IBM SPSS has been getting a lot of attention lately due to increasing interest in buzz words such as big data, predictive analytics, data mining and statistical analysis. Additionally, the latest version of SPSS Statistics (version 21.0) was also released this month. But what is SPSS and how does it fit within the current solutions […]
Posts Tagged ‘Emerging BI Trends’
PowerDesigner Tips – Model Patterns
Data model patterns identify common model structures and define how they should look and interact with other parts of the model. PowerDesigner can assist in this process by automating the setup of objects (tables, columns, mappings) based on the pattern to be applied and ensuring consistency through the use of custom model checks. Stereotypes Anyone […]
Iterative BI + Gradle Tips and Tricks: Building a Custom Plugin
To build a custom plugin in groovy, do this. I know this seems redundant, but it wasn’t as clear as it should have been. 1. Create a project directory. Just a plain ol’ directory. Wherever you like. 2. Add the source file subdirectories: src\main\groovy\… (with the package path you’d like to use. We have src\main\groovy\com\perficient\gradle) […]
BI Tools – Testing with DBFit
During work on our in-house lightweight metadata repository (MDR), I’ve started to use DBFit for database acceptance testing and have been pleasantly surprised at the simplicity of the tool and its ability to deliver on its promise of low entry cost testing. DBFit is a part of FitNesse, itself an implementation of the FIT acceptance […]
Back to the Basics: What is Big Data?
This video published by SAP provides a concise description of Big Data. Timo Elliott (SAP Evangelist) and Adrian Simpson (CTO, SAP UK& Ireland) describe the 4 major challenges that big data is comprised of: Volume – Amount of data Velocity – Frequency of change in data Variety – Both structured and unstructured data Validity – Quality of the data […]
Dresner claims ‘Business Intelligence Renaissance’
Dresner Advisory Services has recently completed and published its 3rd annual ‘Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study.’ The report itself highlights the shift towards emergent consumer-oriented BI. As part of the analysis vendors within the bi reporting and analytics space are given scores based on 33 criteria and 7 categories as well as an overall average score. They also broke vendors […]
Big Data, New Roles: Data Scientist
Big data has had its fair share of limelight this year. But with the emergence of this new capability, what changes will be left in its wake? One may be a stronger demand for the role of data scientist. If this is your first time hearing this title, don’t be alarmed. As of March 2012 […]
SAP Shifting Focus from Product Integration to Innovation
SAP is taking a new approach in the BI space by focusing on innovation as was presented at the recent SAPPHIRE NOW event in Orlando, FL. One of the most promising products, Visual Intelligence, is a desktop tool used to visually explore and manipulate date. Visual Intelligence is a compliment to their recently launched HANA platform […]
Birst and TriCore Partner
TriCore Solutions, LLC and Birst Inc have combined forces to offer a more complete cloud-based BI solution. Birst, founded in 2004, has been make great strides as a disrupter in the Business Intelligence space. The San Francisco- based starup also just completed series D financing to start the month by raising a cool $26 million. This puts Birst’s […]
InsightSquared Focuses on SMB Market
InsightSquared is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that is focused on bringing traditional business intelligence solutions to small and mid-sized businesses. They recently completed Series A funding of $4.5 million led by Atlas Venture with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, NextView Ventures and salesforce.com. Some product features include: Activity Tracking Sales Forecasting Data Quality Monitoring Ratios & KPI’s Nightly Status Emails […]
“New Analytics” in Spotlight
Great article highlighting changes in business analytics industry: Enterprise BI models undergo radical transformation from ComputerWorld.com. Some mention of ROI, the reporting tools in the forefront of “new analytics” and the “service-heavy implementation model” seen in these BI projects today.
Iterative BI – What’s the Difference?
Recently I was in a conversation where a PM declared “Agile’s just waterfall really fast – we can do that no problem!” Uh oh. Like (most) everything, delivery methodologies are subject to fashion and trend, and Agile/Scrum/Kanban and the like are en vouge. Collective, I’ll refer to these highly cyclic methodologies as “iterative” or (little […]