Business Intelligence - Research

School of Data Science

May 16, 2013

Because data science is an emerging field with a broad range of requirements, some companies create specialized internal training programs to get the skills they want and need.

4 Barriers to Big Data Success -- and Ways to Overcome Them

May 13, 2013

Companies that are leveraging Big Data have identified four common barriers to Big Data success. Fortunately, all four barriers can be overcome with the right strategies.

Pivotal Aims to Disrupt Cloud, Big Data Analytics

May 10, 2013

A startup called Pivotal, headed by VMWare's former CEO, wants to be the go-to cloud operating system. And it wants to shift analytics focus from Big Data to fast data.

Big Data, Big Opportunities for DBAs

May 3, 2013

Big Data is changing how companies view data. Is it also changing how they view database administrators (DBAs)?

4 Hot Open Source Big Data Projects

April 30, 2013

There's more -- much more -- to the Big Data software ecosystem than Hadoop. Here are four open source projects that will help you get big benefits from Big Data.

Big Data Boosts Enterprise Software Market in 2012: IDC

April 22, 2013

Big Data shook up the enterprise software market last year and its impact is rippling across market segments, finds industry analyst IDC.

Using Big Data to Fight Fraud

April 18, 2013

While Big Data can be useful in fighting fraud, traditional business intelligence tools aren't much help.

Big Data Success: Focus on Customer, not Cost

April 12, 2013

It may seem counterintuitive, but Wayne Kernochan says that companies successfully using Big Data deliberately do not make cost reduction a top focus.