Clearly, there is a lot of hype surrounding SAP HANA and Oracle Exalytics. They are both in-memory products, and although Exalytics is somewhat newer, HANA has only been generally available for about a year itself. So, we don’t know what either might eventually become, or what newer releases might later bring, and yet there hasn’t […]
Neetu Shaw
As Perficient's Business Intelligence (BI) Company-Wide Practice leader, Neetu Shaw provides thought leadership in developing and implementing a common BI foundational framework for Perficient and our many BI/DW clients, including common services, methods, knowledge management and an integrated enablement plan for both sales and delivery. Neetu is a business-focused and solutions-driven information management professional with executive consulting experience. Her career has been dedicated to BI consulting, thought leadership and solution sales leadership with solid experience in all phases of program implementation from initial business visioning to ROI justification through execution.
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Oracle’s Perspective on Exalytics vs. SAP Hana
There will naturally be judgments and comparisons made between Oracle’s Exalytics and SAP Hana. This blog is going to present Oracle’s claimed advantages of their Exalytics solution. Keep in mind that the points put forth here are purely from Oracle’s perspective, I will then be producing a follow-up blog that tries to take a more […]
And now, it’s “In-Memory” with Oracle Exalytics
The Information Management world is abuzz with talk of Oracle’s TimesTen-based “engineered system” – Exalytics! It is a high-performance, in-memory appliance that delivers fast, actionable interactive and insightful analytics by integrating optimized hardware and software components to deliver a complete analytical solution – combining modeling, planning and reporting all on a single box! So, what […]
Rational BI Implementation
As the number of organizations understanding the value of business intelligence grows, the need to adopt a BI strategy and a governance of BI tools and methods grows along with it. In a recent blog, I referenced the tremendous impact of mobile devices, and the tablet in particular, on the BI space. Having immediate access […]
Perspectives on BI Mobility
iPads (and other tablets) have become ubiquitous in our world today. Executives and other leaders can be seen carrying them to meetings, using them in their offices, displaying nifty data revelations to crtitical customers, or then, trying to keep tabs on key company performance metrics on a fancy vacation! The iPad started out as a nice […]
Successful Strategic Planning for Big Data
Prior to Perficient, I had previously worked at HP/Knightsbridge Consulting and had worked on creating the Knightsbridge/HP BI/MDM methodology. One of my many colleagues on this really large endeavor then was Mike Mansur, who is now the Worldwide Competency Lead for HP’s Global Methods for EIS. Mike recently offered his views on the importance of […]
Customer Engagement and Big Data Growth
For business decision-makers to leverage big data as a means of improving customer engagement for their organizations, they must first focus on the challenges that big data presents, and then take key roles in leading big data initiatives (following best practices) to derive their full value. These points are the foundation for the latest report […]
Big Data is Changing the Banking World Forever
The information that banks have on their customers can be a treasure trove of data. But, making full use of it has been difficult due to the enormous volume. One shop that is doing something about it is Citigroup. They have been using the IBM “Watson” computer (of “Jeopardy” fame) to process millions of documents, […]
Little Data
Here at the Gartner BI Conference in Los Angeles this week, and everywhere else that I turn for that matter, all I hear about is Big Data this and Big Data that. Even at breakfast this morning, those now all too familiar two words kept popping up in conversations all around me until I thought […]
Achieving Data Warehouse Success (Part III in a DW series)
While 100% success can never be guaranteed, proper planning and the right steps in implementation of the DW will enhance the probability of DW success. Make the building of the DW a joint project with the user. Involving users through this process will increase their buy-in, and misunderstandings and miscommunications will be reduced. Make it […]
Data Warehouse Architectural Decisions (Part II in a Series)
There are certain aspects of data warehouse architecture (systems design) that the DW decision maker is solely responsible for, and will have to make on their own (as separated from other decisions that will be made by system conditions and the DW group). It is valuable to isolate these decisions because most data warehousing literature […]
Why Establish a Data Warehouse? (Part I in a Series)
A Data Warehouse (DW), among other things, can be an important step in establishing a holistic Business Intelligence program. But, even by itself, there are some very good reasons to implement a DW, as cited below. Due to unacceptable transaction processing times in server/disk bound tasks, many firms find that processing their reports and queries […]