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  • To glean value from 'big data' projects, it may take more than Hadoop

    Organizations will have to push beyond storage requirements and basic business intelligence tools to exploit big data, according to a Gartner analyst.

  • On the go the way to go? Answer lies with building mobile BI business case

    According to a recent Gartner survey, mobile technology is the second most important priority for CIOs in 2012, but building the business case is easier said than done.

  • Basic vs. complex: Companies walk the line on analytics best practices

    Businesses looking to build effective business intelligence and analytics programs have to toe the line between focusing on the basics and using new technology to build more complex BI systems.

• DataManagement UK

  • History lesson points way forward on data management projects

    Data management projects often suffer from historic amnesia. Projects that co-locate business and IT staff and keep to a manageable scale can achieve remarkable results, says consultant Andy Hayler.

  • NEC Europe has yen for Host Analytics’ financial planning

    NEC Europe has signed up to use Host Analytics' cloud-based financial planning service to better integrate an acquisition and support its growth plans.

  • Podcast: How to craft an effective MDM strategy

    In this podcast interview, Andy Hayler gives advice on how to create and implement an MDM strategy that is ruthlessly focused on business value.

• Content Management

  • Trash the old data: A firm record retention schedule can lead to DM success

    Information is growing exponentially and the lack of firm record retention schedules is costing organizations big money and will increase liability as time passes, says consultant Randolph Kahn.

  • Cimarex picks Accellion enterprise collaboration platform over SharePoint

    Cimarex Energy replaced its SharePoint system with Accellion’s enterprise collaboration platform for secure mobile file sharing and uses it to recruit graduate geology students.

  • Paper originals still needed when using a document management system?

    Get expert advice on whether it’s necessary to keep paper or other forms of original materials once a company implements an electronic document management system.

• Oracle

  • Integrating Oracle applications brings complexity

    Oracle’s various investments and acquisitions over the past decade have some customers struggling to integrate it all, although Oracle’s own middleware might be able to help.

  • Implementing a Hyperion system in 3 weeks -- it can be done

    An Oracle Hyperion system implementation in three weeks? Yes, it can be done. Communications firm Neustar implemented Hyperion in less than a month and gained efficiencies in the process.

  • Las Vegas expands its Oracle business intelligence horizons for better government transparency

    The city of Las Vegas underwent a three-year Oracle business intelligence project to bring more data to its employees and the public. The city's IT manager explains how it happened.

• SAP

  • Building a foundation with SAP Data Services

    In this SAP Press book chapter excerpt, learn how to build a strong data foundation using the functionality in the SAP Data Services package.

  • Mark Smith explains SAP's HANA, PaaS and predictive analytics moves

    Ventana Research CEO Mark Smith offered up his take on SAP's announcements around HANA, the cloud and predictive analytics at the annual Sapphire conference.

  • Jon Reed dissects SAP's cloud strategy

    Sapphire 2012 is in the books and, unsurprisingly cloud was a major topic. SAP mentor Jon Reed shares his thoughts on what SAP had to say about modular applications, PaaS and SuccesFactors in this video.

• SOA

  • Service virtualization arises to meet services testing obstacles

    Service virtualization allows teams to simulate services before they are truly available. That’s a plus for Agile development and integration testing.

  • App integration advisory: Use ESBs for message routing, translation

    Middleware experts advise that an ESB can help a SOA, but it can be harmful if used in the wrong cases.

  • How will mainframes fare in the face of mobile and Web?

    Heard at IBM Impact: Mainframes mean high-integrity transactions. How does this jibe with mobile apps using ''eventually consistent'' transactions?

• SQL Server

  • More T-SQL statements in SQL Server 2012 you need to know about

    In this second article of a two-part series on new T-SQL statements, expert Serdar Yegulalp reviews command changes to sequencing, date values and more.

  • Three new T-SQL commands in SQL Server 2012 to make your life easier

    Each release of SQL Server brings changes to Transact SQL. In this tip, expert Serdar Yegulalp gives a walkthrough of tweaks like WITH RESULT SETS for renaming columns and THROW for catching errors.

  • Download SQL Server Insider

    SQL Server Insider e-zine is a quarterly online publication focusing on Microsoft’s enterprise database, SQL Server. Join the editors of SearchSQLServer.com for an in-depth look into the database trends sweeping over Microsoft, including business intelligence, cloud computing and “big data.”

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