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. 

Management by Gaming: Are American Managers Ready to Embrace Gamification?

Apr 29, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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When successfully deployed, Structured Goal Management (SGM) methods, such as balanced scorecard (BSC), management by objectives (MBO), and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), align individuals to corporate strategies and create a metrics-driven culture that increases productivity.  Often though,...

Goal Summit 2015: John Doerr & Kris Duggan on OKRs

Apr 23, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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Part 1 in a two part series on OKRs at the Goal Summit 2015 held in San Francisco, Ca.  This article focuses on key learnings from the presentation " Why Goals Matter: A Fireside Chat with John Doerr", including Mr. Doerr's introduction of OKRs at both Google and Intel, as well as the latest...

Deciphering the Next Generation Database Market Landscape

Apr 15, 2015 by William McKnight in Information Management

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Attemps to manage the information explosion of the past decade have given rise to many new databases, but wise companies are strategically investing in information with an understanding of market trends.  This research paper describes the history of data platforms, the architectural choices...