BI Blogs

On DATAllegro’s Acquisition by Microsoft

Administrator — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Source: Winning on Data: Aster Data Systems Blog [link]

Stuart announced yesterday that Microsoft has agreed to acquire DATAllegro. It is pretty clear Stuart and his team have worked hard for this day: it is heartening to se

Interesantes Video Tutoriales

Administrator — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Microsoft Acquires DATAllegro: DW Appliance Market Jumps to Center Stage

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:02:00 +0000

Source: Blog: Richard Hackathorn [link]

With Microsoft's announcement today of their acquisition of DATAllegro, the marketplace for data wareh

Search the Whole BI Community with One Click

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:01:00 +0000

Source: Miky Schreiber's Blog - BI [link]

OpenSearch is one of the beautiful things I discovered lately. If you're using Firefox 2 and above or Internet Explorer 7, look at the search field in the right-top corner of the browser. See the shiny little thingy ther

Adding New Facts and Dimensions to the BI Apps Data Warehouse

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

I’ve been working with Informatica 8.1.1, the Oracle BI Applications and the DAC (Data Warehouse Administration) for a while now, and over this time I’ve tried to

Collaboration Begins with Integration.

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:02:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence in Real Life [link]

What do you think the next big thing in Business Intelligence will be? The current “big thing” is definitely integrating animation through the use of Flash/Flex technology, but the question is once this settles, what do you think will be the next b

A Belief in Partnerships

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Source: Winning on Data: Aster Data Systems Blog [link]

We took a decision early on in building the company that we’d make our platform open in technology and have an inclusive philosophy on business. I am glad to say that this year we have started delivering on our business philosophy. We have good relationships with

Microsoft buys DATAllegro

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

Woweee, great news: Microsoft is buying the DW appliance vendor DATAllegro! This is big, big news for Microsoft BI and I am super-excited. Curt Monash has a few posts that explain why this is so big on his blog:

Microsoft buys DATAllegro

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Source: Microsoft OLAP by Mosha Pasumansky [link]

Official pressrelease: http://www.datallegro.com/pr/7_24_08_microsoft_acquisition.asp Curt Monash coverage: http://www.dbms2.com/categor

Business Intelligence: Experience vs Sexy

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Source: bayon blog [link]

XLCubed (and a rant about Microsoft’s client tool strategy)

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

The other week I stopped by in Maidenhead to see the guys at XLCubed, and to take a look at their latest stuff. XLCubed have been around a long time and their Excel addin AS client has always been one of the best out there, but with the improved Analysis S

Business Intelligence, in the heads of people, not the software

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:02:00 +0000

Source: Michael Tarallo - Open Source BI Guru [link]

There have been many times that I am asked, whether it be at an event or on a call, "What skill sets are needed to use your tool?". These questions usually come from the IT departments of businesses as well as prospective partners. All within their rights, its understandable that they want to ha

Manually Starting the SQL Server Services on your Machine

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Source: Miky Schreiber's Blog - BI [link]

When you practice on SQL Server on your local machine you don't want that its services will start up with the computer. As I mentioned before, you should declare the startup method of these services as manual (see

Video BI, that could be useful

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence in Real Life [link]

I recently read an article about a company that has some pretty advanced video intelligence capabilities such as:"Agent Vi makes video analysis software that monitors surveillance camera images and can send an alert when a camera detects someone reaching across an unattended retail c

Show Hidden Objects in the Calculations tab

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

Here's a new button I've just noticed in the toolbar on the Calculations tab in BIDS 2008: Show Hidden Objects. Quite often when you're writing MDX you want to reference hierarchies that are hidden to the end user, and in BIDS 2005 you had to unhide them to be able to see them (and so find ou

Nuevo Hyperion ya disponible

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]

Innovación + Competitividad - El BM otorga a Chile un préstamo de 30 millones de dólares

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence Argentina [link]

CRM 2008 - Sectores minorista y mayorista impulsan su crecimiento en América Latina

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:02:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence Argentina [link]

Análisis del Mercado PyMES de América Latina - Software on demand - Prensario - IDC -

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:02:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence Argentina [link]

OWB 10.2.0.4 is out

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

I noticed on Greg Partenach’s blog that the 10.2.0.4 patchset had been released. Taking a quick look on Metalink I see that patch 7005587 is out for Linux and Windows - no doubt the other platforms

What’s new in Oracle Warehouse Builder 10.2.0.4

Administrator — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Source: Rittman Mead Consulting [link]

