Quest Software Toad Business Intelligence (BI) Suite
04 September, 2012Toad Business Intelligence (BI) Suite is a suite of tools that links traditional and non-traditional data sources to bridge the gap between business intelligence environments and distributed big data sources.
Opening up big data
21 August, 2012The mountains of structured and in many cases unstructured data that is building everywhere is being seen as an opportunity, not a problem, in Europe where it is thought that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control.
Advanced analytics growth surpasses expectation and set to rise, says IDC
22 June, 2012In 2011, IT analysis firm IDC estimated the Australian Business Intelligence (BI) software market generated $324.12 million in software licensing and maintenance revenue. This has resulted in a revenue growth of 5.4% from 2010 to 2011 and is forecast to grow at 8.0% CAGR between 2011 to 2016.
Quest Software Toad for Oracle 11.5 database development tool
10 May, 2012Quest Software’s Toad for Oracle 11.5 includes several enhancements from the Toad Idea Pond, a user community where ideas for enhancing Toad are submitted, discussed and voted upon for inclusion in the next release.
SAS Visual Analytics in-memory business intelligence
30 April, 2012Visual Analytics is an in-memory business intelligence (BI) solution that uses a visual interface to provide analytics and business insights. Combining analytics, an in-memory architecture, intuitive data exploration, Hadoop support and information delivery options, including iPad, the in-memory engine is designed for business visualisation of big data on inexpensive, non-proprietary hardware, such as industry-standard blade servers.
Oracle Exalytics in-memory business intelligence
12 March, 2012The Exalytics In-Memory Machine features in-memory business intelligence (BI) software and hardware for analytic and performance management applications.
Diversity the key to managing big data
12 March, 2012Big data - the accumulation and subsequent mining of large data stores - carries great potential for businesses looking to gain insight into their markets or customers. But while the concept of big data is simple, the management of big data is not. Bruce Coulthard, Senior Solutions Consultant A/NZ at Quantum, argues that big data demands a complex, diversified approach from IT.
Westpac peers into future with big data technologies
16 February, 2012Westpac Life New Zealand Limited, part of the Westpac Group, the New Zealand financial institution, has implemented data integration software to help power its strategic initiatives around customer centricity and big data.
MicroStrategy 9.2.1m business intelligence platform
16 February, 2012MicroStrategy 9.2.1m includes multiple enhancements to MicroStrategy Mobile including pre-cache folders, adaptive mobile caching, offline interface enhancements, mobile analytical engine optimisations, network quality monitoring and a timeline widget.
EMC big data Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform
12 January, 2012The Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP) offers analytics of big data stores. The UAP is a fusion of three Greenplum products: the Greenplum database for structured and semi-structured data; Greenplum HD, for the analysis and processing of unstructured data; and Greenplum Chorus 2.0, which acts as a productivity engine with virtual databases for exploration, innovation and social collaboration.
Business intelligence: buy or build?
20 December, 2011 by Adam Hawkins, Co-founder and Managing Director, MercurialTen years ago, business intelligence (BI) solutions were only available to large organisations that could afford to spend time and money developing them in-house. With the advent of the cloud, this scenario is changing. Adam Hawkins, Co-founder and Managing Director, Mercurial, discusses the limitations of in-house business intelligence solutions, and looks at cloud-based solutions as an alternative.
Just another face in the crowd?
04 November, 2011 by Conrad BatesAggregating reams of data on your users and customers, then mining that data for business intelligence, is powerful indeed. But combining these otherwise disparate stockpiles of personal data has grave ethical implications, particularly if these datasets should ever fall into the wrong hands. Conrad Bates, from C3 Business Solutions, discusses these considerations and the need for ethics standards for information management.
Acorn mobilises database’s roots
19 September, 2011Drivers at vehicle specialist Acorn Rentals can now access the company’s internal database from their iPads. This has helped improve administration efficiency and increased the mobility of the team.
Dataweave OnlineDBA remote database monitoring service
16 August, 2011Dataweave OnlineDBA is a flexible, 24/7 remote database monitoring service for critical business databases. Suitable for businesses of any size, it gives IT teams access to Dataweave’s expert certified DBAs, at typically less than half the cost of hiring an in-house DBA.
Big data? Big database technologies
05 August, 2011 by Guy Harrison*As organisations continue to horde massive volumes of data for analysis - producing so-called ‘big data’ - database management technology must evolve to keep up with the challenge. Guy Harrison, head honcho of R&D at Quest Software, explains the technologies that can help cope with these massive data volumes.
