The famous 1755 earthquake and the fire that followed it devastated the entire Lisbon downtown area. From time to time we hear news about earthquakes around the world, like the one in Amatrice, Italy, and it is a reality that can happen to any of us, so it makes us think: […]
Geoanalytics with Tibco Spotfire: earthquake activity around Lisbon Read More
Has the reduction of clubs in Portuguese league improved competitiveness? At Polarising we challenge people to get to know Tibco Spotfire using available data online and answer their own questions. This way it’s possible to have hands-on experience with the technology and find out that self-service capabilities are one of Tibco Spotfire
Tibco Spotfire: Training Analytics with footbal data Read More
In the beginning of this millennium the paradigm for a new Business Intelligence (BI) project was very different from today’s. As BI consultant I was usually asked to build a new Data Mart, then design a large set of good looking reports with a few dynamic filters and guarantee they
Business Intelligence projects, then and now Read More
For those who work on Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (BI) projects, the term analytics is already part of daily vocabulary. However, though it’s easy to get an idea of what it represents, several software vendors and IT professionals refer to analytics not always in the same perspective, and sometimes