CoSort 9.5 … New Features
CoSort 9.5 is Here! New Release Supports Unicode Data and ODBC in Eclipse IDE After more than two years of development since the release of CoSort® 9.1.3, IRI is now shipping CoSort 9.5.1 on Unix,...
View ArticleUnload Big Data from Oracle et al
One of the main concerns for companies who need to unload big data from Oracle, DB2, Sybase and SQL Server is the need for speed. We are talking about terabytes of data here. A high-performance unload...
View ArticleDelivering Business Intelligence Faster
What is business intelligence, and why is its rapid creation and delivery important? Business intelligence, or BI, refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting and analyzing...
View ArticleSupport for Star Schema
Star schema is the simplest and most common database modelling structure used in data warehousing. According to the Wikipedia definition, the schema resembles a constellation of stars — generally...
View ArticleNew Offline Reorg Solution for Big Data
New Offline Reorg Solution for Big Data IRI Workbench Speeds Bulk Unload-Order-Reload Jobs In the latest IRI Workbench releases, users can front-end the interaction between FACT (unload), CoSort...
View ArticleCustom Data Manipulation and Protection Solutions
Data Manipulation and Protection Solutions experts – IRI Professional Services Now Open Custom Data Manipulation and Protection Solutions Provided In response to customer requests for bespoke...
View ArticleData Franchising
Data franchising refers to the packaging of large data sets into meaningful chunks that business users can digest and use for decision-making, particularly through advanced business intelligence (BI)...
View ArticleSlowly Changing Dimensions
Slowly changing dimensions, or SCD, is the problem in data warehousing of tracking changes in the values (facts) of a datum. “Slowly” implies time but not necessarily “slow” time; the concepts are the...
View ArticleThe Case for Safe, Intelligent Database Test Data
Database Test Data Usage – This blog caught my eye because of its title, Do the right thing when testing with production data. It struck me as oxymoronic, since we know production data should not be...
View ArticleCoSort Acceleration for MicroStrategy Business Intelligence
There are a number of business intelligence tools available today than can transform raw data into meaningful information. Because this process can be complex and involve large volumes of data however,...
View ArticleETL vs ELT: We Posit, You Judge
Full disclosure: As this article is authored by an ETL-centric company with its strong suit in manipulating big data outside of databases, what follows will not seem objective to many. Read More The...
View ArticleComparing Big Data Integration Methods
“That’s all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That’s all your house is, a place to keep your stuff. If you didn’t have so much stuff, you wouldn’t need a house. Read More The post...
View Article
