Leveraging Information and Intelligence: July 2009 Archives

More on Why Big BI is Bad BI

By David Linthicum on July 31, 2009 3:14 PM 4

I stumbled upon this article defining the spending around BI, which is increasing, and also around the the lack of results from that spending. The fact is that we're spending more on BI each year, but we don't seem to... Read More..

Why IBM Buying SPSS is bad for BI

By David Linthicum on July 30, 2009 10:07 PM 4

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You got to hand it to IBM, those guys are buying everyone. As somebody who's been following the SOA space, I was amazed at how IBM was able to consolidate most of the major SOA players, so much so that... Read More..

Lack of Focus on Data Killing SOA

By David Linthicum on July 24, 2009 1:42 PM 15

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For those of you that have been following me know that I'm very much an advocate of SOA. The architectural pattern of SOA is helpful in defining an enterprise architecture that much more agile, and thus pays for itself... Read More..

"Fighting cancer with Business Intelligence"

By David Linthicum on July 16, 2009 3:20 PM 1

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This is a great article on the power of business intelligence, where the use of BI is actually saving lives. "BI can start unlocking the hidden value in NHS information and start providing clinicians, administrators and commissioners much more powerful... Read More..

Busting "Data Silos." What's Old is New.

By David Linthicum on July 12, 2009 3:01 PM 0

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Loraine Lawson did a great job in covering Burton's take on busting data silos. "Data silos are inevitable, according to Lyn Robison of the Burton Group. Silos are a natural part of decentralized IT systems, he argues, existing not just... Read More..

Business Intelligence comes to the Kindle

By David Linthicum on July 5, 2009 3:22 PM 1

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Business Intelligence provider MicroStrategy announced that it will provide its business reports and dashboards on Amazon's Kindle DX reader. While many thought the Kindle was just about reading novels, think again. For those of you who don't know anything about... Read More..

When it comes to business intelligence, the data outside of the organization is becoming more important.

By David Linthicum on July 1, 2009 12:03 PM 1

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When most consider business intelligence, they think of slicing and dicing their own enterprise data so there is better visibility into the state of the business. However, with the availability of valuable external data sets that can be "mashed... Read More..

July 2009 Archives

More on Why Big BI is Bad BI

Why IBM Buying SPSS is bad for BI

Lack of Focus on Data Killing SOA

"Fighting cancer with Business Intelligence"

Busting "Data Silos." What's Old is New.

Business Intelligence comes to the Kindle

When it comes to business intelligence, the data outside of the organization is becoming more important.

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