There's no question that databases are the heart of nearly every application running these days. Moreover, the information stored in databases is now being routinely used as a competitive and ...

Moving from reactive to predictive maintenance requires the right tools for use by subject matter experts. As the power industry continues to advance from preventative to predictive maintenance, one ...

As it’s Friday I thought I’d take a fun upbeat kind of topic to talk about. So what’s lighthearted and easy to digest? I don’t know about you, but highly advanced interactive analytic applications ...

Business Objects SA on Monday announced a new version of its analytic framework, incorporating predictive analytics for the first time. Separately, the Paris-based company, with North American ...

Surveillance is all about analytics, at least if a system is to be smart with regards to what constitutes to recording an alarm and what doesn’t. That’s the kind of intelligence required for these ...

Data warehouses have been around for several decades, serving as a central repository of integrated data from disparate sources that meet an enterprise’s reporting and data analysis needs. With the ...

BI and analytics are at the top of corporate agendas. Competition is intense, and, more than ever, organizations are demanding faster access to insights about their customers, markets, and internal ...

The advance of analytic technology is hindered by a collective software industry blind spot: There is no clear, convincing vision of the future of analytic application development tools. This makes it ...

Most BI (business intelligence) or analytics products start off as tools. As a result, their usefulness is limited, often to the imagination and patience of a talented user somewhere. Many of these ...

SAP is entering the cloud business analytics arena, debuting its first cloud-only analytics software that will eventually include planning, business intelligence, predictive analytics and GRC ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Henkin helps organizations and individuals innovate and grow. Predictive analytics has evolved from a niche discipline into ...

Measuring and analyzing public opinion comes with tremendous challenges, as evidenced by recent struggles to predict election outcomes and to anticipate mass mobilizations. The recent National ...