Larry Marion

New technologies and business imperatives are about to drive much deeper use of business intelligence and analytics tools, posing a substantial challenge

Maybe five or six years ago I first heard business intelligence vendors try to explain that not everyone needed real-time data and insights. "What they

Given all the negative noise about the new Windows 8 user interface for desktops and tablets (and the less than stellar sales reports to date), it was

Amid all the hoopla over the power of Big Data to digest the gut-busting flow of data from web sites, social media, RFID sensors and mobile devices – with

Amid all the talk (from me and other business intelligence and analytics watchers) about end user departments – finance, marketing, and others – ignoring

If you were wondering if other IT pros also had been getting more “help me” calls from BI users outside of the normal finance and marketing crowd in the

Hardly a day goes by that I don't see another case study, white paper, research report, or press release promoting embedded Business Intelligence or

Math phobia drives me nuts. We all know there are lots of former English majors in the marketing and sales departments who appear to have an allergy to

Have you had a sustainability report fire drill yet? If not, you will soon. It may start with a discussion at a board meeting, or a request from the CFO

We need a new candidate for the title “Most Loathed Enterprise Application Software,” hereafter known as MLS. Three decades ago, the tortured (read:

In case you were wondering if everyone else was stunned by the rapid rise of big data as a normal topic of business and IT conversations, the fast answer

The debate over whether to provide mobile device access to enterprise business intelligence applications and data stores is over. The result: If your shop