by Blogger@olap | Jan 26, 2015 | BI Strategy, Business Reporting, Data Visualization, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Strategic Dashboards, Technology and Trends
The article, The File-less Organization: Why Excel Isn’t Enough for Businesses, from Dataversity.net is quite astute in the way it identifies Excel as a problem–noting that each manager gathers his or her own version of the numbers to bring to a meeting. And so...
by Blogger@olap | Dec 30, 2014 | BI Solutions, BI Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Uncategorized
This article from the Sisense blog has a valuable little list of Bad BI Habits to Break in 2015. To-dos for the new year are suggested, like “embracing big data” and “getting a grip on all data.” We tend to agree, because data is going to...
by Blogger@olap | Dec 18, 2014 | BI Solutions, BI Strategy, Business Analytics, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Spreadsheets
From Forbes.com, this article sparked a lot of interaction on our social media outlets, and we think it is an important one: Business Intelligence (BI) Isn’t Very Intelligent, Yet. Yes, big companies talk about BI like they know what is going on. Fact is, very...
by Blogger@olap | Oct 21, 2014 | Application/Data Integration, BI Solutions, BI Strategy, BI Studies, BI System, Business Analytics, Business Budgeting, Business Intelligence Suite, Business Planning, Data Analysis, Infographic, Predictive Analytics, Technology and Trends
A great infograhic from the Master of Science in Computer Information Systems program at Boston University. The BU researchers focused on: growth of business intelligence, management of data, decision-making and budgeting. Enjoy! {Originally posted...
by Blogger@olap | Sep 25, 2014 | Big Data, Data Warehousing, Marketing Intelligence, Predictive Analytics
Many of us stand to benefit from certain types of big data collection. In the medical field, big data can be applied in numerous ways, for example: predictive modeling for R&D, enhancing clinical trial design, or conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research...
