Category: BI 2.0
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The Real Pioneer of Business Intelligence (and BI 2.0)?
It is often reported that Howard Dresner coined the term “business intelligence” in 1989, in the sense it is typically used in the industry today (“end user access to and analysis of structured content, i.e., data”). But especially now that text analysis is becoming part of mainstream BI, the real credit for the term should…
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Graphwise: Great Idea, But Needs Work?
Graphwise is BI 2.0 entrant similar to Swivel and ManyEyes, but with a twist. You enter a search term, and the site scours the web for content that contains tables linked to those terms, then proposes charts based on the data in those tables.
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Adding Text and Search to BI — Are Customers Ready?
Business Objects is trying to turn Inxight into insight. It’s trying to make it as easy as possible for existing customers to implement and use the cool new technology options — are they ready?
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Is BI Standardization a Myth?
Despite some people dismissing it as a myth, BI standardization is alive and well in organizations around the world. Here’s a quick primer on what, why, and how. (more…)
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BI is Deploying Information as a Factor of Production
Defining business intelligence as “deploying information as a factor of production”. (more…)
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eBay Information on Demand
External data and benchmarketing is an essential part of BI 2.0. Business Objects today announced the launch of their new information on demand store, where customers can purchase information from organizations as diverse as the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the eBay marketplace. Will Business Objects be able to transform the information market the same…
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The Top 6 On-Demand BI Confusions
I’m a big believer in the future of on-demand BI. But a lot of the articles promoting on-demand BI don’t always separate fact from self-interested fiction. Here’s my attempt to redress the balance. (more…)
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How Am I Doing, Really? The Need for Information On Demand
Your business is up over 25% — great news! Or is it? If the economy is also growing at 25%, you’re just keeping pace. And if your nearest competitor is up 50%, you’re losing market share… Despite the millions invested in corporate information systems, what executives really care about isn’t the internal numbers, but how…
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10 Cool Cutting-Edge Technologies And How They Relate to BI?
Each year, Computerworld chooses ten innovative technologies that meet the needs of corporate IT. Here’s a look at how the 2007 Computerworld Horizon Award winners (and honorable mentions) announced yesterday might effect the business intelligence market, sorted by relevance: Highly Relevant Memory Spot. This miniature wireless data chip, 2mm to 4mm square, can be stuck on, or…
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BI Briefs: UPS, Facebook, MySQL, SAP, Microsoft
UPS minimizes left-turns. Advanced route planning minimizes fuel consumption and accidents. An old story, but given new life with a recent InformationWeek interview with UPS CIO Dave Barnes (and a good example of delivering effectively on a strategic multi-year IT project). Facebook’s community app platform. As BI vendors try to web-2.0 themselves, they will need to…