What is Cloud BI? If you’ve ever read any of my blog posts, then you probably know that I don’t shy away from the clichéd buzz words/phrases. This time around, I thought we’d tackle two at a time (Cloud & BI). Cloud based Business Intelligence (aka Cloud BI) is the Software as a Service (SaaS) … Continued
What’s included in the 9s Upgrade? In January of this year at the 2015 MicroStrategy World conference in Las Vegas, MicroStrategy announced that their latest Analytics platform, MicroStrategy 9s, was now Generally Available. With this release MicroStrategy has released some significantly improved security enhancements by incorporating their Usher application into the platform’s functionality. What is … Continued
Big Data Infrastructure Definitions for Business Intelligence and Big Data are a lot like a Picasso or Matisse, abstract & defined by the subjective impressions of the viewer. However, making Business Intelligence (or Analytics) happen with raw, unstructured, or streaming data pushes us out of the theoretical/abstract and into the tangible delivery focused realm. What … Continued
