Today's business intelligence landscape has exploded. The availability of data-generating systems creates a treasure trove of useful insight. Tool vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft, SAS Institute Inc.

For all the hype about data (how many times have you heard “data is the new oil”?), a shocking number of business leaders are missing out on their biggest data asset. The spotlight has been on ...

There are lots of questions about unstructured data and its impact on the data enterprise. Can we start with a definition? What we're really doing is designating our data as structured or unstructured ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Information, without order, is chaotic. Attempting to work ...