As an IBM consultant for Cognos BI, my project experience is mostly related to the Cognos BI server, as well as TM1 within the Cognos family.  However recently, I've been engaged with several shops running IBM Cognos Data Manager on Unix/Linux platforms such as AIX and Solaris SPARC looking for...

The DataDirect team broke out our passports last week and headed overseas to Antwerp, Belgium for the annual Devoxx conference, held November 12-16. Cloud data and big data were overarching themes throughout the show, which saw an amazing turnout...

Here’s another great example of delivering innovative, next-generation Cloud Services on the OpenEdge platform. The combination of the deep domain knowledge of our...

This tutorial shows how you can use the world's most widely used BI tool, Microsoft Excel, to get direct SQL access via ODBC to SaaS applications hosted in the cloud.  More specifically, we'll look at how Excel power users can leverage PowerPivot to build enhanced analytic capabilities directly on...

At Cloud Expo last week, Gordon Crenshaw, Senior Solutions Consultant for Progress Software, and Brad Wright, Data Strategy Product Manager for DataDirect, gave a presentation titled “Big Data Alchemy – Turning Big Iron into Gold!” During the session, the duo explained that while the...