Business Intelligence – The Underpinings
Business Intelligence – Data Storage POS Applications, HR Applications, Customer Survey results these are just some of the myriad sources of data that we are, as database administrators or developers...
View ArticleGartner BI Summit 2012
Excellent start to the day at Gartner in LA Keynote by Bill Hostmann delivery talking about BI being a team sport. This is nothing new to me as I have being preaching it for years – nice to hear the...
View ArticleGartner BI Summit LA 2012
Well a really good two days sorry to leave. Important points and take aways: Big Data is everywhere but less that 3% of companies have a production version of any form. Logical Data Warehouse (LDW)...
View ArticleWhat is “Big Data”
Why all the hype surrounding “Big Data” To understand you really need to be able to define what the term “Big Data” actually means. To me the definition is clearly identified by the three V’s. Volume...
View ArticlePacific North West BI Summit
It is just two days until I get to meet up with some of BI’s finest in beautiful southern Oregon for the 11th annual Pacific Northwest BI Summit. Along with myself there are a number of experts...
View ArticlePost Pacific Northwest BI Summit Discussions
Firstly a big thank you to Scott Humphrey for his organisation of this annual one off event which was by far the best ‘Summit’ that I have attended. The ability to be able to talk to extremely...
View ArticleCassandra Summit 2012
Heading over to Santa Clara tonight to take part in the Cassandra 2012 summit. Looking forward to some interesting and educational sessions along with presenting a lightning talk on Toad for Cloud...
View ArticleCassandra 12 Summit – Quick Follow Up
Cassandra 12 was an awesome experience, interesting conversations and very knowledgeable people. My understanding of the Cassandra movement and its impact on everyday business has multiplied...
View ArticleMatching the Speed of Business Change
The inability to match the increasingly rapid speed of business change has being affecting the implementation of Business Intelligence for a number of years. Further complicating the problem is the...
View ArticleReenergize Your Approach to Enterprise BI
Business Intelligence competency centers have not enjoyed even close to the same hype and acceptance as BI in general, meaning enterprises are missing out on some advanced data and business strategy...
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The Briefing Room
Partook in a live webcast today hosted by Eric Kavanagh and with questions by Mark Madsen. This was the first time I had being involved in this type of forum and I found it to be an energising...
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Self Service BI
Until very recently I have spent most of my consulting career designing and constructing tactical Business Intelligence (BI) tools for Business Users sometimes with the co-operation of the IT...
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Where are BI Systems, Applications and Tools heading in the next ten years?
I am very excited with all things BI at the moment, a lot of the mega vendors are tearing around in development trying to catch up with the independent vendors who have realized that the future of...
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Hardware and Memory
Cheap Memory and Multi Core. With the cost of memory at it’s lowest for years and the new developments in multi-core processors hitting the market place the way we think about building and...
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TDWI San Diego
Wow what a real interesting event – education by the bucket load and then the chance to explain to people about Quest Softwares entry into the BI Space and demonstrate our two tools to assist both IT...
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Achieving business intelligence right now (BIRN) without the IT Departments...
Addressing the pain and tension that is felt between the IT Departments and Business Units of major companies has been something that I have been doing for most of my career over the last 16 years....
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