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Shadow IT isn’t a Big Deal if You Manage the Data
IT organizations have been fighting the trend of “shadow IT” for many years, fearing it will cause them to lose control of the company’s technology environment and lessen the importance of IT staff. Perhaps it is time for a different…...
Breaking Down Data Silos
Are your employees hoarding data (and do they even realize it)? If your answer is “no,” then you might want to look again. Data silos are one of the biggest issues preventing operational processes from achieving peak productivity and...
Enable a Modern Supply-Chain Agility with B2B Integration
When most company leaders think about their data warehouse and the systems connected to it, they typically think about their internal IT systems. For companies with outsourced supply chains, real time integration with their suppliers’...
Connecting to Actian Avalanche from Pentaho via JDBC
Actian Avalanche delivers an operational data warehouse as a managed service in the cloud. Its developer-friendly high-performance analytics engine has been proven to outperform other popular analytics platforms without specialized...
Is Your Data Making a Difference?
For many years, companies have been accumulating large amounts of data with an intuitive feeling that it has value and would be put to good use to make more informed business decisions. As we transition into a new era where…...
Connect SaaS Services Across Your Organization
Increasingly, companies are embracing the use of SaaS and other cloud services to give their employees the feature-rich capabilities they require at an affordable cost. IT leaders are finding it much more efficient to buy IT services...
Marketing Agility through Real-Time Analytics
Today’s marketplace is complex and competitive, and changes quickly. New competitive products and services are entering the market every day. Customer preferences shift with social trends and pricing dynamics continuously evolve. To...
Market Basket Analysis Will Improve Product Positioning and Profitability
“Would you like fries with that?” If you’ve ever ordered a sandwich at a fast food restaurant, then you’ve likely heard these words, but have you stopped to consider why fast food chains train their employees to ask this question?…...
Predictive Analytics can Reduce Customer Churn and Optimize Marketing Efforts
All customers are not equal – there are some your business just can’t afford to lose. Do you know who they are and what is required to retain them? With predictive analytics powered by Actian Avalanche, you can do just…...
Moving Your Data to the Cloud? Read These Helpful Tips.
When you talk to IT professionals about cloud migration, the conversation is likely to gravitate towards migration of applications from on-premise infrastructure to public and/or private cloud environments. The application-centric...
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