Data Mining Reports

EGUIDE: Security log analysis is essential for effective security and risk management. But with countless logs generated every day, searching log files can be a burdensome headache. In this e-guide, expert John Burke uncovers the best methods for thorough security log analysis with an evolutionary path that mixes old concepts with new ones.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 05 Apr 2012

EGUIDE: This E-Guide discusses information lifecycle management – how it went away for a while without getting serious notice – and now how it’s back with a new name and more realistic goals. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

EBOOK: In this e-book experienced technology writer, Lauren Gibbsons Paul shares her insight on utilizing BI in the manufacturing field.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 | Published: 20 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Decision-making is buoyed by strong business intelligence (BI). For small to midsize businesses (SMBs), formulating an approach to BI can be a challenge. Incremental steps are pivotal for SMBs, according to this paper featuring insight from Gartner. Read this and learn why starting with the basic before evolving deeper is the proven path.

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines an information architecture (IA) and why it is useful in determining everything from the robustness of IT projects to testing business process scenarios to see if they satisfy the wide-ranging needs of your business. Read this now to learn more about IA, including its basic design, how to start your program and more.

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data dictionaries are a great tool to help in your quest to derive meaning and insight from your data, allowing you to standardize context and definitions to gain consistency and reusability, and propel this quality data into strategic decision-making and business plans. This brief paper outlines the specs and benefits of data dictionaries.

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper offers insight into an option that capitalizes on predictive analytics, enabling your business to target, optimize and automate your customer-centric interactions. Read this now and learn from other successful companies 10 pivotal tips - including careful planning and setting goals - that will help you craft the perfect data mining plan.

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Data warehouse appliances have transformed the DW with a platform designed to deliver optimal price and performance with extreme simplicity. This paper outlines the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance and how it offers extreme time to value, agility and ability to grow with new workloads, cost reduction of ongoing maintenance and more.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at one way of improving your analytics capabilities and gaining end-to-end visibility into the trends and behaviors of customers, services, and systems.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines features and benefits of a unified application management structure that can give you real-time data access, custom dashboards, performance metrics and more.

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 | Published: 03 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper uncovers how Splunk can be applied to a variety of business intelligence (BI) activities to allow your company real-time insight.

Posted: 03 Apr 2012 | Published: 03 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This material examines how your company can get better, faster access to information and improve business decision-making and transactions with data virtualization.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

DATA SHEET: This data sheet covers key features of Pentaho's big data system that provide rapid data discovery and analysis from a broad spectrum of sources.

Posted: 29 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: This expert tip guide takes the less-traveled approach of letting you inside some of the worst practices associated with big data analytics today. Read this resource now and learn what not to do when it comes to analyzing big data, including assuming the software offers all the answers, forgetting lessons of the past and so much more.

Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 27 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Oracle offers the broadest and most integrated portfolio of products to help you acquire and organize these diverse data types and analyze them alongside your existing data to find new insights and capitalize on hidden relationships. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

EGUIDE: This tip guide can restore your conviction in predictive analytics through advice on how to foster a feeling of trust in their pivotal results. Learn why one firm is comparing and contrasting the predictive analytics results with those of their gut instincts, enabling users to see how the predictive models translated into better business decisions.

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert tip guide from SearchBusinessAnalytics.com as BI luminary Wayne Eckerson and other experts, including Lyndsay Wise, delve into detail on the necessary facets involved in properly handling big data, such as preparing a data warehouse to effectively manage it by scaling up or scaling out.

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Think big. That's just one secretive tidbit on effectively handling big data analytics offered up by IT professionals in this expert e-guide. Read this resource now and learn why solid system planning, business-user involvement and a clearly thought-out deployment strategy are all necessary components to a sound big data analytics initiative.

Posted: 23 Mar 2012 | Published: 23 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Take a few minutes to read this brief expert tip guide from SearchBusinessAnalytics.com and learn valuable tips and advice for reviewing big data technology options. Learn why Hadoop, for all its hype, still has room to grow and accommodate broader enterprise users.

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: In this E-Guide, readers will learn the challenges big data poses for traditional analytics approaches, and best practices for success with this still emerging discipline.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Mar 2012

EZINE: In the third issue of BI Trends and Strategies, learn from BeyeNETWORK experts William McKnight and David Loshin how to create a time-proof information management infrastructure, as well as five steps you can take to improve the quality of analytical data. Also learn about connectors for moving data between relational databases and Hadoop clusters.

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: In this E-Guide, readers will learn some of the key mistakes companies make when implementing self-service BI, as well as how to avoid these with an eight-step model.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Read this expert E-Guide and learn how to gain a stronger understanding of your customers and business as well as how to excel in today’s competitive market with real-time business intelligence (BI).

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 09 Mar 2012

EZINE: This issue of the e-zine, IT in Europe: Data Management & BI Edition, is rife with info on everything from BI to analytics and beyond. The opening article discusses how European finance professionals are using BI and analytics to analyse trends and cut costs, the second is on predictive analytics and the third is on master data management.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 08 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: This white paper discusses the pitfalls of big data analytics and examines possible strategies as companies attempt to overcome them.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012