capabilities. Some businesses are motivated by the recognition that most of their time is spent looking for data rather than using it. Many of these organizations still use slow, manually intensive, spreadsheet-based approaches to obtaining and using information.top