Last week I mentioned that the Oracle Warehouse Builder 10.2.0.4 patchset was out for Linux and Windows; but what I did not mention what was in it! So to make amends here are a few of the highlights. Firstly, this is not just a bug-fix release, even though there over 100 fixes listed i

Tableau is the new Apple

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:02:00 +0000

Source: datadoodle [link]

It’s hard to watch CEO Christian Chabot and watch Tableau demos and not think of Steve Jobs and Mac OS X. Chabot has the same bright stage presence, and his product has the same simplicity and elegance. Like Mac, Tableau makes you love it. In Monday’s keynote, Chabot cou

Full Outer Joins in OWB

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:02:00 +0000

Source: Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) Weblog [link]

Teradata does Enterprise Data Warehousing

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Source: Blog: Richard Hackathorn [link]

I attended a two-day briefing at the Rancho Bernardo facility of Teradata. We had a full schedule of talks by cross-section of marketing and technology people. Here are a few glimpses of the event... Randy Lea, VP of Products and Services, started by sketching their corporate m

Business Intelligence Industry Healthcheck

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Source: Keep It Simple [link]

Slashdot Quote

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:02:00 +0000

Source: Loosely Coupled Human Code Factory [link]

Someone was saying something about not seeing IT jobs in the help wanted section of the newspaper. In response someone wrote, and I quote, "Employers don't really expect IT people to be looking at dead tree medium for jobs." Seriously, if you're in IT and you're digging through the newspa

Business Intelligence Landscape Documentation - The Gold Copy

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence – A Practitioner’s View [link]

Software systems, in general, need good comprehensive documentation. This need becomes a “must-have” in case of BI systems, as these systems evolve over a period of time. My recommendation (a best practice,

Entrevista a Yves de Montcheuil de Talend

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:02:00 +0000

Source: Information Management [link]

Entrevista a Matt Casters de Pentaho

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:01:00 +0000

Source: Information Management [link]

Why Refactor?

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:01:00 +0000

Source: Loosely Coupled Human Code Factory [link]

This is why one writes unit tests and refactors. Re: line # 13:47 [13:39] Jabley: I reverted the last change I made and it is still broke. Grrr! [13:45] Adron: ok [13:45] Jabley: I am just trying to figure out how the f*** to salvage this. [13:45] Adron: kewl. [13:45] Adron: not sure what

Using a Computed Column to Calculate a Running Total

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:02:00 +0000

Source: RDA Corp - Business Intelligence and SQL Server [link]

User conference with a view

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Source: datadoodle [link]

I often have to suppress a question while I listen to pitches for BI “solutions.” I want to interrupt and ask, “Hey, is all this just bullshit? Just tell me the truth. Isn’t most of what you’re saying just bullshit?” I’ve found an exception.

Creating a TPC-H schema with DBGEN on HP-UX

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0000

Source: oramoss oracle [link]

I wanted to try out this HammerOra product from Steve Shaw, both at work and on my box at home...but after playing with it at home, I realised that it takes quite some time to build even a small (scale factor 1)

Take the beta 71-448 for free

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:01:00 +0000

Source: Jesse Orosz: Analysis Services Blog [link]

Had the chance to go take the beta 71-448 for free this morning. Took me about an hour and a half. Since the exam is still in beta you won't receive your score for at least a few weeks. Bummer. Definitely worth a shot, especially if you've never had

Innovation

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:01:00 +0000

Source: Frank Buytendijk Blog [link]

Five questions with Francisco Olvera

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:02:00 +0000

Source: The sascom magazine blog [link]

Francisco Olvera is a sales manager for SAS North America, based in the SAS Mexico office. What are you w

Kalido Universal Information Director now generates Analysis Services cubes

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Source: Chris Webb's BI Blog [link]

Here's the press release from Kalido:http:/

Is it just sexy?

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:02:00 +0000

Source: Business Intelligence in Real Life [link]

Business Intelligence companies implement Flash/Flex technologies into product offering in order to make their products more “sexy”. Microstrategy, Qliktech and Business Objects all have these capabilities within their products.So the question is; does this type of reporting prov

When Uninstall is not enough

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:01:00 +0000

Source: Miky Schreiber's Blog - BI [link]

Sometimes the uninstall process does not succeed or even worse - the "Add or Remove programs" interface does not allow you to uninstall the product because it already uninstalled / doesn't exist / you name it. The problem is that the uninstalled program can't be removed from the list, it can't b

De que se habla en TodoBI?

Administrator — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:01:00 +0000

Source: Todo BI: Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, CRM y mucho mas... [link]