Cloud BI and Analytics: Why it Matters

Aug 05, 2015 by Chor-Ching Fan in Business Analytics & Insights

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A 2015 Eckerson Group survey found that 89% of respondents will grow or maintain use of Cloud BI solutions while 11% will decrease use or they just aren’t sure yet.  There are a number of key adoption drivers and as well as cascading dynamics that leaders need to address as elements of their ...

Making Peace with Tableau

Aug 04, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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For organizations that have not standardized on Tableau, the company's land-and-expand sales tactics can wreak havoc on a BI strategy, driving up costs and creating fragmented data silos. If you are riding a tidal wave of unauthorized Tableau deployments, there are several steps you can take to...

Reflections from the Hadoop Summit

Aug 04, 2015 by Phil Bowermaster in Data Disruption

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Recently I attended the Hadoop Summit in San Jose, which provided an opportunity to take a good long look at the growing range of offerings and value propositions that make up the big data space. It seemed to me that many of the technologies appear to be retreads of existing technologies.  So the...

Wayne Eckerson Speaks on the Power Shift in BI

Jul 30, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Internationally recognized thought leader, Wayne Eckerson, delivered a keynote speech at TDWI Boston on July 30, 2015. He argued persuasively that to stay relevant in a fast-changing business and data environment, business and analytic leaders need to recognize that they and their teams are no...

Wayne Eckerson Speaks on the Power Shift in BI - TDWI Boston Keynote

Jul 30, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Internationally recognized thought leader, Wayne Eckerson, delivered a keynote speech at TDWI Boston in July, 2015. He argued persuasively that to stay relevant in a fast-changing business and data environment, business analytic leaders need to reach out and partner with other data analytics...