Click to learn more about author Daniel Jebaraj. For decades, business intelligence (BI) has been limited to power users and senior decision-makers. Business analysts have prepared dashboards and reports and delivered them to the C-suite for high-level strategic discussions. Outside of that rarified atmosphere, business has been conducted without access to real-time data and BI. […]
How to Leverage Big Data for Business Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Errin O’Connor. If you have heard about Moore’s law, then you know that in the span of two years, the computer’s capacity increases in terms of memory storage and speed by a factor of two, leading to exponential growth in data generated by those devices. Better devices will produce […]
How to Transform into a Data-Driven Organization?
Click to learn more about author Konain Qurban. It is a journey to ensure the alignment of analytics initiatives to organizational objectives, combined with consistent and effective coordination of activities across all business units. The road from a pile of raw data to insights and from insights to action is paved with strategic goals. More […]
What Is a Data Engineer?
Data engineers build Data Architecture through infrastructures and foundations. A data engineer is tasked with designing and maintaining the architecture of data systems, which incorporates concepts ranging from analytic frameworks to data warehouses. Responsibilities also include configuring, managing, and scaling data pipelines. Data engineers: Have a programming background (e.g. Java, Scala or Python) Emphasize distributed […]
The Right Data is the New Black, and How Leading Brands Obtain It
Click to learn more about author Julius Cerniauskas. The digital universe is expanding fast. According to a SINTEF study conducted back in 2013, 90 percent of all the world’s data was generated from 2011 to 2012. By 2020, the number of data bits created globally was expected to reach 44 zettabytes, as predicted by the […]
The Impact of Data Growth on Enterprises
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. Data has changed the world we live in. Today, enterprises utilize data to introduce new business models, enhance customer experience, generate new revenue streams, create personalized services, and become more agile. This reliance is only increasing with time as the world experiences unprecedented data growth. This data […]
Bye Bye, BI: Why Companies Should Transition to AI for Better Business Monitoring
Click here to learn more about Amit Levi. We’ve come to rely on business intelligence (BI) tools as an essential part of business decision-making. From dashboards to automated reports, BI tools allow us to cash in our data for top-level insights. We won’t deny that using traditional BI tools can make tasks such as reporting […]
The Four Data Management Mistakes Derailing Your BI Program
Click to learn more about author Emma Williams If there’s one thing I’ve learned as a BI consultant, it’s that Data Management problems, like speeding tickets and jury duty, are terribly common but somehow still feel unlikely to happen to you. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen BI implementations drag on for […]
Business Intelligence Meets Metadata Challenges
Many BI managers, CEOs, and CIOs cannot afford to add more staff, so they are seeking technologies that can help their existing teams operate more accurately and efficiently. They “need to change the physics, as we call it. They can’t just add more people to the team,” said Amnon Drori in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. […]
GoodData Updates Accelerator Toolkit to Enhance Data Analytics in Applications
According to a new press release, “GoodData®, a leader in end-to-end analytics solutions, announced today several new capabilities have been added to their Accelerator Toolkit, which is used by leading enterprise companies to add data analytics into the natural flow of applications versus older, bolt-on Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. The enhanced capabilities are another step […]