Category: Best practice
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Data Democracy vs. Data Anarchy: Governed Data Discovery
Technology changes but the need for tradeoffs between the rights of the individual and the rights of the community as a whole remain. The new “governed data discovery” is just the next wave of “information democracy”: threading an uncertain path between “information dictatorship” and “information anarchy”
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SAP HANA and Hadoop in the Cloud: Big Data At The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail newspaper used a combination of Hadoop and SAP HANA in the cloud to help answer critical business questions.
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VELUX: A New Business Intelligence Strategy To Meet New Needs
VELUX, a global supplier of roof windows and skylights, has had a business intelligence strategy for over a decade, but the BI team realized they had to adapt to the changing technology landscape and rising user expectations.
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Customized Voice of The Customer Analytics using SAP HANA
Mantis Pulse Analytics is a powerful, customizable, cloud-based voice of the customer solution that uses SAP technology.
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The Business Impact of In-Memory Computing, From Run to Transform
A second post covering Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst Donald Feinberg’s presentation on the impact of in-memory computing
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Data Visualization? Bling It On!
A timely post on the surge of interest in data visualization “bling”.
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Brain Scans Show No Difference in Pie Chart and Bar Chart Perception?
Which is better for communicating information: pie charts or bar charts? Tufts researchers throw doubt on a common data visualization belief.
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Rethinking the Basics of Financial Reporting
The chart of accounts is one of the fundamental building blocks of finance – but it’s time to rethink it from scratch using new in-memory financial engines.
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SAP Announces New EPM OnDemand at the SAP BusinessObjects User Conference
SAP’s Sanjay Poonen announces the new SAP EPM OnDemand product at the SAP BusinessObjects User Conference 2012, in Orlando, Florida
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Test, Learn, Adapt: Using Analytics to Improve Public Policy
Randomized controlled trials are rarely used to improve public policy in areas such as social welfare, education, crime, and justice — and that’s a problem