Zwift: The Bicycle of Things

Dec 04, 2015 by Eric Rogge in Internet of Things

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There has been quite a bit of hoopla about smart homes and medical device communications as primary consumer Internet of Things (IoT) use cases. But IoT-enabled sports now can now gives home players an entirely new experience. One example would be an enterprising on-line virtual cycling...

Part IV: Seven Keys to a United BI Environment

Nov 30, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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In this fourth in a series of articles on enterprise BI, author Wayne Eckerson asks, "Why is business intelligence so hard?" His answer: BI leaders don't know their business users. Most fail to recognize that there are two distinct worlds of BI, each with their own users, tools and data. The real...

Part III: The Holy Grail of Enterprise BI - User Adoption

Nov 25, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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User adoption is the holy grail of BI—the ultimate quest of every BI manager but one that is notoriously difficult to achieve. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of factors that contribute to user adoption. Some are technical, many are not. But BI managers must get each one right to ensure high...

Space-Time Insight: Real World IoT Contextual Analytics

Nov 23, 2015 by Eric Rogge in Internet of Things

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Space-Time Insight offers a portfolio of IoT applications solutions for power generation, logistics and other firms that exemplify many of the characteristics of what I think an IoT application should be. These applications combine device, business and external data to give informed views of...

Business Transformation Demands Modern Data Integration

Nov 23, 2015 by Julie Hunt in Knocking Down Silos

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This post is part one in a multi-part series on the essential interwoven nature of Business and Modern Data Integration.