40 years of conventional analytic is being overturned, with in-memory technology that allows analytic and operational processing on the same system.
The Convergence of Analytic and Operational Processing is a Big Deal
Is Big Data The New Term for Business Intelligence?
Forget about “business intelligence” vs “business analytics”: newcomer “big data” seems to be winning the war of the words…
Scrooge Didn’t Believe in Sentiment Analysis Either
Famously cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy, it’s a fair bet Scrooge didn’t care much about sentiment analysis. But it is one of the most powerful new “big data” options available today.
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 …
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Innovation by SAP Nordic Forums
My presentations from the recent Innovation by SAP tour of the Nordics, covering Business in the Moment and Big Data
SAP Innovation Tour in the Baltics
I’m in the Baltics this week (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia), presenting a business innovation keynote and big data track session as part of the SAP Innovation Forum.
Just Add Analytics – Even to Toothbrushes
Analytics are being embedded into the product experience everywhere you look — even for toothbrushes!
Analytics Projects Are Like Skiing Through Moguls?
Why analytics projects can be like skiing through a mogul field…
Business Intelligence Best Practice Twitter #SAPChat
The next Twitter-based #SAPChat will be on Business Intelligence Best Practice, with guests Alys Woodward of IDC and Cindi Howson of BIScorecard. Join us on February 29th at 9am PST / 18h CET!
2012: The Year Analytics Means Business
The real trend this year is not the technology. It’s about helping business people make better decisions, and actually change the way companies do business — here are some concrete examples of companies that are using the new analytics to make a difference.