Strategies for Driving Adoption and Usage with BI and Analytics

Mar 30, 2022 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Although adoption rates of BI/analytics tools are stuck in the 20% range, usage rates are increasing due to self-service tools, embedded analytics, and support for external users. In addition, organizations are tackling thorny data quality issues which always undermine usage by implementing data...

Podcast with Srinivasan Sankar: To Mesh or Fabric — That is the Question

Mar 24, 2022 by Wayne Eckerson in Secrets of Data & Analytics Leaders

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Srinivasan Sankar and Wayne Eckerson debate the merits and practicalities of deploying data mesh and data fabric architectures at Hanover Insurance Company.

Ultimate Guide to Log Analytics for ITOps, DevOps, and CloudOps

Mar 23, 2022 by Kevin Petrie in Decoding Data Software

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Enterprise IT professionals struggle to make their IT environments stable enough to meet business SLAs, and yet agile enough to support rapid business change. To succeed, they need to analyze the millions of logs that describe how applications, devices, clouds, networks, and containers all work...

How 21 BI Vendors Position Their Products (Poorly)

Mar 16, 2022 by Lawson Abinanti in Positioning That Matters

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Lawson Abinanti evaluates the market positioning of 21 leading BI vendors and finds most fail to sufficiently differentiate their products or offer compelling value to customers.

Data Governance Programs Experience Growing Pains

Mar 14, 2022 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Most organizations are just starting their data governance journeys and need to address various challenges before they deliver value.