Predixion Software Brings Analytics to the Internet of Things

Jun 04, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Analytics for EPM/CPM

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Predixion Software, founded in 2009 by Simon Arkell, Jamie MacLennan (ex-Microsoft) and Stuart Frost (ex-DATAllegro), is a relatively new arrival in the predictive analytics domain.  It initially focused on providing self-service analytics in the cloud, although it now offers an on-premise...

Goal Summit 2015 Part II: Donald Sull on Goals 3.0

May 20, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Enterprise Goal Management

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In Part II of his series on the BetterWorks Goal Summit, expert Ben Lamorte gives his analysis of Donald Sull's "Goals 3.0" presentation discussing the effects of technology on the evolution of MBOs and goal-setting, as well as his thoughts on the potential of modern systems to enhance the value...

The Battle for the Big Data Catalog

May 13, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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The vendor that provides the map to big data holds an enviable position. The map or catalog not only becomes a trusted companion to legions of business analysts and data scientists, it holds the metadata that will drive innovative business applications tht power the modern digital organization....

NoSQL: Not Just for Big Data

May 06, 2015 by William McKnight in Information Management

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Advocates of NoSQL solutions have positioned them as supporting that class of data we’ve come to know as “big data.”  Big data is data to a scale of volume, velocity and variety where NoSQL projects provide price-performance benefits over traditional platforms for the storage of the data. This...

World’s Biggest BI Survey Underway – BI Usage Gaining Ground

May 06, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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BARC's BI Survey 15, the world's largest survey of business intelligence (BI) software users, is at the half-way mark.  With a thousand participants and counting, there are suprising results about the trends of BI usage and customer ratings of BI products and vendors.