Category Archives: David Norris

OpenLink – analytics in action

A look at how analytics can extend the capability of an already comprehensive operational management tool Continue reading

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Quartet FS offers an exciting Operational Intelligence capability

Big Data is one of the hot topics of the moment, and one of the most exciting aspects of Big Data is the opportunities that it offers for expanding the whole… Continue reading

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Pentaho 4.8, a new release that focuses on Mobile BI and Big Data

Pentaho have a new release that continues to confirm them as a viable supplier on enterprise BI solutions Continue reading

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TIBCO Spotfire 5; Analytics starts to grow up in the Enterprise space.

Spotfire 5, TIBCO’s advanced analytics suite has a new release due in November that focuses on Enterprise ready-features so it scales up and out… Continue reading

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Alteryx Communications Edition

Technology enables us to bring together vast quantities of data, and nowhere is that truer that in a Telco. Continue reading

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AnalytiX Mapping Manager, the missing link in moving data around

The spreadsheet is all but universally used to hold the pre-ETL mappings. If any process is only as good as its weakest link, this is it in data migration. Continue reading

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BOARD: a fresh take on BI that is distinctly mould breaking!

Over the last year I have been lucky enough to be introduced to a number of BI tools that have really changed the way that I think about what a BI tool … Continue reading

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IBM, Big Data, and its analytics solutions

My thoughts after being given an update on how IBM are progressing with the roll out of their BI and analytics suite following the recent spate of acquistions Continue reading

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Pentaho, Big Data and more – the real Pentaho capability revealed

A first look at Pentaho and the scope of its capability Continue reading

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Consuming big data, Advizor and EMC Greenplum

Advizor and Greenplum provide advice on how to get started in the exploration of Big Data Continue reading

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