BI Is Dead; Long Live BI
Forrester IT
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The perception of legacy enterprise business intelligence (BI) platforms comes with some legitimate stigma and baggage.
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Forrester IT
MAY 17, 2022
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The Future Of BI — No, It’s Not As Simple As “The Dashboards Are Dead”
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Over the last couple of decades, we’ve been observing a seemingly impenetrable barrier: No more than 20% of enterprise decision-makers who could be using business intelligence (BI) applications hands on are doing so.
Best business intelligence tools 2022
Tech Republic
MAY 26, 2022
Business intelligence solutions have swiftly become an important data collection, analysis and decision-making tool. The post Best business intelligence tools 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic. Big Data Software Top Products
Top 10 Data Analysis Tools in 2022
IT Toolbox
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The best data analysis tools can drive business intelligence by sourcing, integrating, and visualizing diverse datasets. The post Top 10 Data Analysis Tools in 2022 appeared first on Spiceworks.
Data Strategy & Insights 2019: Solving The Human Skills Problem
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 10, 2019
We’ve seen the promise of what enhanced data, analytics, and AI capabilities can do for businesses, but firms are struggling to truly maximize their impact. Data and analytics leaders want to shift into high gear, but many factors are holding them back. age of the customer big data business intelligence customer insights data analysis data insights data mining and collection data science employee experience Information architecture
What’s the difference between Business Intelligence and Big Data?
Eric D. Brown
JUNE 5, 2014
I’m often asked the following question: What is the difference between Business Intelligence and Big Data? When most people say “Business Intelligence” they’re talking about the class of products that have been implemented in most organizations, not the actual information or knowledge that is derived from the use of these systems. One of the problems that exists today is ensuring everyone understands what big data is and isn’t.
Data, Analytics And Insights Investments Produce Tangible Benefits. Yes, They Do.
Forrester IT
MAY 18, 2020
If you set out to build a boil-the-ocean business case for why to invest in data, analytics and insights initiatives – stop. Use your precious time to instead focus on prioritizing the investment categories across where you are in your business insights maturity.
A complete review of Alteryx
Tech Republic
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Learn more about Alteryx, a business intelligence tool for making data preparation and analysis more efficient. Big Data Software alteryx automation bi business intelligence data analytics data preparation
The State Of The Insights-Driven Business, 2022
Forrester IT
AUGUST 25, 2022
Firms with advanced insights-driven business (IDB) capabilities continue to outpace their competition and deliver better growth than less mature firms.
Voice Of The Attendee: Data & Analytics Strategy, AI/ML, CX And Growth
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 22, 2019
It’s T minus two weeks to Forrester’s 2nd Data Strategy & Insights Forum in Austin, TX. Over 300 data and analytics leaders will gather to share, learn and get inspired! For those of you who have already registered and planning to attend, you answered one key question during the registration process: What is your top […].
IBM Cognos: Established Business Intelligence Player
CTOvision
MARCH 13, 2015
It has been in the business intelligence sector competing with capabilities from Business Objects, Microstrategy and Oracle. The IBM Cognos platform is advertised as providing users with the business intelligence and performance management content they need to understand what is needed to improve business and achieve better results. For data volumes in the terabytes, the query layer provides in-memory analytics acceleration for dimensional analysis.
Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case
CTOvision
JULY 9, 2014
The term “Big Data” has become synonymous with this evolution. But still, many of our customers continue to ask, “What is Big Data?”, “What are its use cases?”, and “What is its business value?”. In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. What is Big Data? What are the Use Cases for Big Data?
Top LinkedIn Groups in 2014 for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science
CTOvision
JUNE 17, 2014
It it he analyzes the Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science. We update our analysis of Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science (Dec 2013) and find several interesting trends. Advanced Business Analytics, Data Mining and Predictive Modeling: 121,816 (74% growth in 12 months). Big Data and Analytics: 74,350 (100%).
Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
If you are in or know people in government, non-profits or NGO’s that have leveraged Hadoop in service to missions please nominate them for recognition as part of the 2014 Data Impact Awards presented by Cloudera. Here is more on this activity: The 2014 Data Impact award, presented by Cloudera, is a great way of helping the community learn best practices by highlighting mission-focused solutions. 2014 Data Impact Awards. intelligence community. By Bob Gourley.
Pentaho 5.3 Continues To Deliver On Big Data Analytics With Scale Including AWS Redshift and Impala
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
of their open data platform including new features which will be of high interest to any enterprise with data (all enterprises!). From their press release: Pentaho to Deliver On Demand Big Data Analytics at Scale on Amazon Web Services and Cloudera. Opens Data Refinery to Amazon Redshift and Cloudera Impala; Pushes the Limits of Analytics Through Blended, Governed Data Delivery On Demand. Big Data Analytics with Cloudera Impala. “As
Big Data Means Big Headaches For CIOs
The Accidental Successful CIO
JUNE 26, 2013
Too much data is enough to make any CIO’s head hurt. One of the things that makes having the CIO job different today from how it was in the past, besides the growing awareness of the importance of information technology, is the arrival of so-called “big data” We’re talking about terabytes or even petabytes of data and all of the headaches that come along with it. The Problem With Big Data. With big data comes big headaches.
