Next-generation BI is being formed by predictive analytics, real-time monitoring, in-memory processing, and SaaS.
A great article on the Datarati in InformationWeek.
Filed under: Business Intelligence | Tags: Business Intelligence, Teradata
Data analysis and business intelligence (BI) have spread across the enterprise in what Steven Brobst, chief technology officer for Teradata, called “pervasive BI” in the opening keynote here at this week’s Teradata Partners, the company’s annual user conference.
Teradata announced several new additions to its data warehousing packages and a committed strategy to data quality.
At last year’s Partners conference, the big news was Teradata’s split from former parent company NCR. Since the separation, the newly independent Teradata has been focused on product announcements and enhancements. In fact, according to the company, this month’s release of its Teradata Database 13 includes 75 new features.
Filed under: Business Intelligence | Tags: Birst, Business Intelligence, Success Metrics
Business intelligence (BI) vendor Success Metrics on Tuesday released Birst, an automated software-as-a-service (SaaS) BI application. Company executives say that Birst’s automation, scalability, and speed of deployment are an extension of a recent trend in the BI space to provide analytics power to users throughout an organisation, as opposed to a few executives and business analysts.
The basic version of Birst is available free of charge, requiring only an account registration, and puts basic functionality — up to five members, 10 MB of account storage, unlimited workspaces, and all the usual charts — into users’ hands.
Beyond the free service are three tiers of subscriptions, each adding features:
- Basic—$99/month; 10 members; 25 MB account; administrator mode; advanced charts
- Professional—$199/month; 20 members; 100 MB account; cataloguing; role-based dashboards and reports; group management
- Groups and Enterprise—Pricing is based on custom service options including dedicated support, data aggregation, consulting services, and much more capacity for data and users.
Success Metrics executives claim that Birst handles any type of data, including finance, operations, marketing, customer service, and sales information. The software also accepts columnar data held in .csv formats, Access databases, or Excel files. This helps make the offering useful to small businesses and even individuals, regardless of their job functions.
