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How is big data faring in the enterprise?

How is big data faring in the enterprise?

By Dion Hinchcliffe on August 10, 2012

With the hype sometimes seeming to reach a fever pitch, we take a look at how enterprises are really using big data along with the overall maturity of the new industry itself.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged BigData, Data Warehousing, databases, deloitte, Emerging Tech, hadoop, NoSQL | 6 Responses

The enterprise opportunity of Big Data: Closing the "clue gap"

The enterprise opportunity of Big Data: Closing the "clue gap"

By Dion Hinchcliffe on August 15, 2011

As accumulated information has become a top-line asset in large companies, the ability to tap into it and release value from it is not growing to match in most traditional firms. Yet this information is currently growing exponentially and becoming a c…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Big Data, Cloud Computing, databases, ibm, linkedin | 1 Response

Enterprise headlines and excerpts, 2010-01-31

Enterprise headlines and excerpts, 2010-01-31

By Dennis Moore on February 7, 2011

Enterprise news and headlines, second half of January 2011 Salesforce.com takes it to a new level with Super Bowl ads, SAP and Microsoft reposition themselves for the cloud – while juggling execs and responsibilities, Microsoft sues former employees and their new employers, Oracle raises the ire of the open source community, Microsoft and SAP deliver […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, android, applications, Big Data, Cloud, Database, databases, erp, google, hp, iaas, ibm, Informatica, Java, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, news, NoSQL, Open source, oracle, PaaS, SaaS, salesforce, salesforce.com, sap, SAP AG, SQL, Sun, Tibco, Venture Capital

Mobile Data Analytics

Mobile Data Analytics

By Evangelos Simoudis on November 15, 2010

Over the past couple of years I have met with several startups that offer analytic solutions for mobile data. I have not invested in any of them. I had felt that the data captured from feature phones and early generations of smartphones was not rich enough to lead to interesting and distinct analytics. For example, while data captured from a mobile web browser such as sites visited, pageviews, time spent browsing could be analyzed, we didn’t need a new company to do that. Omniture could do that just fine. However, the new smartphones capture more interesting data. These data sets…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing, databases, internet, iPhone, Mobile Computing, Wireless Data, Zeo | 1 Response

Scary Technology #2 - A Suggested Code of Ethics

Scary Technology #2 – A Suggested Code of Ethics

By Brian Sommer on October 15, 2010

Here’s a starter set of ethical standards for companies that spread your personal data around the world, the web, etc.

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Customer data, data, databases, Dilbert, information broker, Privacy

Naomi’s Questions For Oracle OpenWorld 2010

Naomi’s Questions For Oracle OpenWorld 2010

By Naomi Bloom on September 15, 2010

With Oracle OpenWorld 2010 coming up next week, I hate having to miss one of the major enterprise IT three, four, five-ring circuses of the year.  I would have loved to attend, but HR Tech 2010 is thefollowing week.  And unlike my much valued and much younger Oracle AR handler, Kris Barondess, I’m no longer able to […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged databases, Debunking/Calling Out, enterprise software, erp, HRM Software, Licensed/On-Premise Software, linkedin, Looking Back/Looking Forward, oow10, oracle, Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, Preferred Behaviors, SaaS, Social Technology, talent management, Twitter | 7 Responses

6 Bullet Points of Shame for BI Endeavors

6 Bullet Points of Shame for BI Endeavors

By Bob Warfield on September 13, 2010

Fellow Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Merchandani’s “You Can’t Handle the Truth” post on BI is excellent.  He identifies what I call 6 bullet points of shame for BI endeavors that are brilliantly on the money: 1.  Most companies don’t seek out primary, real-time data. Rinse that same old data through 8 or 10 times, surface it […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged analytics, BI, Business, business intelligence, Data Warehousing, databases, Extraction and Transformation, Sherlock Holmes

Who will Oracle acquire next? (The Answers)

Who will Oracle acquire next? (The Answers)

By Dennis Moore on September 9, 2010

Who will Oracle acquire next? Our respondents say Oracle will acquire Informatica, Salesforce.com, VMware, TIBCO, Red Hat, Teradata, NetSuite, SuccessFactors, Taleo, Computer Associates, Cloudera, Vertica, Jive Software, and Mark Hurd.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisitions, Cloudera, Computer Associates, databases, Informatica, Jive Software, M&A, Marc Benioff, Mark Hurd, netsuite, oracle, Oracle Corporation, Red Hat, salesforce.com, Sohaib Abbasi, SuccessFactors, Taleo, Teradata, Tibco, Vertica, VMware | 1 Response

The Future Of HRM Software:  Embedded Intelligence

The Future Of HRM Software: Embedded Intelligence

By Naomi Bloom on June 22, 2010

Hi, I’m Naomi, your friendly HRM consultant There’s an easy way to describe what I mean by embedded intelligence.  Conjure up a memory of the best, most knowledgeable, most effectively consultative and strategic thinking HR leader you’ve ever known.  Now conjure up a memory of that master of regulatory options and obligations, that HR administrator who […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged databases, enterprise software, HRM Software, HRMDS, Human resources, Organizational culture, Preferred Behaviors, Strategic HRM

Acquiring, everyone’s doing it – SAP Buying Sybase – Quick Analysis

Acquiring, everyone’s doing it – SAP Buying Sybase – Quick Analysis

By Michael Coté on May 13, 2010

SAP’s acquisition target was said to be a head-scratcher. Sybase certainly makes you cock your head a tad.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisitions, Database, databases, enterprise software, erp, Léo Apotheker, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Quick Analysis, sap, Sybase

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