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.

SAP’s Clean Sheet Redesign for Cloud-Based Analytics

Nov 20, 2015 by Eric Rogge in Internet of Things

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SAP LAST WEEK SHIPPED Cloud for Analytics, a new SaaS product that offers multiple analytics including data discover and visualization, budget planning and analysis, predictive analytics and boardroom analytics presentation. This new analytics experience is meant to be a single platform for...

Part II: Ten Characteristics of a Modern Enterprise BI Tool

Nov 17, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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A modern enterprise business intelligence (BI) tool possesses a number of characteristics that didn’t exist several years ago. Advances in hardware and software have ushered in a new wave of innovation in the BI field, transforming how vendors build and customers consume BI applications. This...