Big Data Archives

Gordon Gekko, Russian Mobsters, and Visualizing to Jazz Posted by Ben Tonon on March 28, 2016 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, Partner, Tableau Software

Tableau Zen Master, Dan Murray, Presents for Berkeley Tableau User Group (BTUG) Dan Murray Tableaus harder than you!!! …And he’s certainly creative in explaining its power too. Upon my walking in, Dan had already begun […]

Finding the Balance Between Big Data and Bad Data Posted by Mike Smitheman on April 14, 2014 in Big Data, Push Intelligence, Uncategorized

Big data may have permeated the enterprise, but the space where human judgment meets data still needs work. The recent Target security breach and the GM court case are demonstrating the extreme effects of ignoring […]

Webinar 3rd April, 10am PST: Advanced KPI Alerting Posted by Mike Smitheman on March 31, 2014 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, KPIs, Push Intelligence, Webinar

– 3rd April, 10am PST – With the current buzz of Big Data, businesses have been focused on collecting as much data as possible to run their operations. Now is the time for them to […]

How UPMC Handled the Data Explosion Posted by Mike Smitheman on February 27, 2014 in Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Healthcare, Metrics

Some organizations, by virtue of their size alone, give new meaning to the words “big data.” UPMC, a major healthcare provider and insurer based in Pittsburgh, operates 22 hospitals and 400 outpatient sites, with locations […]

Investing More, Getting Less: Why BI Investments Are Losers Posted by Mike Smitheman on February 18, 2014 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, Push Intelligence

There’s a running joke that you never have a bad sales meeting in the BI world. Everyone wants better information, so it’s an easy sell. The majority of enterprises—70%—are either running big-data projects or planning […]

There’s a New Way to Think About Data Posted by Mike Smitheman on February 6, 2014 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, Push Intelligence

Why is it that despite beautiful visualizations, better performance and lower cost, BI still might as well stand for Business Incoherence? The KPIs, metrics and charts that were supposed to liberate the average business user […]

Metric Insights wins 1st place at O’Reilly Strata + Hadoop World Startup Showcase 2013 Posted by Mike Smitheman on October 30, 2013 in Big Data, O'Reilly, Push Intelligence

New York, NY (Oct, 29, 2013) Metric Insights has been selected as the 1st place winner by a panel of judges, made up of leading investors, at this years Strata + Hadoop World Startup Showcase in […]

Strata & Hadoop World 2013 Interview with Steve Mock, COO of Metric Insights Posted by Mike Smitheman on October 29, 2013 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, O'Reilly, Push Intelligence

Keith Swafford of O’Reilly Media interviews Steve Mock about Metric Insights and the problems we solve in Big Data and Business Intelligence. Hear how our KPI warehouse makes it easy for enterprise users to track […]

Metric Insights Showcases UCI Health Services Evolution of Healthcare Analytics at O’Reilly Strata RX Conference Posted by Mike Smitheman on September 25, 2013 in Analytics, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Healthcare, Push Intelligence

San Francisco, CA (Sep 26, 2013) – Metric Insights announced today at the O’Reilly Strata Rx Conference in Boston, that University of California, Irvine (UCI) Health Services has become a leading data-driven healthcare organization using […]

Data-driven alerting and email notifications for Tableau Posted by Mike Smitheman on August 21, 2013 in Big Data, Business Intelligence, Push Intelligence, Tableau Software

We often get asked how our Push Intelligence for Tableau solution is different from the Tableau 8 Subscriptions feature. Tableau 8 Subscriptions provides a way for users to access reports or worksheets that are important to […]