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IBM Cognos: Established Business Intelligence Player

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It has been in the business intelligence sector competing with capabilities from Business Objects, Microstrategy and Oracle. It was acquired by IBM in 2008 and is now referred to as the IBM Cognos platform. Here is info from the IBM website on capabilities: Performance and scalability with in-memory acceleration.

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Big Data – Construct or Reality?

Eric D. Brown

With that out of the way…back to the question at hand: Is big data a construct or reality? Big Data is a reality. The need for ‘doing’ big data exists today. While the buzz that is surrounding big data could be more hype than not, the need to use data for decision making is very real.

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Don’t let your opinion on big data keep you from using big data

Eric D. Brown

Big data is the future. Big data is hype. These two professionals have been around IT for more than 20 years each and have been involved in some very big projects. During this call, IT Pro #2 shared the “big data is hype” comment as the reason for why the project wouldn’t be going forward. Big Data'

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SAS: Giving us the power to know since 1976

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Widely know in enterprise technology circles for their advanced analytics, business intelligence and enterprise data management capabilities, SAS is continuing to invest in innovation, partnering and mission focused application development. Big Data Solutions (with Hadoop). In-Memory and In-Data Base Analytics.

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A Timeline of Big Data Analytics

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The world seems to run on big data nowadays. In fact, it’s sometimes difficult to remember a time when businesses weren’t intensely focused on big data analytics. It’s equally difficult to forget that big data is still relatively new to the mainstream. Codd of IBM. Rick Delgado.

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What is a business intelligence analyst? A key role for data-driven decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

Business intelligence (BI) analysts transform data into insights that drive business value. What does a business intelligence analyst do? The role is becoming increasingly important as organizations move to capitalize on the volumes of data they collect through business intelligence strategies.

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The top 15 big data and data analytics certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder — a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.

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