Business Intelligence Technologies

This archive includes topics related to Web and business intelligence-related technologies.

Articles

Mashups and Pervasive BI
by Tom Leoni
LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
November 7, 2007

Business intelligence features with an interactive feel and browser-like navigation help spread business intelligence (BI) to a broader and deeper range of end users. Mashups are a great example of how integrating familiar Web 2.0 capabilities into a BI solution helps more end users access the data and information they need. Read More…

More Affordable and Efficient Alternatives for Analysis
by Rachel Shortt
Editor, LogiBIzComm
November 9, 2007

As BI is also becoming more critical to small to mid-sized businesses, today’s organizations need solutions that are scalable, affordable, easy to rollout and to maintain. Traditional approaches to analysis via Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) just do not fit this bill. The cost, complexity and lengthy implementation times of OLAP architectures prohibit wide and immediate availability. Read More…

Approaches for Data Mart Implementations
by Arshad Kahn
IT Professional, Independent Consultant, and Author
June 27, 2007

There are two approaches that are commonly used to build data marts, and the one you should choose depends primarily on available resources and time to implement. Read More…

Seven Tips for Planning your Data Warehouse Implementation
by Arshad Kahn
IT Professional, Independent Consultant, and Author
May 15, 2007

An unplanned data warehouse project is a blueprint for disaster. Before a data warehouse implementation starts, it should be preceded by detailed planning. Data warehouse project scope can be managed by limiting the number of subjects to be implemented, number of departments to be included...Read More...

Characteristics and Benefits of Data Marts
by Arshad Kahn
IT Professional, Independent Consultant, and Author
March 13, 2007

Data warehouses have provided many benefits that organizations have leveraged to their competitive advantage. However, they have also been characterized by some limitations, which have forced companies to seek alternative solutions for their information needs. Many of these limitations became the drivers that led to the development and widespread growth of data marts in the past few years. Read More...

Which Is Better? A Smart Client or Pure Web-based Approach?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
August 22, 2006

In the case of Web-enabled smart client and pure Web-based applications, it’s not necessarily a question of which is better. The question really is, which is better for which purpose. Read More...

What Is AJAX?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
August 5, 2006

AJAX, short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, refers to a technology approach or development technique for creating interactive Web applications and improving the user experience. The intent of AJAX is to make Web pages more interactive and more responsive, and the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change. Read More...

Why Should You Choose a Web-based Approach?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
July 26, 2006

Business users today expect dynamic, interactive business applications on the Web. A primary benefit of building applications that are Web-based offers just that—universal accessibility and availability. And, the only requirement for using a purely Web-based application is a standard Web browser with a connection to the Internet. This paper describes why you should choose Web-based solutions and the key benefits that a Web-based approach brings to business applications. Read More...

What Is a Smart Client?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
July 21, 2006

Technologies have necessarily emerged to support the need to move business applications online. Applications need to provide as rich a user experience via the Web as users have come to expect in their desktop applications. Microsoft’s response to this need is the ‘smart client.’ This technology is still similar to the desktop application model, however, requiring users to download the application from the Web. Read more...

What Does Purely Web-based Mean?
by LogiXML BIz Comm Editorial Staff
July 12, 2006

A purely Web-based application is based on open Web standards, fully delivered over the Web for any Web browser or platform while being dynamic and interactive. Purely Web-based applications are easy to support (updates can be made as often as needed), easy to distribute, and any user can run them without installing software. This approach eliminates complex installation and deployment and provides some level of consistency with Web standards across platforms. Read More...