Statistical Data Analysis

Virgin Entertainment Group chose to work with Xavor to implement a solution based on Microsoft® Windows Server SystemTM, including Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2004. Virgin Entertainment Group wanted to reduce the significant losses that it was experiencing due to employee theft in its music and entertainment stores, but that effort was hampered by long lag times in data reporting. To improve loss prevention, the multichannel entertainment retailer worked with...

This white paper takes a practical approach to identifying the right enterprise-wide data protection solution for your specific business. Learn more about these ten imperatives to know when evaluating a vendor offering. Research has shown that more than 80% of all business information comes from, "unstructured data." For example, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and images are types of unstructured data that a typical enterprise business stores in...

Analytics is just a disciplined approach to doing data analysis. Some call it the science of data analysis, but it's basically taking the data you have and having a disciplined control methodology around how you look at the data and analyze it. Analytics is just a disciplined approach to doing data analysis. Some call it the science of data analysis, but it's basically taking the data you have and having a disciplined control methodology around how you look at the data and analyze it...

This technical brief explores the challenges of accessing and managing Oracle and non-Oracle data sources, then explains how Toad for Data Analysts provides the solution. Data is the primary investment of any business; therefore, maintaining its security, accessibility, and integrity is essential. Many companies rely on both Oracle databases and a variety of non-Oracle data sources as well, and it's essential that data can be accessed, understood and...

The market for business intelligence platforms is moving away from a position dominated by pure-play vendors. This paper discusses why this is being driven by a trend for consolidation, from several large application and software infrastructure vendors. The Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms presents a global view of Gartner's opinion of the main software vendors that should be considered by organizations seeking to develop business intelligence (BI...

This white paper discusses two Oracle OLAP solutions: Oracle's Hyperion Essbase and Oracle Database 11g OLAP Option which share similar characteristics but are individuals with their differences. With the acquisition of Hyperion Systems in 2007, Oracle finds itself owning the two most capable OLAP products on the market--Essbase and the OLAP Option to the Oracle Database. While both products fall within the OLAP category and have some similar capabilities, they...

To apply analytics against large volumes of data, organizations need a purpose-built analytics platform that runs on a massively parallel processing environment and supports custom-built analytical programs that can be invoked via SQL. To increase the value of their data investments, many organizations are eager to move beyond the delivery of basic reporting capabilities. They want to empower business analysts--who sit at the intersection of data, process, and...

The frontline data warehouse is the newest innovation in analytics and data warehousing for organizations building competitive advantage through analytics. The frontline data warehouse is the newest innovation in analytics and data warehousing for organizations building competitive advantage through analytics. The frontline data warehouse is designed to collect, manage and monetize the avalanche of data entering today's enterprises. Whether fed by data from...