Business intelligence (BI) is, in essence, new information that is not necessarily common knowledge and is sought to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. Business intelligence comes from a variety of sources, ranging from spies working for the competition to data mining. Contrary to the theme of several current articles, business intelligence is not […]
How Business Intelligence is Changing the Future of Business
Click to learn more about author Piyush Goel. Your company relies on data. However, getting quality reports requires a lot of resources to complete, and the processes have gotten tougher over the last few years as companies have more data to analyze. That is why managers now spend 40 percent of their time writing reports, […]
New Yellowfin 9.1 Release Enhances Action-based Dashboards, Data Storytelling
A recent press release states, “Yellowfin, a world-leading and innovative analytics vendor, today announced the release of version 9.1, which further enhances the user experience of analysts, developers, and business users in Yellowfin’s action-based dashboards, data storytelling, and reporting. ‘Our latest release focuses on an enhanced user experience for all users – analysts, developers, and […]
Three Ps: When Choosing Technology, Don’t Lose Sight of What Really Matters
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. When push comes to shove in choosing a technology solution, it’s important that you first consider the Three Ps: performance, price, and people. Businesses are constantly bombarded with messaging from vendors about why they should buy their products or services. What’s more, dubious endorsements from third-party firms can […]
Self-Service Analytics Use Cases
Self-service analytics offers dynamic reports to business users, who can analyze the data by sophisticated, in-built functions. This kind of user empowerment reduces reliance on IT staff. Moreover, self-service business intelligence (BI) capability may additionally equip users with external data access and built-in features to instantly generate finished reports. To use a complete range of […]
Data Integration for Business Intelligence: Best Practices
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani In this technology-driven world, the influx of data can seem overwhelming, if not properly utilized. With data coming in from so many different sources, the only way to extract real insights from these raw inputs is through integration. Properly integrated data has a trickle-down effect on all […]
Evolving Software Business Models Require New Approaches to Customer Relationships
Click to learn more about author Nicole Segerer Any healthy relationship requires attention. It relies on thoughtful interactions, openness, and ongoing care. This is also true about the relationship between a software supplier and its customers. When a supplier tends to its relationship with a customer effectively, the chances for long-term success grow. An all-encompassing […]
Case Study: Helsana Automates Their Data Warehouse Infrastructure
Switzerland’s largest health insurance provider Helsana serves one out of every four insured, which translates into 1.9 million customers and 6.4 billion Swiss francs in sales annually. In the past, innovation had been prevented by reliance on hand-coding, manual processes, and institutional knowledge held by individuals, said Gallus Messmer, data warehouse architect at Helsana — […]
Domo Shines a Light on Dark Data with New Augmented Capabilities in the Business Cloud
According to a recent press release, “Today Domo announced it is making it even easier to get BI leverage at cloud scale in record time through new augmented capabilities in the Domo Business Cloud. In a new Dimensional Research study sponsored by Domo, 92% of individuals surveyed said they’ve made decisions in the past three […]
Fundamentals of Cognitive Analytics
The journey of data analytics began with simple descriptive (review of past events) and diagnostic (analysis of past events) exercises and moved to the more sophisticated predictive and prescriptive genres,where advanced data models have enabled accurate future forecasts and actionable intelligence. And now cognitive computing has further strengthened the actionable predictive power of the machines […]