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How Business Intelligence Has Evolved Since 1865

How Business Intelligence Has Evolved Since 1865

Business Intelligence in 2017 is the vehicle to analyze a company’s “Big Data” to gain a competitive advantage. It allows companies a look at the efficacy of past actions, which they can strategically use as the foundation to plot the path forward. Business...

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How Do Business Intelligence and Analytics Differ and Overlap?

How Do Business Intelligence and Analytics Differ and Overlap?

We have great potential in the massive amounts of data collected by our businesses, and it’s the source of every company’s revitalization and refueling for the next leg of their journey. It’s where we all stop for a moment to re-evaluate our course of action to date,...

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6 Illusions of Big Data

6 Illusions of Big Data

Take a look at 6 illusions that executives have about big data. There is always a lot of buzz around the term big data and many different opinions and definitions. It is time to get to the bottom of some of the common mistaken beliefs.

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How Does Microsoft SQL Server work with Olation?

How Does Microsoft SQL Server work with Olation?

Olation® and Microsoft SQL Server, how do they work together? In this article, we'll dig a little deeper into the details of this loving relationship. Olation is a software that lives alongside SQL Server. One of the most important technological facts about Olation is...

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4 Areas of Healthcare Where Big Data is a Game Changer

4 Areas of Healthcare Where Big Data is a Game Changer

Bernard Marr, a bestselling author and keynote speaker, recently wrote an article “Big Data: A Game Changer in Healthcare.” In this article, Marr brings 4 top areas of healthcare to the surface and explains how the use of Big Data and Analytics are providing vital...

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Optimized Performance Management for the Construction Industry

Optimized Performance Management for the Construction Industry

Are you trying to keep track of progress, costs, resources utilization, timeliness, “at completion” and other important KPIs? You probably rely on some standard reports obtainable from your ERP system, especially if it is tuned for project management, and maybe you...

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How “Business Intelligence” is Failing you

How “Business Intelligence” is Failing you

“Business Intelligence.” You’ve used the term in countless meetings. It started to gain momentum in the early 2000's and has remained hot ever since. The term clocked in at a 98 in Google Trends as recently as April of 2016 (the max is 100). Your boss (and your boss’s...

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Collecting and Analyzing Data in Sports is Here to Stay

Collecting and Analyzing Data in Sports is Here to Stay

Millions of dollars and the hopes and dreams of sports fans worldwide now more than ever depend on Big Data. Collecting data, crunching numbers and generating detailed reports is now a very big part of every sports franchise. No longer does all the action take place on the field, track, pitch or court.

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