Data Analytics News Roundup: Oracle OpenWorld 2013 Edition
Follow Yes, it’s that time of year again. The Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco has come to pass and guess what? They’re making some pretty big promises about Big Data and the new analytics features they’ve created. This week’s Data Analytics News Roundup contains articles to help you feel like you were there among 60,000 other people listening to the company’s latest announcements and insights. Oracle OpenWorld Day 1 Recap : “Oracle has Become a Big Data Company.” at SiliconANGLE: “Oracle’s messaging is marching to the beat of a new...
Read More3 Essential Reports for Professional Services Firms
Follow Professional services firms exist across a wide variety of industries, and while services they provide are very different, architectural firms, law firms, engineering firms, business consultancies, custom programming firms and marketing agencies tend to be managed similarly. All tend to group their activities into “projects” that have three primary components: the services they agree to deliver, the price the customer agrees to pay for those services, and cost of labor and materials. The simplest way to manage such a firm to profitability is to make sure each individual...
Read MoreData Analytics News Roundup: Pentaho Business Analytics 5.0 Edition
Follow Open source business intelligence leader Pentaho has just released new software in the form of the Pentaho Business Analytics 5.0 platform in partnership with data management company MongoDB. Pentaho 5.0 adds data blending and support for MongoDB to its growing analytics toolbox, strengthening its position as an open source alternative to enterprise class, end to end business intelligence and analytics offerings from giants like SAP, IBM, and Microsoft. This week’s Data Analytics News Roundup includes articles about the biggest news in data integration. Pentaho Unleashes New...
Read MoreData Analytics Technology: Are You Using the Right Tools?
Follow One of the biggest misconceptions about analytics is that it’s a software package you have to purchase. In fact, analytics is the process of using data to solve business problems – and is really about the marriage of an important business question, the right data set and an analyst who knows the techniques needed to answer the question at hand. In many cases, the systems we use to track our business already include reports that answer our business questions, but if not, analysts rely on a few basic tools to help managers make better decisions with data. So what are these...
Read MoreData Analytics News Roundup: Cloud Computing Edition
Follow Cloud computing is rising in popularity with businesses both small and large with its cost efficient pay-as-you-go business model. With multi-faceted software boasting the capability to be used for customer relationship management, human resources management, business analytics and more, it’s seeing huge growth. This week’s Data Analytics News Roundup includes articles on the growth of cloud computing and its benefits to businesses. 5 Reasons You Should Consider Taking Analytics to the Cloud at SmartData Collective: “One of the greatest benefits to cloud computing...
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