Peter Evans

Data mash-up within Business Intelligence (BI) applications is one of the latest must have requirements that I have been asked to build into solutions that I have created for some major enterprise clients recently. As mentioned in my last article about the growth of NoSQL use within the BI area I believe that the mash-up […]

Business intelligence applications are moving from the traditional connection to an OLAP Data source based on relational database systems (RDBMS) to the ability to link to and consume data from a variety of disparate sources including social networks. The ability for a modern BI application to be able to use mashups of data to provide […]

Pervasive Business Intelligence, which is the ability to enable a company to see their data as an asset that can be exploited in real time, has been the aim of many vendors and consultants in the BI industry for some time.  In an era where most types of product information is available online, competitive forces […]

With Business Intelligence Suites attaching to more and more disparate sources of information within a corporate environment, and the processing power and availability of analytical systems within these Suites, are the three classic disciplines of Corporate Performance Management (CPM), Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics beginning to merge into one seamless subject? The Diciplines Corporate Performance […]

Over the past eighteen months, both mainstream and start-up software vendors have been announcing a number of hosted business intelligence (BI) solutions. However is it possible to support a rich, fully functional Business intelligence experience for major corporations or will it remain the domain of the smaller company. Technology and Availability Cloud based solutions were […]

Can corporate business intelligence be delivered to mobile devices? Are the current Mobile Business Intelligence solutions viable?  Learn which major business intelligence vendors are starting to supply either fully-fledged Mobile Business Intelligence tools or intermediate tools that allow companies to display their chosen BI solution on mobile devices. Current State With the introduction of the […]

The old saying goes you can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. The same can apply to the struggle that can ensue in selling a Business Intelligence Solution to the wider company audience. You can show the company leaders the data and the results but how do you ensure as […]

TARGIT Business Intelligence Suite is a combination of data handling and user interface, which allows the business user to obtain meaning from the myriad of data sources within their business with the fewest number of mouse clicks. Introduction As a Business Intelligence Specialist, I have for many years been creating my own interfaces using a […]

POS Applications, HR Applications, Customer Survey results; these are just some of the myriad sources of data that we are, as database administrators or developers responsible for – how do we store that data so that a Business Intelligence system can interrogate and provide meaningful results to the user. Business Intelligence – Data Storage POS […]

How do you, as a database administrator, display the wealth of knowledge in your Database to the organization in a meaningful way – Business Intelligence. POS Applications, HR Applications, Customer Survey results — these are just some of the myriad sources of data that we are, as database administrators or developers responsible for –- we […]

Learn how to deliver dynamic content by building a meaningful Business Intelligence Application, utilizing only what is available on the client’s desktop, when a Data Warehouse BI Application, SQL Server and SSIS/SSRS aren’t an option. Introduction Recently I was between major contracts and was contacted by an agency that I have worked for before. They […]