While predictive analytics used to be the sole purview of data scientists and a few highly skilled analysts, it is gradually becoming more accessible to mainstream users. Vendors are finding ways to instantly expose insights into software applications and business…
There are a lot of different ways for data scientists to manipulate data. Pentaho, a Hitachi Group company, is giving its users a new option with the native integration of the open source Python language for the Pentaho Data Integration…
MariaDB Corporation, the lead commercial sponsor behind the open source MariaDB database, started 2016 off with a bang, appointing new CEO Michael Howard and CTO Monty Widenius and announcing $9 million in equity financing from Intel Capital and California Technology…
By Rex Ahlstrom, BackOffice Associates For many years, enterprises were limited to employing just one ERP system. But technology advances now allow enterprises to shift to post-modern ERP deployments, using best-in-class solutions within a hybrid apps architecture. This evolution provides…
The last few years have seen some big changes in data analytics, with companies creating new business models and shaking up existing ones based on increasingly sophisticated uses of data. For example, health insurer Humana has made analytics the centerpiece…
Azuqua isn’t just a company for CEO and co-founder Nikhil Hasija: It’s a calling. That may seem like an odd way to talk about something as esoteric as a cloud-based tool that integrates applications and data while orchestrating services. But…
There are not enough data scientists to go around for companies hoping to capitalize on their growing streams of structured and unstructured data. Academic programs designed to produce more of them are growing like crazy and entry-level pay for data…
While companies are interested in adopting master data management (MDM) to improve customer service initiatives and boost decision-making capabilities, among other reasons, they sometimes struggle to make a business case for MDM due to concerns over its costs and complexity.…
It’s impossible to talk about Big Data without mentioning Apache Hadoop. But Hadoop is just a part of a thriving Big Data software ecosystem. There are plenty of other Big Data platforms and tools, and many of them are open…
By Jon Green, BackOffice Associates Data quality initiatives are important to enterprises because poor data quality can lead to a multitude of costly and reputation-affecting business problems. Critical marketing campaigns can become ineffective due to poor address and contact information.…