Ease-of-Use Key to Consumerization of BI
Conventional BI, it seems, has a New Year’s resolution problem. As with eating better and working out more, everyone agrees…
Text Analytics WIIFM (What’s in it for Me?)
Every day or so, someone asks me what’s hot in analytics now. My answer is simple – text. Text analytics,…
Here’s How to Use Decision Management to Improve Cross-Channel Experience
Retailing today had an interesting article – “Best Buy, Sears, Target tops in cross-channel performance” – about the importance and…
Data Management: Reaching Into the Cloud
In a form of “shadow IT”, Line-of-Business groups have been turning to cloud-based services to quickly set up technology solutions…
Three Implications for the Rise of E-Readers
For the first time ever, Amazon.com sold more electronic than printed books.
BI Vendors Use Communities to Serve Customers
BI vendors tend to primarily follow a software production business model and shy away from too much services. One reason…
German-Speaking Business Managers in Europe Need More Flexible, Self-Service BI
QlikTech recently commissioned a research study by European analyst firm Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) about BI. PAC surveyed 80 department…
Healthcare BI Helps Physicians Improve Patient Care
Author: Linda Rosencrance, Spotfire Blogging Team
A Cornucopia of Complicated Communications
Research reports are a cornucopia of complicated statistical representations. Or, if I may say in simpler terms, a lot of…
Why Strategy Needs to Be Specific…
Today’s Dilbert strip hit on a couple of key thoughts, albeit in traditional Dilbert fashion…