Analytics

The ability to use business intelligence analytic and visualization tools to forecast short-term energy demands and gas price futures is a given for energy...

If you lost electric power while you were asleep, how would you know? Probably not until you wake up and see the flashing LED clocks...

December means gift-buying to many people, and thanks to Spotfire, we have a business intelligence solution to guide us in our gift-buying. The Spotfire Holiday Gift Finder lets you browse over 10,000 hand-made gifts you won’t find on big retail sites. And, using business intelligence, the Gift Finder helps you select the right gift in just seconds.

One sure thing in the cloud of uncertainty regarding changes to the U.S. health care system: analytics and data verification will be critical to...

Jay Morreale, first vice president of enterprise credit and market risk technology for Bank of America has a wonderful account of the genesis of...

It's a corporate equivalent of “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."  If a spreadsheet is the only tool...

Instead of using a business intelligence project to “fix everything,” BPM Partners' John Colbert recommends starting out with a reasonable scope, one that can, ideally, be completed within a few months. Approach business intelligence projects in phases.

Ah Christmas.  A time for reflection, thanks, family, and shopping.  As we get ready to watch the smoke billow off of our credit cards,...

Marketing, Analytics, Business Intelligence all come together when your company learns about markets, customers, products or services and can make that data a trusted, valued resource.

A brief but interesting article in Information Week says that privacy fears by employees and policy rules by companies are among the biggest obstacles...