Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and data mining software and solutions. - Archive for February 2015

Salesforce 'Doubles Down' on Mobile Analytics

February 19, 2015

Raw data imports and a dashboard designer are among new mobile features for the Salesforce Analytics Cloud.

Startup Spotlight: Xplenty's Data Integration Service

February 17, 2015

Though Israeli startup Xplenty started out selling Hadoop-as-a-service, it won more customer interest by focusing on what its solution did …

Logi Analytics Intros Hourly Pricing for Analytics Tool

February 12, 2015

Logi Analytics wants to make cloud apps truly on-demand by offering an hourly pricing option for its Logi Vision software on Amazon's AWS …

Hitachi Buys Pentaho to Bolster Big Data Business

February 11, 2015

Pentaho's CEO says Hitachi's acquisition of his company is the largest deal yet for a Big Data company.

Lavastorm Simplifies Predictive Analytics

February 9, 2015

Lavastorm says new analytics engine capabilities enable business analysts with limited knowledge of data science to deliver predictive …

9 Tech Trends Transforming Retail

February 6, 2015

The retail industry's reputation as a technology laggard is beginning to change, say experts.

SAP 'Reinvents' Business Suite for HANA

February 3, 2015

SAP hopes a new version of its flagship Business Suite meant specifically for HANA will boost adoption of newer cloud apps as well as its …