Research Finds Mobile Analytics and BI Reach Crossroads
Ventana Research has newly published its Mobile Analytics and Business Intelligence 2016 Value Index. The Value Index provides a comprehensive…
4 Business Risks That Might Prevent Big Data ROI
Evaluating risk vs. return of a big data initiative can be tricky, especially because the open source market is so…
Getting Started with BI on ERP: an MS Dynamics Example
For any business intelligence solution to be effective, it needs to have demonstrable value for business users and to actually…
Analytics Teams: Own The Business Problem, Not An Infrastructure
Analytics teams have devoted the last few decades building large and elaborate infrastructures that attempt to gather and harmonize essential…
What Makes a BI Team World Class?
Some years ago, I was asked to do a presentation for a Nordic Telecom company. The company had grown rapidly through acquisitions around…
4 huge BI challenges facing CIOs and IT Leaders
“Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant, if not the only, source of competitive advantage.” – Peter F.…
Rethinking Big Data’s Usability
The emergence of Big Data has forever changed the face of business. With so much information available, business decisions in…
Postgres vs. MongoDB for Storing JSON Data – Which Should You Choose?
In the fast-moving world of unstructured data, does it make more sense to use a database management system (DBMS) built…
Big Data Projects – When You’re Not Getting the ROI You Expect
While there are myriad reasons why a specific big data project fails, it’s the brave director that knows exactly when…
Five Ways Self-Service Data Prep Empowers Excel Users
Microsoft Excel is one of the most widely used business intelligence and reporting tools. More than just a spreadsheet, Excel…
