By contrast, most business intelligence tools must pre-aggregate large data sets to deliver fast response. have personally worked with tables larger than 60 million rows, and QlikTech literature mentions an installation of 300 million rows. It’s also something that’s done by business analysts with a bit of QlikView training, not database administrators or architects. In other words, QlikView is not pure magic (any result you want for absolutely no work), but it does deliver much more value for a given amount of work than conventional business intelligence systems. MORE >>

ve written quite a bit recently about marketing systems for very small businesses – a category I’ve tentatively labeled “micro-business” and pegged at under $5 million revenue. In particular, they want a highly-integrated combination of standard marketing automation (email, landing pages and individual-level Website behavior tracking) with customer relationship management (tracking personal and telephone contacts with individuals). There are plenty of other vendors serving micro-businesses. Most are small businesses but some are large corporations. MORE >>

The company’s marketing is tightly targeted at very small businesses (under 25 employees) but its marketing features are competitive with demand generation products aimed at much larger firms. The system includes an email builder with the usual features such as personalization and required “unsubscribe” links. Two economists are walking on the street. One looks down and sees a $100 bill. He points it out to the other, who says, “It must be counterfeit. If that were a real $100 bill, someone would have already picked it up.” At least it’s worth a closer look. User rights (i.e., MORE >>

But it remains my personal go-to tool for data analysis and I do keep an eye on it. Business is good. Most clients are still mid-sized businesses, which is QlikView’s traditional stronghold. In other words, they are not capabilities that a business analyst -- even a power user who's mastered QlikView scripts -- will be able to handle. This is exactly the "pervasive business intelligence" that industry gurus currently tout as the future of BI. qlikview business intelligence software qliktechHere’s what’s up. Features are stable. Mobile interface. MORE >>

'I spent yesterday afternoon at HubSpot ’s “Open House” in Cambridge, MA, during which they briefed the community on their business progress, introduced their new Social Inbox, described their approach to marketing and sales alignment, explained their “ culture code ”, and answered questions. The big deal in HubSpot’s eyes is the profiles include all information the HubSpot database about each person, and are even color-coded with the sales lead stage. HubSpot’s current vision of highly personalized data-driven marketing is consistent with this. MORE >>