Podcast: Using Semantics to Make More Sense of BI
June 29, 2009
Semantics is the science of deciphering documents in a context-aware fashion. J. Brooke Aker, the CEO of Expert System’s U.S. subsidiary, tells The IT-Finance Connection that combining highly sophisticated semantic technology with business intelligence turns a far higher percentage of the mountains of data a company collects–and is available independently on the Web–into actionable intelligence. (Podcast time: 27:06)
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire for June 25
June 25, 2009
Firms mentioned: Automated Equity Markets, Data Explorers, Panorama Software, SAS, HP, Avocado Security, SPSS, Language Weaver, VisiStat, Infobright, Pentaho, Sun, Lacuna Strategic Marketing, PivotLink, Tata Consultancy Services, Fitch Solutions, Portsmouth Financial Systems, 3VR, Theoriem, Esselunga and Netezza.
Views on the News: More Reaction to LucidEra’s Demise
June 24, 2009
Many things can bring a company down. Perhaps it’s a fatal flaw in the business plan, segment consolidation, a bad economic climate or changes in what customers want. It could be a combination of these and other reasons–or just plain bad luck. Here are five takes on last week’s shuttering of LucidEra.
Archer’s Walter: Platforms Trump Point Products
June 22, 2009
In a podcast, David Walter–Archer Technologies’ Director of GRC Product Development–tells The IT-Finance Connection that CIOs and CFOs are more open than ever to the idea that a comprehensive framework instead of a set of discreet products will reduce costs and increase the value of the data an organization collects. (Podcast time: 22:28)
Five Minutes of News: QlikView Version 9
June 17, 2009
Anthony Deighton, QlikTech’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, fills The IT-Finance Connection in on advances in QlikView Version 9. He says that new version of the company’s flagship offering scales to serve large organizations and is accessible via Amazon’s EC2 Cloud. QlikView 9, which is free for personal use, can be used on the iPhone. (Podcast time: 9:10)
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire
June 16, 2009
Companies mentioned in this edition: Appollo Data Technologies, Skandinvisk, Teradata, Acxius Strategic Consulting, Aster Data Systems, Business IT Professionals, Microsoft, Washington Trust, UNAPEN, Experian, Knoa, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Amdocs, Quantivo, Webtrends, Otto International, Hyperion, Pentaho, Cincom, SAS, Chartis Research, NWP, Kickfire, Sun, Kimball Group, IDC and BIReady.
Read more »Podcast: Clear Peak’s Strategy is to Start With Targeted Projects
June 15, 2009
The best way to use BI to meet the related challenges of increasing revenue and cutting costs isn’t to march in and implement a comprehensive project, says Clear Peak Senior Partner and Founder Brad Cowdrey. Instead, the company advocates a targeted, incremental approach that generates immediate gains and drives corporate acceptance. (Podcast time: 21:37)
It’s Time to Tackle the Silo Challenge
June 10, 2009
Microgen Chief Operating Officer David Sherriff tells The IT-Finance Connection that transparent access to data–which now may be spread randomly across geographic, product and other boundaries–is a competitive, regulatory and legal necessity. BI, he says, plays an important role in efforts to end the era of siloed data. (Podcast time: 22.24)
Five Minutes of News: myDIALS 3.0
June 8, 2009
The newest release of the software-as-a-service operational performance 
management platform provides deep insight into the health the host system. CEO Wayne Morris tells The IT-Finance Connection that myDIALS 3.0 augments existing capabilities with monitoring, what-if scenario analysis and a couple of alerting functions. (Podcast time: 8:35)
The IT-Finance Connection Newswire
June 2, 2009
Companies mentioned in this edition: HP, Netuitive, OpenWave, Tableau, Microsoft, Webtrends, Vertica, Target Analytics, CAST, IBM, Acutate, Bodhtree, SAP, Attensity, Infobright, Pentaho, RightNow, Omniture, Facebook, Theorem, Gold Eagle, Planalytics, Space-Time Research and OpenSpan.
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--Carl Weinschenk
