Data work in 2026 asks for more than chart building. Professionals are expected to clean data, query databases, explain ...

As BI and data science technology becomes more mature, each layer of the stack will become more powerful and layers will start to work together in ways that provide incredible leverage. This sort of ...

Texas-based Idera, Inc. announced it has acquired Yellowfin International Pty Ltd, a heretofore independent Business Intelligence (BI) company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Terms of the deal ...

Cloudera, the company behind the most widely deployed Hadoop distribution, did something surprising yesterday at Strata + Hadoop World, NYC. Instead of beckoning "old school" database and BI ...

With all the hype about data science and AI, we've lost track of something important: the focus on data-informed decisions. Shrill warnings about Shadow IT don't help. Here's part one of my series on ...

Bringing another tool to its product portfolio, IDERA has released SQL BI Check, a no-cost option for real-time performance monitoring of SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). SQL BI Check, with ...

There’s been an explosion of business intelligence (BI) tools in recent years, or tools that analyze and convert raw data into info for use in decision making. Investments in them are on the rise, but ...

Self-service tools are becoming a must-have for successful BI vendors. However, prospective business buyers should be aware that all self-service offerings are not created equal. One of the key ...

Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a morass of acronyms, from SMO to SSMS to SOS, and differentiating one from the other can be a challenge. I recently caught up with Vicky Harp, lead program manager ...