Over the past few years as we implemented our analytics platform for businesses of all shapes & sizes, more often than not I was asked if our system was capable of delivering Predictive Analytics. It occurred to me that management was perhaps trying to find a compass to unearth the magical pot of gold at…
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So, how can you have successful Business Intelligence implementations? In my last post “Why BI projects fail?” we looked at some of the fundamental differences between core IT system and BI system implementations. In this post, I will outline proven approaches to successfully implement BI solutions and show how that is different from implementing core…
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And why we all dread talking to the IT guy. We’ve all had the experience of having a problem with our computer but hesitating to call IT. We want the computer to work, but we don’t really want the explanation of why it isn’t. And that’s the thing; we use incredibly complex applications every day…
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Last week I found myself wondering why most Business Intelligence (BI) projects fail to deliver the expected results. I have been stumped by the number of well-funded BI implementations that are seen gathering dust at firms. It’s probably why many people think implementing a BI solution is a long, drawn out, resource intensive project that is…
Read moreBusiness Intelligence, or BI, has been all the rage recently in corporations around the world, especially when it comes to cloud-based BI solutions. In fact, Gartner’s annual survey of the technologies and business needs of CIO’s ranked business intelligence at the top of the list, closely followed by cloud computing. But what is Cloud BI…
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Business intelligence, the process that allows executives to make decisions through data, is about to make a significant shift. While there are still quite a few “old school” BI solutions in the market, a new generation of BI software is disrupting what used to be an expensive and complicated industry. Here are the 10 software…
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As an ex-strategy consultant and the CEO of an analytics-focused company, I have spent a fair bit of my time with data and its analysis. Processing data to make decisions is at the core of what we do both in business as well as in our personal lives. Prior to outlining the potential future, I…
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