Category: Thoughts
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The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013
I don’t know about you, but my head is spinning with the phenomenal amount of change going on in the industry: here’s my roundup of the ten top trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics for 3013.
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Big Data Poised To Take Over From Cloud Computing (in Searches)
According to Google Trends, “Big Data” is going to overtake “Cloud Computing” in search volume in the coming weeks…
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Have A Great Internet-of-Things Easter!
A quick, silly demonstration of a connected, “internet of things” Easter Egg
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Operations in Real-Time
Being able to do transactions and analysis in real-time 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!
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The Convergence of Analytic and Operational Processing is a Big Deal
40 years of conventional analytic is being overturned, with in-memory technology that allows analytic and operational processing on the same system.
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Baking and Computers, a Surprising History of Analytics Pioneers
Perhaps surprisingly, baking companies and computers have a long history of working together. The very first business application ever was “bakery valuations” in 1951, and now pioneers like Turkish baker UNO are taking things to the next level with in-memory technology.
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Exploring The New World
It’s a brave new big-data world out there – and tools like SAP BusinessObjects Explorer mobile let you explore it (no matter what era you grew up in).
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Never Underestimate The Importance of BI User Training
End-user training for business intelligence is worth investing in — giving somebody a pencil doesn’t make them Picasso!