SBS VALID: business intelligence or search?8th April 2014Philip Howard There are a number of search/BI tools but SBS VALID is unique (I think) in being based on graph technology - and that provides significant advantages
Try wrangling your data1st April 2014Philip Howard Data preparation is the biggest part (around 80%) of and data discovery/mining exercise. Trifacta specialises in making this easy in a big data world.
Nominum – powering the internet - … and now enabling the Telcos to achieve more for their customers19th December 2013David Norris Nominum, best known for their domain server expertise, apply analytics to their operational data to add potential business value to service providers
Reader’s assistance required - I need help with use cases for query approximation7th December 2013Philip Howard Query approximation can improve performance, especially for iterative processes
Pentaho developments, including an exciting collaboration with Splunk3rd September 2013David Norris A review of recent Pentaho announcements
Cloud computing – is it a billing thing?11th July 2013David Norfolk Actian exploits its ParAccel, Pervasive Software and Versant Corporation acquisition as two new cloud offerings.
OpenLink – analytics in action15th January 2013David Norris A look at how analytics can extend the capability of an already comprehensive operational management tool
Alteryx Communications Edition - Analytics for the 21 century9th August 2012David Norris Technology enables us to bring together vast quantities of data, and nowhere is that truer that in a Telco.
QlikTech acquires expressor18th June 2012Philip Howard QlikTech has bought expressor Software. Why? And what's it going to do with it?
IBM PointStream at the US Open tennis tournament, Big Data in the real world12th September 2011David Norris IBM use their ability with analytics to bring a superior fan experience to the US open tennis