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Baking and Computers, a Surprising History of Analytics Pioneers
Perhaps surprisingly, bakers have a history of being analytics pioneers, from the first business application ever to the latest in-memory technology. In 1951, the J. Lyons company, famous for their...
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Game-Changer
SAP HANA is changing the game in analytics (sorry about the kittens…) (an homage to Jessica Hagy’s thisisindexed)
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Operations in Real-Time
Being able to do operations and analysis in real-time with platforms like SAP Business Suite on HANA is a big deal. But it’s far from being the first time business people have clamored for real-time...
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Why In-Memory Computing Is Cheaper And Changes Everything
I attended a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year, as part of a ANZ/APJ innovation analytics tour. The meeting was hosted by Ryan Blackwood, Director of Strategy &...
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Why You Need An In-Memory Action Plan
This is a third post of a series based on a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year with speaker Donald Feinberg, Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst explaining the...
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The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013
I’ve been passionate about analytics for over twenty years – but my head is still spinning with the amount of change currently going on in the analytics industry. Here’s my quick personal view of the...
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In-Memory Computing on Game-Changers Radio
I was recently invited as a panelist for a discussion on In-Memory Computing on Bonnie Graham’s long-standing online radio show “Biz Buzz: Coffee Break with Game-Changers.” The show was less about...
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Thoughts on The Future of Hadoop in Enterprise Environments
Between answering questions this week at BI2014 in Orlando and preparing to ask some at Hadoop Summit in Amsterdam next week, here are some thoughts on where we are with Hadoop for the enterprise. The...
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Cartoon: The Business Benefit of In-Memory Processing
Here’s the real business benefit of in-memory processing (according to a SAP HANA customer at the recent BI2014 conference!): If you’re interested in real business benefits, check out the post on SAP...
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Why HANA? Well, It’s Simple!
Even several years after its initial launch, I still find people who think SAP HANA is primarily a fast, expensive database — a “luxury” that they don’t need and can’t afford. But from the very start,...
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