Business Intelligence (BI)

Thu, May 17, 2012 - About two years ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield implemented a self-service business intelligence platform to aggregate and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple repositories scattered throughout the company.

Thu, May 17, 2012 - The University of Kentucky says it has reshaped its business intelligence (BI) capability as a result of adopting SAP's in-memory system, HANA. Vince Kellen, the university CIO, calls it a "disruptive technology," and for this institution at least, that appears true.

Wed, May 16, 2012 - The company announced a slew of HANA-related products and initiatives at the Sapphire conference

Tue, May 15, 2012 - Equifax, the giant credit bureau, is using Big Data to create new analytics products from 800 billion business and consumer records worldwide. Its CIO says, 'We know more about you than you would care for us to know.'

Fri, May 11, 2012 - You may not think you have petabytes of data worth analyzing, but you will, if you don't already. CIO magazine breaks down the 5 things CIOs need to know, now.

Tue, May 08, 2012 - The Big Data hype machine is in full swing. While the promise is great, Big Data projects also can be an expensive trap if you fail to prove the business case or give your vendors leverage over you.

Mon, May 07, 2012 - The analyst firm predicts banner days ahead for the 'big data' programming frameworks

Mon, May 07, 2012 - Other features focus on predictive analytics and Apple iPad support

Fri, May 04, 2012 - Surging enterprise demand for tools that can manipulate and analyze massive volumes of structured and unstructured data has caught investor attention in a big way.

Tue, May 01, 2012 - Google today announced the general availability of its cloud-based BigQuery Service, an online analytical processing (OLAP) system designed for crunching terabyte-scale datasets using the search engine giant's infrastructure.

Tue, May 01, 2012 - IBM today came out with its first iteration of the analytics software package that it expects will help law enforcement, government agencies and private businesses wade through the massive amounts of data they collect to help them predict, disrupt and prevent criminal, terrorist and fraudulent activities.

Tue, May 01, 2012 - The response and rhetoric highlights the rivalry between the companies' in-memory database platforms

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Mon, April 30, 2012 - WellPoint and Cedars-Sinai are putting Big Blue's supercomputer Watson to the test in pilots targeting cancer treatment and improved EMRs.