2010/02/02

I'm glad to see that IBM Cognos is making the most of good assets. Rather than introducing a light version of Cognos enterprise technologies to meet the needs of midsize companies, IBM yesterday bowed an IBM Cognos Express offering that is really one part Cognos and two parts Applix TM1....

2009/12/16

Columnar in-memory plugin for Excel. Similar to Microsoft PowerPivot.

2009/09/29

Walkthrough of the creation of a pivot table with Microsoft Gemini in Excel 2010.

2009/09/29

Gemini was released about a week ago and I was playing with it almost every evening. I am still trying to understand what it is, how it works, what its limitations are, how to use DAX, etc. And I can say that I like what I see so far. In this post I will share my experience with Gemini so far....

2009/09/29

Comparison of Microsoft Gemini vs QlikView. Translated from French by Google.

2009/09/29

Microsoft Gemini video's on YouTube. Project Gemini is an Excel 2010 add-in that allows you to create powerful analyses by quickly manipulating millions of rows of data into a single Excel workbook and utilize Microsoft Office 2010 to share and collaborate on your insights with your team....

2009/07/07

The near-decapitation (by acquisition) of the BI space in 2007-8 was perfectly timed for QlikTech, whose QlikView is rapidly becoming one of the leading independent products.

2009/07/03

Relational database management systems (DBMSs) have been remarkably successful in capturing the DBMS marketplace. They are selling 'one size fits all'; i.e., a single relational engine appropriate for all DBMS needs. Moreover, the code line from all of the major vendors is quite elderly, in all cases dating from the 1980s. Hence, the major vendors sell software that is a quarter century old, and has been extended and morphed to meet today’s needs. In my opinion, these legacy systems are at the end of their useful life. They deserve to be sent to the 'home for tired software.' Here's why....

2009/06/11

With SAP BusinessObjects Explorer in the cloud you can visually explore and analyze your Excel spreadsheets. Use Explorer in the cloud with financial data, catalogs, customer lists, music libraries, and many other types of data. Simply upload your Excel file, and you'll be looking at your data in a whole new way....

2009/06/11

Blog about the significant changes in QlikView 9.

2009/06/09

Fast analysis, better insight and rapid deployment with minimal IT involvement: these are the leading benefits of in-memory analytics, but different products are appropriate for different environments. Here's how to choose from among a growing list of in-memory technologies....

2009/06/09

United States patent describing QlikView's Associative Query Logic.

2009/05/25

The technology paradigm is shifting again for data warehousing and business intelligence tools. In-memory database technology is providing a leap in performance, and several vendors have emerged with attractive query and analytic tools that have the potential to recast what we can expect of business intelligence technologies....

2009/05/25

Despite a global economy in turmoil and business and IT-related business spending in question, Anthony Deighton, senior vice president of marketing with business intelligence (BI) pure-play QlikTech International Inc., says he wouldn't have it any other way....

2009/04/30

ADVIZOR Solutions® is today’s leading provider of easy-to-use business analysis software. From the desktop to the enterprise, business managers and analysts can easily load data, do analysis, and share results within minutes - and all they need is a mouse!...

2008/06/11

Today, the marketing momentum is toward "in-memory" business intelligence. Like every hype cycle, there is value in the new technology, and there are also some drawbacks. This article will outline how in-memory systems differ from traditional BI, explain...

2010/03/10

Collection of QlikView tips and tricks

2010/03/04

Todd Hoff put up a provocative post on High Scalability called MySQL and Memcached: End of an Era?In addition, he provides a lot of useful links, that DBMS-oriented folks such as myself might have previously overlooked.

2010/03/03

While office theft by employees has been a problem since the invention of the office, it seems during times of economic uncertainty office theft rises substantially. Just how bad is it? How about 994 billion dollars being attributed to employees stealing? The infographic below clearly shows that employee theft is on the rise; and more startling is the fact that no one is immune to the lure of free pencils or getting a five-finger-discount when it come to electronics and other office equipment. All levels of education are guilty and those with bachelor's degrees are the biggest offenders when it comes office theft....