I’ve been writing about how important it is to build and deliver big data projects that can succeed, because the opportunity to do so has never been better and the business reasons to do so have never been more compelling.  Seems like each week, more tools and products are available to make big, complex data [...]

I’ve spent many hours talking to customers who are driven to respond assertively to the many business challenges and opportunities presented to them nowadays.  Top on their list is harnessing the deluge of data available to them to make more timely, fact-based decisions, which I’ve written about previously.  Their businesses depend upon it.  So, [...]

Big data is a popular topic these days.  Though often misunderstood and commonly misrepresented, few deny that the volume and variety of data types now available to an enterprise is skyrocketing.  In a separate article on the TDWI web site, I’ve tried to describe the likely sources of value to be derived from this deluge [...]

Today Jaspersoft makes available the fourth major generation of its business intelligence platform and I couldn’t be more proud. I’m proud because we’ve taken the time, with this major new release, to make significant architectural improvements that a software company rarely (if ever) takes the time to do. In fact, we’ve re-written the upper third [...]

Yesterday, Jaspersoft announced JasperReports Server Professional Edition, our first commercial offering built precisely for those who require sophisticated reports, designed and developed professionally - and scheduled and delivered interactively. This new offering is architected to match the substantial rise in interest for affordable reporting for both stand-alone and embedded uses - in organizations of all [...]

In my last post I focused on the emerging trends that will drive the next generation of data analysis. I cited four substantial shifts in both the technologies and customer uses that will be amplified in the next several years. I also mentioned that these trends and technologies are surely influencing our [...]

I’m commonly asked this question in a variety of circles and on several continents.  I consider it one of the more interesting aspects of my job to have these types of predictive, future-oriented conversations with a wide variety of people:  customers, partners, technologists, journalists, analysts, consultants, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, researchers, and [...]

One of the best parts about being CEO of Jaspersoft is that I get to meet with so many customers and community members.  I always learn something interesting. One of my favorite examples of Jaspersoft in action is at Fat Spaniel.  You have to love that company name, right?  Let me tell [...]

Just last week, we made available Jaspersoft 3.7.0.1 – the version that delivers all the functionality of our latest release, now running on an even wider range of the most popular software platforms such as WebSphere 7, WebLogic 11g, SpringSource tc Server 6.0, Firefox 3.6, and Windows 7. So, to conclude my feature [...]

[This post returns us to my Jaspersoft 3.7 Enterprise Edition features series, after two short posts on important, timely Community matters. To catch you up, my earlier posts on this topic provided an overview of Jaspersoft 3.7 and a dive into its new integrated, in-memory analysis features.]

Many of the most important industry prognosticators [...]