Why It's Important To Start Every Big Data Project With A Question
During a recent webinar on big data, several listeners wanted to know what the biggest stumbling blocks and reasons for failure were when it comes to big data projects, and what they could do to avoid...
View ArticleMobile BI: A Stealth Revolution In Information Delivery?!
Having business applications available while away from the office is nothing new; neither is using mobile devices as an integral part of a business process. Until recently, however, the former has...
View ArticleNew European Data Privacy Laws: Another Twist In The Tale
Many organizations will have been relieved to find that the implementation of the update to existing European data privacy laws, the EU Data Protection Regulation, has been postponed. Adoption of the...
View ArticleA Plea For 2014: Focus On Getting The Basics Right When It Comes To Dealing...
Reflecting on 2013 (as one does on the last the day of the year …), I'm struck by how much I seem to be living in two parallel universes: a promised land of appropriately targeted marketing,...
View ArticleMobile App Developers: Stop Capturing Unnecessary Data Before Regulators Stop...
The findings presented in an article by German magazine Computerwoche published on Feb 11, 2014, are a forceful reminder that messages about excessive data capture via mobile apps seem to have gone...
View ArticleTibco Buys Jaspersoft: A Deal With Transformative Potential
Since Tibco acquired Jaspersoft on April 28th, 2014, I keep being asked the question: "Will this deal change the BI and analytics landscape?" (If you missed the announcement, here's the press...
View ArticleCloud Is Becoming A Key Feature Of The BI And Analytics Landscape
"Business Intelligence in the cloud? You've got to be joking!" That's the response I got when I recently asked a client whether they'd considered availing themselves of a software-as-a-service (SaaS)...
View ArticlePlanning Your Big Data Strategy: Five Keys To Success
To compete in the age of the customer, it's essential to make the most of the data you have access to, whether it's from internal or external sources. For most organizations, this implies a need to...
View ArticleLeverage The Convergence Of BI And Big Data In 2015 - Or Miss Out
Big data - the Holy Grail of business intelligence (BI)? Big data technologies certainly hold the promise of closing the gap between the data that's available in your organization, and the ability to...
View ArticleMobile BI Success: Having The Right Technology Helps, But Isn't Enough
Between 2012 and 2014, mobile BI adoption shot up: Forrester survey data shows that the percentage of technology decision-makers who make some BI applications available on mobile devices has nearly...
View ArticleForrester Quick Take: SAP Acquires Roambi, Opens New Chapter In Mobile BI
Major conferences are often the occasion for key vendor announcements, and SAP didn't disappoint. At the 2016 SAP Insider event on BI/Hana in Las Vegas, SAP announced the acquisition of independent...
View ArticleBlockchain Or Distributed Ledger? What’s In A Name – And Does It Matter?
"Blockchain" and "distributed ledger" continue to generate plenty of headlines in both the specialist and mainstream press. If these -- and vendor publicity materials -- were anything to go by, we're...
View ArticleUpdate Your Balanced Scorecard With Business Outcome And Agility Metrics
We've entered the age of the customer, where powerful customers are disrupting every industry. In response, companies will have to change how they develop, market, sell, and deliver products and...
View ArticleBlockchain And IoT: Not Ready For Primetime, But Now’s The Time To Start
Few would disagree that for IoT to live up to its promises, devices will sooner or later need to communicate directly, autonomously and securely with each other. Well-architected blockchain-based...
View ArticleReap The Benefits While Avoiding The Pitfalls: The Three Key Challenges That...
It's been abundantly clear for a while that in 2017, artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be front and center of vendor marketing as well as enterprise interest. Not that AI is new - it's been...
View ArticleCloud Is Becoming A Key Feature Of The BI And Analytics Landscape
“Business Intelligence in the cloud? You’ve got to be joking!” That’s the response I got when I recently asked a client whether they’d considered availing themselves of a software-as-a-service (SaaS)...
View ArticlePlanning Your Big Data Strategy: Five Keys To Success
To compete in the age of the customer, it’s essential to make the most of the data you have access to, whether it’s from internal or external sources. For most organizations, this implies a need to...
View ArticleLeverage The Convergence Of BI And Big Data In 2015 – Or Miss Out
Big data – the Holy Grail of business intelligence (BI)? Big data technologies certainly hold the promise of closing the gap between the data that’s available in your organization, and the ability to...
View ArticleMobile BI Success: Having The Right Technology Helps, But Isn’t Enough
Between 2012 and 2014, mobile BI adoption shot up: Forrester survey data shows that the percentage of technology decision-makers who make some BI applications available on mobile devices has nearly...
View ArticleForrester Quick Take: SAP Acquires Roambi, Opens New Chapter In Mobile BI
Major conferences are often the occasion for key vendor announcements, and SAP didn’t disappoint. At the 2016 SAP Insider event on BI/Hana in Las Vegas, SAP announced the acquisition of independent...
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