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Appian Merges Social Media with BPM [Q&A]
Posted September 26, 2012 by Mark Aspillera
Enterprise social has seen huge consolidations in the past few years, but the verdict is still out as to whether it gives any real productivity boost. We talked to Matt Calkins, CEO of Appian, to… Read More
Software Marketing Hits and Misses: Piston Cloud vs. Domo BI
Posted August 17, 2012 by Amanda Andonian
Comparing two opposing examples of companies that use their software marketing skills to try and give a sense of their product without having to go into great detail: Piston Cloud Computing and Domo Business Intelligence. Read More
1010data Delivers Big Data as a Cloud-based Spreadsheet
Posted July 18, 2012 by Nathan Rowan
1010data doesn't believe good technology needs to be complex. Their Big Data analytical solution is a trillion-row spreadsheet that lives in the cloud, paving the way for a future where data analysis is shared between… Read More
Cloudera Applies Open Source Philosophy to Big Data Analytics
Posted July 16, 2012 by Mark Aspillera
These days it’s hard to read about Big Data or the business intelligence segment without seeing the name “Hadoop” come up, and with good reason. Hadoop is a software framework geared towards the creation of… Read More
Splunk Makes Sense of Machine Data
Posted July 6, 2012 by James Sullivan
San Francisco-based Splunk is a leading solution for monitoring, searching, and analyzing machine data, and the company’s vast client list and impressive IPO earlier this year are a testament to the importance of harnessing machine… Read More
ClearStory Brings Big Data to the Masses
Posted July 4, 2012 by James Sullivan
ClearStory Data, a Palo Alto-based Big Data start-up backed by Google Ventures, Andreeseen Horowitz, and Khosla Ventures, is set to help average business users make sense of huge, disparate Big Data elements through intuitive graphical… Read More
Business Process Management 101
Posted June 29, 2012 by Sherman Hsieh
Business process management (BPM) explained: what it is, the BPM lifecycle, the benefits, and the leading BPM software in 2026, from Appian and Pega to Camunda and Kissflow. Read More
QlikView Wants to Turn Business Intelligence into Business Discovery
Posted June 12, 2012 by Amanda Andonian
With an emphasis on making business intelligence more about discovery than pushing business insights from the top down, Qlikview has positioned itself as an up-and-coming leader in the software technology space. Read More
Birst and Big Data: Changing Enterprise BI
Posted May 30, 2012 by Amanda Andonian
Companies like Birst are going to be increasingly fundamental to how enterprises handle big data. Birst is clearly on its way to leading the race for enterprise business intelligence software. Styling themselves as the "leaders… Read More
About Business Intelligence
Posted February 24, 2012 by George Middleton
Business intelligence software enables companies to perform reporting and in-depth analysis of detailed information from across their entire organization. Data from various systems, applications, and databases is accessed, gathered, compiled, formatted, and presented to end… Read More