Data Discovery Automation: Learning from the Warehouse Experience

May 24, 2016 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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As data discovery becomes increasingly important for democratizing decision making and draws data from ever more sources, business must face the issue of managing the population of these environments. This leads to the concept of governed data discovery to ensure clean, consistent data for the...

Product Spotlight: GoodData's Embedded BI Capabilities

May 21, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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GoodData is a cloud analytics platform that has finally found its place in the market for embedded analytics and data monetization. Founded in 2007, the company was one of the first business intelligence (BI) vendors built exclusively for the cloud, well before most organizations considered...

Product Spotlight: Dundas' Embedded BI Capabilities

May 20, 2016 by Chor-Ching Fan in Business Analytics & Insights

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Building on its heritage in data  visualization, Dundas launched Dundas BI in 2014. The product is a BI platform  that enables analysts and developers to build and embed custom analytics  applications and interfaces using a rich set of application programming interfaces (APIs). Granular...

Psy Ops Part 1: How to Turn the Tide of Analytics Adoption

May 16, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Sometimes in the course of every business analytics (BA) journey, there comes a time when a BA director needs to resort to some alternative tactics to accelerate analytics adoption. Taking a cue from PsyOps groups in the military and elsewhere, these tactics can help change “hearts and minds” of...

Product Spotlight: Sisense Embedded Analytics Capabilities

May 12, 2016 by Chor-Ching Fan in Business Analytics & Insights

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Sisense is a full-stack BI platform that includes every component required to build, embed, and run multi-terabyte analytics solutions on-premises or in the cloud. Designed with application program interface (API) access as a top priority, Sisense offers developers the ability to invoke...