Paul Blogs on BI

APRIL 19, 2019

Whereas Tableau is a true Business Intelligence tool built for business users, PowerBI is more of a tool built for IT programmers that can be used by business users. BusinessObjects customers co-existing with Tableau or PowerBI are continuing to use BusinessObjects for BI reporting.

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Smarten

MAY 11, 2017

The Smarten Advanced Data Discovery gives users the freedom to leverage data beyond simple visual data analysis and dashboards. Advanced Data Discovery allows business users to perform early prototyping and to test hypothesis without the skills of a data scientist, ETL or developer.

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Smarten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

SSDP (otherwise known as self-serve data preparation) is the logical evolution of business intelligence analytical tools. With self-serve tools, data discovery and analytics tools are accessible to team members and business users across the enterprise. What is SSDP? Can SSDP Truly Make Analytics Self-Serve?

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Smarten

JANUARY 3, 2019

Citizen Analysts (AKA Citizen Data Scientists) represent a new breed of business user. Citizen Analysts create and generate data models and use sophisticated analytics that are supported by easy-to-use interactive BI dashboards. Enter, the Citizen Analyst! What is a Citizen Analyst?

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 15, 2022

In 2017, The Economist declared that data, rather than oil, had become the world’s most valuable resource. According to CIO’s State of the CIO 2022 report, 35% of IT leaders say that data and business analytics will drive the most IT investment at their organization this year. The refrain has been repeated ever since.

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Smarten

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Self-Serve Data Preparation is the next generation of business analytics and business intelligence. Self-serve data preparation makes advanced data discovery accessible to team members and business users no matter their skills or technical knowledge. What is Self-Serve Data Preparation?

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Jet Global

JULY 29, 2020

User interfaces for ERP reporting tools are most often built with IT staff in mind, not the end user. For users of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), data access is about to get a bit more difficult now that the company has phased out the Oracle Discoverer product. Note that extended support for Oracle Discoverer ended in 2017.

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datapine

MAY 11, 2022

Due to the way the human brain processes information, presenting insights in charts or graphs to visualize significant amounts of complex data is more accessible than relying on spreadsheets or reports. Recent studies discovered that the use of visualizations in data analytics could shorten business meetings by 24%. Set Your Goals.

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datapine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Internal comms: Computer vision technology can serve to improve internal communication by empowering employees to perform their tasks more visually, sharing image-based information that is often more digestible and engaging than text-based reports or information alone. Artificial Intelligence (AI). billion in 2017 to $190.61

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Rita Sallam

AUGUST 17, 2016

Workday plans to embed Platfora technology into its technology foundation to complement existing operational reporting, dashboarding and scorecarding capabilities with Platfora’s ad hoc exploration features targeted specifically for Workday’s HR and Finance application customers.

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Peter James Thomas

AUGUST 12, 2018

Of course the problem is then that Financial Reports (or indeed most Management Reports) are not set up to cope with plus or minus figures, so typically one of £12.4 Unless a reported figure, or output of a model, leads to action being taken, it is essentially useless. Why Business Intelligence projects fail” (2009).

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Jet Global

MAY 27, 2021

However, fear of the unknown has left many companies afraid to implement a new reporting tool, yet the risk of staying with Discoverer increases day by day: Discoverer extended support ended June 2017. Oracle recommends that Discoverer users migrate to Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite. Chrome: September 2015.

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datapine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Over the past decade, business intelligence has been revolutionized. Spreadsheets finally took a backseat to actionable and insightful data visualizations and interactive business dashboards. 2019 was a particularly major year for the business intelligence industry. Data exploded and became big.

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Alation

AUGUST 26, 2021

Data intelligence first emerged to support search & discovery, largely in service of analyst productivity. For years, analysts in enterprises had struggled to find the data they needed to build reports. Data lineage tracking and impact analysis reports to show transformation over time. HBR Review May/June 2017.

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Jet Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

She previously held roles at Vista Equity Partners and served as SVP of Business Operations at Mediaocean. Peter van Tiggelen, CFO, FE fundinfo: Joining FE fundinfo in February 2022, van Tiggelen oversees finance, legal, and business intelligence. He specializes in process reengineering and risk reduction.

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