War Games: A New Type of Competitive Analytical Tool
Data analytics plays a key role in corporate strategy development. With any new strategy, executives will analyze, forecast and predict future outcomes before adopting...
The Elements Behind BI Growth
Today through Wednesday, Spotfire will be at the Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles. You can follow the event on Twitter with the hashtag...
How BI and Data Analytics Professionals Used Twitter in April
Mobile BI was all the rage on Twitter this month. With Andreas Bitterer (a former #FF on this blog) discussing the consumerization of Business...
New Degree Programs Help Meet the Demand for Analytic Talent
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for people with analytics skills and expertise is growing much faster than other occupations....
The ABCs of Data Quality
A: What is it?
Fundamentally, “data quality” refers to the reliability and value of data in terms of the purpose for which it is being...
Six New Data Visualizations That Persuade
Last year, we presented how data-driven visualizations or infographics can be used to persuade an audience in a matter of seconds. In this post, we've found...
Earth Day: How Green BI has Become a Reality
Nearly 74 percent of companies said that green IT initiatives are important in considering IT services, according to a report from CompTIA, a non-profit...
Executive Analytics: The Path To Success
As they begin to examine how decisions get made in their organizations, executives are increasingly adopting a more evidence-based and data-driven approach to decision...
Five Ways Best-In-Class Organizations Excel at Business Intelligence
A new report from the Aberdeen Group finds that more than half of business intelligence projects are delivered late and that many companies struggle...
2 More Hot Trends in Business Intelligence
This is a guest blog post by Marcus Borba (@marcusborba), the founder of Borba Consulting, a Business Intelligence and Performance Management consultancy located in...