‘Fess up. You always wanted to be a data scientist. You know, the expert analyst, who slogs through the oceans of structured and unstructured data that every company has. Someone, who uses information to support their organization’s most important business...
Even a quick look at current BI software trends reveals a long-term move from reporting to analytics. Many data discovery and analytics tools provide visualization and analytics capabilities. So what has captured the confidence of IT buyers worldwide? Business users...
(Part 2 of 2) Want to learn what’s really useful (not just “hot”) in BI analytics software? Then follow the capabilities. That is, compare the capabilities of commercial analytics software with what IT buyers are looking for. Earlier, we did that by reviewing...
(Part 1 of 2) There’s a lot of talk in the trade press about the analytical divide—the gap in capabilities of businesses that use analytics versus those who still rely on management reporting. Much of this discussion involves the applications that can close the divide...