What Is Big Data? The Real Challenges Beyond Volume, Velocity.
Social, Agile and Transformation
DECEMBER 11, 2012
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. What Is Big Data? Big Datas Challenges. I was asked this week by a colleague, "What is your definition of Big Data"? Big Data for All Businesses.
New Approaches for New Big Data Insights
Cloud Musings
JUNE 15, 2015
by Melvin Greer Business Intelligence has matured as a core competency necessary to sustain competitive advantage. Organizations of every size and industry are generating valuable data with each interaction, and that data can be captured, analyzed, and turned into business insight. These organizations are using analytics features like dashboards , advanced visualization , data warehousing , and other technologies to achieve their strategic business objectives.
How Effective is your Big Data Implementation?
Social, Agile and Transformation
JANUARY 8, 2013
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. How Effective is your Big Data Implementation? Yet, thats exactly what were doing as technologists in discussing volume, velocity, and variety of our Big Data initiatives.
Recorded Future: Web Intelligence Software Platform To Anticipate Threats and Capitalize On Opportunities
CTOvision
JULY 26, 2014
We have reported on Recorded Future since their founding and have watched closely as they have evolved to become a full scope web intelligence software platform able to make unique and very positive contributions to enterprise missions. Recorded Future provides a comprehensive source of past, planned and predicted events on the web. Key to their capabilities is the world''s first temporal analytics engine. Missions served by Recorded Future are as varied. To read more please log in.
Corporate Performance Management vs. Business Intelligence
Future of CIO
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Corporation Performance Management is all about managing performance by that data (KPIs) which really matters. Business intelligence (BI) is the set of techniques and tools for the transformation of raw data into meaningful and useful information for business analysis purposes. Business Intelligence is about managing data. Corporate Performance Management is all about managing performance by that data.
Master big data with the Microsoft Power BI training bundle, currently 91% off
TechSpot
JULY 12, 2020
Microsoft Power BI is a powerful Business Intelligence (BI) tool that lets people with a limited technical background perform complex analysis in just a few clicks. Big data is how you can empower your team to discover insights hidden in your data
Top Five Tools of Big Data Analytics
Social, Agile and Transformation
MARCH 20, 2012
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Top Five Tools of Big Data Analytics. Its a little unfortunate that Big Data became the rallying name on a new generation of analytic capabilities. Business Exchange Profile.
New Approaches for New Big Data Insights
Cloud Musings
JUNE 15, 2015
by Melvin Greer Business Intelligence has matured as a core competency necessary to sustain competitive advantage. Organizations of every size and industry are generating valuable data with each interaction, and that data can be captured, analyzed, and turned into business insight. These organizations are using analytics features like dashboards , advanced visualization , data warehousing , and other technologies to achieve their strategic business objectives.
Three Steps to Big Data Discovery - Social, Agile, and Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
JANUARY 24, 2013
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Three Steps to Big Data Discovery. Data discovery efforts are particularly challenging in an enterprise or even medium sized business with many disparate databases. big data. (20).
Attention All Pentaho Users: More Proof You Are In Good Company
CTOvision
MARCH 14, 2014
But seeing financial results reported like the below just underscores that this is the right firm to leverage for your data integration needs. Pentaho Announces Record Year in 2013 with 83% Growth in Big Data and Embedded Analytics. March 12, 2014, San Francisco, CA —Delivering the future of analytics , Pentaho Corporation today announced that 2013 was another record year with 83 percent bookings growth from big data and embedded analytics customers over 2012.
How To Build a Data Strategy Pt. I – Your Ticket to Success
Dataconomy
JANUARY 9, 2017
I am sure you’ve come across many 2016 statistics on Data and Analytics as I have. I’d like to use couple of statistics from IDG’s Enterprise 2016 Data & Analytics Research to start this article. As per their research, 78% of enterprises agree that data strategy, collection & analysis of big. The post How To Build a Data Strategy Pt. Big Data Tech Trends Understanding Big Data Business Intelligence Data Strategy
Tamr: Connect and enrich all your data for analytics and decision making
CTOvision
JULY 30, 2015
Tamr enables enterprises to make use of 100% of available data by unifying and enriching data holdings. Tamr's data unification platform catalogues, connects and curates internal and external data sources at scale through a combination of machine learning algorithms and human expert guidance, radically reducing the cost, time and effort of preparing data for analysis. Data cleaning and curation is the cornerstone of modern business intelligence pipelines.
Chief Data Strategy Forum 30-31 Mar 2015 in Boston
CTOvision
JANUARY 25, 2015
If you will be in Boston 30-31 Mar this is the place to be, the 2015 Chief Data Strategy Forum. Here is more from IQPC: Driving Improved Decision-Making Through Data-Centric Business Intelligence. Considering the progressive impact and significance of data in business environments throughout the past decade, the Chief Data Officer has emerged as the “New Business Thought Leader” charged with unlocking the true value of data as a strategic asset.
Can Retail Analytics Help Win The Shopping Basket Battle?
