The role of social media within BI is becoming more prominent.  Not only is information on the Internet being used to drive analytics, but the way in which BI is being presented is slowly shifting towards ease of use, collaboration, and self-service models.  Each of these aspects enable organizations to take advantage of social networking [...]

Over the years, ROI calculations have been created by many and adapted within organizations to justify BI project spending, implementation, and expansion. Unfortunately, beyond-

Cost savings – as mentioned above and may include hardware/software, licensing, maintenance fees, etc.
Time savings – employee production and better decision making
Process automation – includes the time saved on report/analytics creation

it can [...]

Over the years BI has gone through revisions in relation to the biggest marketing buzzwords and the push on how organizations should adopt BI – whether BI for the masses, self-service BI, operational BI, collaboration, and the like – all have benefits to organizations but based on actual business requirements, each cannot be applied equally [...]

Earlier this week I attended the MDM Canada Summit in Toronto.  The main conference topics were master data management and data governance with a focus on developing a cohesive view of the customer. One of the interesting points made by Aaron Zornes, Chief Research Officer at the MDM Institute, was that a single view of [...]

The role of business intelligence (BI) is slowly shifting within organizations.  People speak about the transition from traditional uses towards operational or pervasive BI and the fact that as technology advances, the role of BI in general is becoming increasingly valuable within the daily decision making habits of many businesses.  In addition, the ability to: [...]

Attensity Group recently announced the availability of their Social Media Monitoring solution called Attensity360, targeting the European market. The product is being offered as a stand-alone solution to monitor social media outlets and provide analytics to identify context specific conversations based on sites like Facebook and Twitter. The ability to gather insights from social network [...]

Using dashboards to get broad visibility into business is gaining popularity.  Because of advancements in technology, organizations can use BI without a full business intelligence infrastructure.  For organizations that want to keep historical records of operations, meet compliance, identify risk, implement governance initiatives, etc. implementing a data warehouse becomes essential.  When companies look for their [...]

Due to a recent move and getting settled, I have been far from up to date in regards to my blog posts. Hence, this one will also be fairly borrowed (or I should say – referenced material) until I get back into the swing of things next week. One of the big news items from [...]

The following is a list of some considerations related to dashboard evaluations. It provides an initial set of considerations.
Dashboard Purpose
By starting with the business pain, decision makers can limit their dashboard choice to one that meets their specific business requirements.  For example, some companies require operational dashboards to help them manage their call centers, whereas [...]

Earlier this week, the BBBT members got together and wrote a blog about a recent analyst briefing on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.  The general goal of the briefing was to update industry analysts and consultants about Microsoft’s product update, roadmap, general technical details, and the like. Even though I was unable to attend the [...]