Qlikview, Pragma sign agreement
Top international physical asset management company, Pragma, has signed an agreement with QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI). QlikView will be embedded within Pragma’s On Key 5. The brand new Analytics module, as it will...
SAS releases new version of Visual Analytics
The power of SAS Visual Analytics is now available for work groups and midsize businesses. The new version of SAS’ visual data exploration software, combining business intelligence with the world’s leading analytics, includes added graphical display options and...
SMBs can benefit from BI
Whenever they hear the term “business intelligence” (BI), owners of small-to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) might be under the wrongful impression that it is a solution meant to be implemented only by major corporations and large enterprises with multi-million...
Master data management with Software AG
There has been much hype written around master data management (MDM) – indeed, analyst firm Gartner released their Hype Cycle report last year. Gartner describes MDM as “a technology-enabled business discipline that helps organisations achieve a 'single version of the...
Is BI an opportunity or a minefield?
According to Gartner, business intelligence (BI) has been the top action item for CIOs worldwide for the last year. Only recently displaced, BI remains a close second behind mobility. Since the largest driver for mobility remains BI, it seems the more things change,...
Information Builders named a leader in BI
Gartner has positioned Information Builders in the Leaders Quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, based on the evaluation of the company’s WebFOCUS business intelligence suite. According to the report, the BI and analytics...
QlikView positioned in Leaders Quadrant
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the...
Move from BI to intelligent business
Companies are getting very good at collecting business intelligence - but too few are using it to change the way they interact with customers. Addressing delegates at the Teradata User Group hosted by Bytes Systems Integration in Midrand recently, Teradata’s Rob...
Will the 2013 big data trend last?
No matter which industry users are involved in, the chances that they have heard about the concept of “big data” as a “big” trend for 2013, are quite high. In fact, the IDC is predicting that the big data market will grow at a rate of 31,7% until it reaches...
Oracle announces MySQL 5.6
Oracle has announced the general availability of MySQL 5.6, the world’s most popular open-source database. With increased performance, scalability, reliability and manageability, MySQL 5.6 helps users meet the most demanding Web, cloud and embedded application...
Key BI trends for the year ahead
When it comes to predicting key areas of focus for IT in 2013, most analysts agree on three areas: big data; the cloud; and mobility, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management. These trends are driven primarily by business’ desire to improve the customer...
The pros and cons of big data
The opportunity to harvest insights from big data, much of which is marketable or can generate income, is obvious gold up for grabs, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge integration Dynamics (KID). Besides that, the transition of data or information from a...