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Data Challenges in the Analytics Pipeline

April 22, 2013 by Peter Tran Leave a comment

Data is the lifeblood of analytics — the more diverse the better.

In their best-selling book, Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier describe the synergy that occurs when previously unrelated and disparate data is brought together to uncover hidden insights. But these advanced analytics data requirements are a double-edged sword as these more diverse sources complicate data integration and constrain progress.

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Big Data Common Sense

January 30, 2013 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Back to Basics

Velocity, volume, and variety seem to be the 3 V’s that everyone talks about when it comes to Big Data. What happened to the most important V, Value?

So when it comes to Big Data, my advice is don’t get knocked off guard by the Big Data buzzwords. Go back to business and technology basics, and you’ll be fine.

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Data Virtualization Returns to the BBBT

January 3, 2013 by Robert Eve Leave a comment

Since 2010, Composite Software has kicked off the Boulder BI Brain Trust’s new year. In 2013 we continue this tradition on Friday January 4.

Filed under Market Trends Tagged with analytics, Big Data, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization, Strategy

Data Virtualization Insights from the Pacific Northwest BI Summit 2012

July 16, 2012 by Robert Eve Leave a comment

I am back at Composite Software headquarters after attending my fifth Pacific Northwest BI Summit.

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The Role of Data Virtualization in a World of Big Data

June 4, 2012 by Robert Eve Leave a comment

If you are reading this blog entry, you certainly are aware of the rising importance of data virtualization as a key enabler for BI agility, IT cost savings and more.

Big data is an ever bigger trend, solving new classes of business problems with new types of analytics that leverage today’s unprecedented data volumes , varieties and velocities.

How do these trends intercept? And what are the consequences for the business and IT?

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Is it time to Embrace a Hybrid Data Ecosystem?

May 14, 2012 by David Besemer Leave a comment

From a data management strategy point of view, we all understand the critical importance of the enterprise data warehouse. Yet new business imperatives and new technologies have significantly changed the data management landscape, hereafter changing the role of the EDW.

Filed under Strategy Tagged with Big Data, Business Intelligence, Data Federation, Data Virtualization, Data Warehouse, Strategy

Data Virtualization Is Hot at the Gartner BI Summit

April 8, 2012 by Peter Tran Leave a comment

A Fantastic, Immersive Opportunity

Last week I attended the Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles. While I am an avid follower of Gartner’s Information Management, Analytics and BI research, it was great to hear this content directly from the analysts and gauge the reaction of the thousand plus attendees.

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Composite + RainStor = Big Data Management Flexibility

February 3, 2012 by David Besemer Leave a comment

Last week Composite and RainStor announced that Composite has added access to RainStor’s Big Data management database to our long list of popular enterprise applications we support including Oracle, SAP, and salesforce.com as well as relational and multi-dimensional data sources from IBM, IBM Netezza, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP BW, SAP Sybase and Teradata.