I, Business.

A common enough question, one that I myself found a little confusing to begin with. What are the differences between transaction databases and data warehouses?

In effect, a transaction database contains data that handles current operations. This data changes regularly, with the addition/cancellation of new operations (or transactions). A data warehouswe, on the other hand, is a respository for storing and analyzing numberical information - that can be updated as and when required (even ...

It is near impossible to define all the terms in Information Systems - new words and terminology come up every year. Couple this with the newer technologies booming, and it is easy to realize that IS is a vast field.

Computer-based information systems are developed and maintained continuously, under a field I shall henceforth pile under Systems Analysis and Design. Systems analysis contains many possible methods, and what a company uses depends upon the complexity of the IS, the company...

Source: Information Week

Author: Charles Babcock

Main article here.

Summary:

Came across this very interesting article, about the commons issues with a business' approach towards cloud projects.

The author discusses seven issues here.

1. Using the Cloud forces differ...

Well, this post was always going to be the first one, logically speaking. So let us take a look at this tag phrase, "Business Intelligence". that's been doing the rounds lately.

Lately? Well, maybe that's exactly true.

Accroding to Wikipedia, the term Business Intelligence (henceforth referred to as BI) was first coined back in the late 1950's.

To put it simply, intelligence that is acquired through reliable data, information that can be used to analyze market trends, custom...