The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013
I’ve been passionate about analytics for over twenty years – but my head is still spinning with the amount of change currently going on in the analytics industry. Here’s my quick personal view of the ten top trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics for 2013 — what did I miss? [Note that a version of this post originally appeared on the SAPPHIRE NOW area of the SAP Community Network] 1. Analytics And Business Intelligence... [Read More...]
Why You Need An In-Memory Action Plan
This is a third post of a series based on a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year with speaker Donald Feinberg, Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst explaining the “Nexus of Forces”: social, mobile, cloud and information. In the first two posts, Donald covered why in-memory is disrupting everything, and why every organization will be running in-memory in 15 to 20 years time, and the business impacts of the new in-memory... [Read More...]
Why In-Memory Computing Is Cheaper And Changes Everything
I attended a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year, as part of a ANZ/APJ innovation analytics tour. The meeting was hosted by Ryan Blackwood, Director of Strategy & Innovation for SAP Australia, and featured a talk by Donald Feinberg, Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst on the “Nexus of Forces”: social, mobile, cloud and information. Here the first part of the notes I took from Donald’s presentation,... [Read More...]
Operations in Real-Time
Being able to do operations and analysis in real-time with platforms like SAP Business Suite on HANA is a big deal. But it’s far from being the first time business people have clamored for real-time systems, nor the first time the computer industry has touted the benefits. Would this text look out of place in a big-data predictive in-memory platform ad? “…there’s only one commercially available platform capable of real time performance. It’s... [Read More...]
#GartnerBI and Big Data: Fear, Loathing, and Business Breakthroughs
At the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit in Barcelona, there was near universal agreement about three things to do with “big data” It’s an awful term (but we’re stuck with it) Whatever it means, it’s a big deal, and requires big changes to traditional information infrastructures It will result in big new business opportunities “Big Data” is a terrible term Gartner analyst Doug Laney first coined the term “big... [Read More...]
NBA Stats Like Never Before
The National Basketball Association today unveiled a new site for fans of games statistics: NBA.com/stats, powered by SAP Analytics technology. The multi-year marketing partnership between SAP and the NBA was announced six months ago: “We are constantly researching new and emerging technologies in an effort to provide our fans with new ways to connect with our game,” said NBA Commissioner David Stern. “SAP is a leader in providing innovative... [Read More...]
Game-Changer
SAP HANA is changing the game in analytics (sorry about the kittens…) (an homage to Jessica Hagy’s thisisindexed) Share and Enjoy Read More →
Baking and Computers, a Surprising History of Analytics Pioneers
Perhaps surprisingly, bakers have a history of being analytics pioneers, from the first business application ever to the latest in-memory technology. In 1951, the J. Lyons company, famous for their tea-shops throughout the UK, built and used the LEO “Lyons Electronic Organizer” computer they had built to run the very first business application ever: bakery valuations. LEO was a massive, valve-powered computer that occupied 5000 sq.ft. of space.... [Read More...]
Could Ebenezer Scrooge Be On YOUR Board?
At SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, Steve Lucas, executive vice president of Database and Technology at SAP, gave a presentation focused on extracting business value from big data. You can watch a replay of the session on the SAP Virtual Event site: Tune Into New Business Signals in the Age of Big Data (registration required) The basic theme of the presentation was it’s great that you can now store “big data” – but that also you need technology that... [Read More...]
Marketing People in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones
InformationWeek Executive Editor Doug Henschen takes Oracle to task for having the gall to criticize his article about Microsoft’s new in-memory solution while being less than candid about their own in-memory solution: Oracle Spotlights Its Database Memory Gap. The result of Oracle’s action is an article that explains in detail the gap between Oracle’s marketing rhetoric and the reality of their solution: Oracle senior communications VP... [Read More...]
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