Trends and Outliers
TIBCO Spotfire's Business Intelligence Software Blog
2010
Join Us at Predictive Analytics World February 16-17, 2010
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Win big and strengthen the business impact delivered by predictive analytics. That’s the promise from the good folks at this year’s Predictive Analytics World event. We are honored to be a Silver Sponsor for Predictive Analytics World which will be February 16 – 17 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
2010
Secrets to Successful Analytics
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In “The Underwear Bomber: Why They Didn’t “Connect the Dots,” Tom Davenport, analytics guru, uses the intelligence gaps to discuss the challenges of getting a single view of something from disparate data sources. His follow up piece, “How to ‘Connect the Dots’ in Your Business,” Davenport highlights the same challenges from the perspective of an enterprise business; the underlying theory is that analytics only truly work if there are appropriate technologies on the back end and processes on the front end.
2010
Business Intelligence Verdict: Survey 9
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If you’ve followed the business intelligence market long enough, you’re sure to recognize the name Nigel Pendse and his well-known OLAP Report. In recent years the OLAP Report has evolved in the BI Survey.
2010
Business Intelligence Results Depend on What You Measure – And Changing With The Times
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Anaytics tools can spot patterns and details in data you possess. But innovation consultant Larry Keeley is fond of saying “Sometimes things change.” And keeping your tools sharp can be a challenge in a fast-moving, changing business environment.
2010
Computers Watch TV – And Analytics Means They Do It More Intelligently Than We Do
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An article in Security Products magazine shows how analytics tools are advancing the security and safety fields. Thousands of cameras with terabytes of data and storage demands the kinds of business intelligence tools to deliver what you need, when you need it.
2010
IDC: Positive Buyer Sentiment for Business Analytics
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There’s more positive news on the adoption and prospects for business analytics. Research firm IDC recently issued a survey report, “State of the Business Analytics Market: Survey Shows Positive Buyer Sentiment Going Forward.”
2010
Business Intelligence versus Analytics: Views from Spotfire’s Mark Lorion
Our blog rarely focuses on ourselves – Spotfire – but as we end 2009 and start 2010, we thought it would be appropriate to check in with Spotfire. We spoke with Spotfire’s Vice President of Marketing, Mark Lorion.
Q: If you had to pick one new trend Spotfire is seeing among its customers and prospects, what would it be?
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2010
The Business Intelligence iPad – Will Users Come?
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Today’s internet-breaking (literally, Twitter had some issues keeping up with the excitement) coverage of the Apple launch of the iPad got us to thinking about Business Intelligence form factors. The iPhone and other PDA’s have business intelligence tools available today. But we wonder how much the iPhone is actually used to do anything business intelligence related other than look at a dashboard and maybe a report given the amount of screen real estate. Enter the iPad. With screen real estate of 9.7 inches, is this a device usable for deeper analytic business intelligence purposes?
2010
Analytics and Modeling Every Day: Some Call It Weather Forecasting, Others Rely on Guesses
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Whether it’s raining, snowing or sunny where you’re sitting, you can be sure that data analytics, predictive modeling or some combination of business intelligence tools are part of the weather forecasts. Visualization is a fancy name for the radar and other maps at 6 and 11p.m. that can show you the conditions down to the street corner details.
2010
Data Mining and Analytics Fighting Terrorism?
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In a recent Newsweek article, Philip Bobbitt, makes the case for regulations strengthening external oversight of data mining in the federal intelligence community. We say, “add analytics to that.” The New Rules of Engagement offers “Nine Imperatives for our Post-9/11 World,” where he points out flaws in the U.S.’s current approach to fighting terrorism. One way to combat these flaws – and subsequently fight terrorism – is to strengthen data mining and analytics with the federal government.


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