Dashboards are the foundation of modern business intelligence. They enable the visualization and transformation of hard-to-understand data into relevant information that various departments can use for better decision-making purposes. For companies that aim to develop a data-centric mindset, dashboards serve as a dynamic system for examining trends, outliers, and key performance metrics on the fly. […]
Data Visualization in the Era of AI/ML
How will data visualization evolve in the era of AI/ML? While AI is rapidly evolving, it is ironic that business users are still using “dumb” dashboards. The challenge is to move beyond these unintelligent dashboards to a genuinely transformative visual analytics solution that harnesses the power of AI/ML. While some vendors offer a ChatGPT-like querying […]
Three Key Commandments of Effective Dashboards
A dashboard is a visual snapshot of business performance using KPIs (key performance indicators) to help users make smarter, data-driven decisions. An effective dashboard simplifies the visual representation of complex data and helps stakeholders understand, analyze, and present key insights at a glance. At the core, the objective of a dashboard is to make complex […]
Data Visualization Best Practices
Good data visualizations boost business data literacy by presenting well-thought-out dashboards or reports that show data assets for quicker and more straightforward consumption. Following data visualization best practices leads to positive outcomes for organizations. These benefits include reducing the time and costs of questions data consumers ask by answering them up front in the data visualizations. Additionally, good visualizations increase consistency […]
Automated Remediation Can Make Dashboards a Thing of the Past
A convergence of events – including the global pandemic, a shift to remote work, and increased use of the cloud – has accelerated companies’ digital transformations over the past few years and resulted in an ever-growing labyrinth of hybrid networks and endpoints. Digital transformations may have allowed companies to keep up – to a point […]
How Effective Data Storytelling Can Improve the Bottom Line
Click to learn more about author Peter Jackson. In an increasingly data-driven world, where companies have recognized the value of building data cultures and developing solid data strategies, too many organizations still have trouble mastering the language of data. Data has real business value. It holds answers to the questions that can give leaders visibility […]
Three Things You Need to Know About Data Literacy
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. In the data-rich working environments of today, it is crucial for people to be data literate and, therefore, proficient in working with, understanding, and communicating data effectively. Much like literacy in general, Data Literacy is becoming an essential skill without which many of us could not do […]
Grafana 7.0 Delivers Major Visualization Upgrades
A new press release states, “Today, Grafana Labs is announcing the general availability of Grafana 7.0 with significant enhancements to simplify the development of custom plugins and drastically increase the power, speed and flexibility of visualization. This latest release helps organizations realize their monitoring, visualization and observability goals even faster. Open source Grafana is among […]
Rockset Partners with Tableau to Power Real-Time Dashboards on NoSQL Data
A recent press release states, “Rockset, the serverless search and analytics company that enables real-time SQL on NoSQL data, today announced the capability to build interactive, live Tableau dashboards on NoSQL data, without requiring users to write a single line of code. Making it possible to capture NoSQL data from sources such as Apache Kafka […]
Yellowfin Delivers Performance Enhancements and New Signals Capabilities in 8.0.2 Release
According to a recent press release, “Yellowfin, a world-leading and innovative analytics vendor, today announced its newest product update – 8.0.2 – with dramatic speed increases across dashboards, timelines, browsing, and Yellowfin Signals. These enhancements, with speeds up to four times faster, will enable end users to find, analyze, and share data insights faster than […]