Open Source Analytics

If you have followed some of the earlier posts, you would remember that a data mart is created as a star schema through a process known as dimensional modeling. In this post we will create a dimensional model for Sales data mart at a hypothetical retailer. (more…)

Here is a link to a CIO Magazine editorial outlining some successful BI implementations. Do note that for BI to be really successful, it has to be made available to a wide range of people within the organization and not just to a privileged few. Widespread information dissemnitation within the organization through adoption of BI is what “Information Democracy” is all about.

Business Intelligence: Not Just for Bosses Anymore - Editorial - CIO

How can management follow medicine’s lead and rely on evidence, not on half-truths?

A good question to ask all those ’seat-of-the-pants’ managers and decision makers: How would you like it if you found that your medical practitioner didn’t look at the evidence and engaged in a similar ‘gut-feel’ decision making in matters concerning your health?
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The OLAP Report is one of the oldest and most authoritative independent research resources for organizations buying and implementing OLAP applications. It was started by Nigel Pendse in October 1994, as an authoritative and independent voice seeking to clear the hype and misinformation flooding the field. (more…)