Data Wrangling, Information Juggling and Contextual Meaning, Part 1

Jul 08, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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Data wrangling, also previously known as data cleansing and integration, is as old as data warehousing itself. Knowing the difference between data and information, and the role and value of context and meaning are only the first steps in addressing the problems of data wrangling and...

From Reporting to Analytics: A Pathway to Greater BI Value

Jul 06, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Analytics is the rage right now. Not just because it’s hyped in the trade press, but because scores of business intelligence (BI) leaders are looking for ways to deliver more value from their data investments. These BI leaders have built data warehouses and delivered reports and dashboards, but...

BI Power Struggle: A Strategy for Success

Jun 23, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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If you are a business intelligence (BI) leader and feeling on the defensive, there is good reason. Every ten years like clockwork, our industry swings from corporate-driven, governed data environments to business unit-driven, ungoverned data environments. We are now dead center in the ungoverned...

Analytics and the Best Consumer Products

Jun 16, 2015 by Chor-Ching Fan in Business Analytics & Insights

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Over the past decade, we have witnessed improvements in equipping more staff with dashboards, reports through ease of use, simpler deployment, and more favorable licensing models.  While the journey of enterprise BI and Analytics continues, a ginormous new channel for data intelligence is...

Big Data Fuels a ‘Data First’ Movement

Jun 15, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Big Data Analytics

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Having spent many years as a first hand practitioner on both the technology and the business side of the data fence, I can attest to how difficult it is to manage data well, and how frustrating it sometimes can be to be dependent upon the IT organization and the data warehouse for access. Can’t...