Cloud analytics provider Adaptive Planning has introduced a new workflow tool called Process Tracker that it promises will bring the power of advanced collaboration to the financial consolidation process. The tool is designed to complement the company’s Consolidation software, which…
Capgemini, the provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, is partnering with Amazon on Elastic Analytics, a business intelligence (BI) and Big Data analytics solution available via Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to Capgemini, the solution includes the infrastructure, management,…
It seems that mobile apps are destined to soon become the norm rather than the exception. That is especially true for applications used by sales people, as they spend so much of their time on the road. Let’s take a…
By Michele Nemschoff, MapR Technologies Apache Hadoop has gotten a lot of press, but choosing the right Hadoop distribution for your company is easier said than done. All of the related projects associated with Hadoop, like Pig and Hive and…
The handful of billion dollar behemoths in the business intelligence space, SAP, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and SAS, have been around for decades and aren’t going anywhere — at least not any time soon. In addition, BI startups pop up all…
Looker, a business intelligence startup based in Santa Cruz, Calif., has raised $16 million in a series A round of venture funding, led by Redpoint Ventures. First Round Capital, which invested in the company’s $2 million seed round, also participated,…
The idea of bringing together sales, CRM and social — a trend broadly known as social CRM — continues to gain traction in the enterprise. According to Gartner, few sales organizations are experiencing much success using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and…
For decades now, business intelligence has operated as a distinct application. But that is changing rapidly. There is a trend toward embedding BI into applications where users will benefit from analytics, including such enterprise standards as CRM and ERP. Gartner…
The use of business intelligence (BI) software has been skyrocketing in recent years. According to Tom Pringle of technology market research firm Pringle & Company, companies spend about $79 billion a year on BI software and services, a figure he…
Gamification seeks to take enjoyable aspects of games — fun, play and challenge — and apply them to real-world business processes. According to consulting firm Deloitte, gamification will be incorporated into 25 percent of redesigned business processes by 2015. By…