by Melinda Santos | Sep 20, 2017 | BI Studies, Big Data, Business Analytics, Infographic, Predictive Analytics
As the fields of business intelligence and business analytics continue to develop and grow, organizations must be aware of the distinctions between the terms and understand their value. Adoption and usage of business intelligence and analytics tools show no sign of...
by Melinda Santos | Aug 29, 2017 | BI Solutions, BI System, Business Intelligence Suite
To identify threats and opportunities, analysts may look through thousands of data records manually, or define KPIs and make a discovery literally in a few clicks. Which approach will your business choose? According to Richard Branson, a business magnate and investor,...
by Blogger@olap | Nov 6, 2016 | Application/Data Integration, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Management, Infographic, Uncategorized
Business Analytics vs. Data Science “Business analytics” and “data science” — are they basically interchangeable terms, or entirely separate professional pursuits? There’s certainly overlap on the topic of Big Data and using data to...
by Blogger@olap | Oct 17, 2016 | Big Data, Business Analytics, Infographic, Technology and Trends
What is Business Analytics? Science and business continue to intersect, most recently on the topic of data analytics. Generally speaking, “data analytics” is the process of organizing and interpreting data to uncover valuable information. “Business...
by Blogger@olap | Sep 27, 2016 | Application/Data Integration, Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Warehousing, OLAP, Technology and Trends
OLAP and Hadoop: A Great Pairing OLAP continues to be a relevant and exciting technology, most recently in pairing OLAP and Hadoop. As we are OLAP.com, we have ALWAYS seen the value of OLAP technology. We admit OLAP has been a bit out of style the last few years. Some...
by Lesley Burke | Aug 17, 2016 | Application/Data Integration, BI Solutions, Business Budgeting, Business Forecasting, Business Planning, Business Reporting, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, OLAP, OLAP and Excel
The Power of OLAP and Excel Should Excel be a key component of your company’s Business Performance Management (BPM) system? There’s no doubt how most IT managers would answer this question. Name IT’s top ten requirements for a successful BPM system, and they’ll...