From the sidelines, I have been watching an online forum conversation started by a gentleman named Larry about the seemingly low hourly rates offered for WebFOCUS BI…
Serial entrepreneur Josh James is ready to shake up the Business Intelligence software industry with a company called Domo.Last year, Josh launched this new SaaS venture with…
Rita Sallam, BI analyst for Gartner, says that the use of predictive analytics software will be pervasive by 2020. By pervasive, she means that three-quarters of all…
The older we get, the faster time goes by. Experts say this is because we respond to novel events while young but once we get older, things…
Software mega-vendor SAP says that it is responding to customer demand for predictive analytics software with a new product called (drum roll...) Predictive Analysis (wow, what a…
When IT professionals use the acronym "MF" in the near future, they may no longer be referring to "Mainframe" as they have for decades. Instead, that term…
Companies are consolidating and modernizing legacy reporting tools. Without methodologies and tools, they are on their own to handle what seems as a one-time-only activity. The manual…
In his book called "How to Win at the Sport of Business," Mark Cuban makes an important point that your customers do not know what they don't know. …
On a Business Intelligence initiative, much of your success will depend upon a very special word--"clarity." Here is how one online dictionary defines it:noun: clearness or lucidity…
Many Business Intelligence projects struggle and fail. But there may be just one general reason why they go south: the individuals in charge did not treat the…