CTOvision
MARCH 9, 2016
Supermarkets are vying to win over shoppers as the supermarket war escalates with the arrival of cut price alternatives in the US, that have already gobbled up market share from the big brand players in Europe. Intelligence Node’s Sanjeev Sularia warns that supermarkets will need to use big data to gain a deeper understanding of shopping patterns to stave off the competition. Their business model allows them to offer good quality products and low prices.
When Ralph Kimball Speaks People Listen: Hear what the father of the data warehouse has to say about Apache Hadoop
CTOvision
MARCH 5, 2014
Many of us consider him the father of the data warehouse and he has been driving innovation in that field for years. Here is more from the invite: Building a Hadoop Data Warehouse. Hadoop 101 for Enterprise Data Warehouse Professionals. Dr. Ralph Kimball will describe how Apache Hadoop complements and integrates effectively with the existing enterprise data warehouse. Dr. Kimball will explain how Hadoop can be both: A destination data warehouse, and also.
Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb
CTOvision
JANUARY 18, 2015
If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Big data and its effect on the transformative power of data analytics are undeniable.
CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The 2014 Data Impact award, presented by Cloudera, is a great way of helping the community learn best practices by highlighting mission-focused solutions. 2014 Data Impact Awards. That’s precisely what the annual Data Impact Awards, presented by Cloudera, are for. The 2014 Data Impact Awards highlight achievements in the following areas: BUSINESS IMPACT. intelligence community. Program VP, Business Analytics and Big Data.
Today’s Data Challenge is Yesterday’s Data Challenge
Eric D. Brown
AUGUST 4, 2015
If you spend any amount of time reading or talking about big data, you’ll often find that one of the challenges facing an organizations use of big data today is the same as problem that these organizations faced just a few years ago: using the data to actually do something. Before the popularity of big data, most large organizations were focused on building their ‘knowledge warehouse’ to store data. Big Data The New CIO analytics
Analyst One Announces Top Analytical Technologies List
CTOvision
OCTOBER 18, 2013
With the continuous development of advanced infrastructure based around Apache Hadoop there has been an incredible amount of innovation around enterprise “Big Data” technologies, including in the analytical tool space. H2O by 0xdata brings better algorithms to big data. With H2O enterprises can use all of their data (instead of sampling) in real-time for better predictions. Alpine Data Labs makes data science on Big Data accessible to everyone.
Discount Code for Strata and Hadoop World NYC is 28-30 Oct 2013
CTOvision
OCTOBER 2, 2013
If your organization uses information and if you play a role in collecting, moving, storing security and/or analyzing it, come interact with your peers from other information intensive organizations and learn cutting edge concepts for enhancing your ability to sense make over data. Since joining forces last year, Strata + Hadoop World is also one of the largest gatherings of the Apache Hadoop community in the world, with emphasis on hands-on and business sessions on the Hadoop ecosystem.
25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices
CTOvision
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. The Cloudera Federal Forum, now in its 4th year, has always been filled with lessons learned, best practices and informative glimpses into what is coming from the big data tech community. Big data and its effect on the transformative power of data analytics are undeniable.
SAP HANA: A Fantasy Football Use Case
CTOvision
JUNE 22, 2015
The demand for fantasy sports has been driven by fans' desire to get more involved with the sport they love and fueled by the availability of vast amounts of league and player data. The SAP Player Comparison Tool is a free cloud based service available from NFL.com that helps users make data driven decisions about their team by forecasting player statistics for games during the regular season. With this capability, organizations are changing the way they analyze their data.
Interactive Analytics – A Tool for Opening Up Your Data
Eric D. Brown
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
To be successful working with big data, organizations really need to get their data into the hands of the people that know the data the best. Back in the ‘old’ days of business intelligence and data warehouses, many organizations were trying to get their employees as far away from the data as possible. This was accomplished by most organizations by creating reports or dashboards for people to review to be able to see their data.
Dark Data - A Business Definition - Social, Agile, and Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
APRIL 10, 2013
I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 and business transformation. Dark Data - A Business Definition. I mentioned dark data in one my recent posts covering the issues with creating Microsoft Access Databases and with siloed databases in general.
Five Architects Of The Future From Tamr Provide Insightful Assessments on Data In 2016
CTOvision
DECEMBER 23, 2015
Their executive ranks include champions who have created scalable enterprise data solutions for decades, including a Turing Award winner. Five of these credible builders of the future provide their thoughts on the future of data below: 1) Andy Palmer ─ Tamr Co-Founder and CEO. Big companies will begin to see the democratization of data preparation as a natural consequence of the democratization of analytics that has been driven by new products such as Tableau.
Analytics Re-shaping IT Operations & Gaining Strong Momentum.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 22, 2013
IT is expected to support a wider range of technologies and platforms, as well as accelerated release schedules and still solve time-sensitive business challenges, despite cost pressures and complexity that frustrates many IT ops teams. This landscape is pushing even more complex, multi-layered IT systems that need to keep up with the dynamic atmosphere that produces volumes of data (far more than was ever imaginable), yet is critical to daily performance and operations. About DCK.
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