Last week I was part of a panel discussion with Robin Bloor of the Bloor Group and Marc Clark from Teradata to discuss the TCO of cloud analytics and the strategic benefits and challenges of cloud deployments. The reality is…
As I start some preparatory work for 2015 initiatives, I have noticed that many analytics vendors are starting to shift their views of SMBs and the needs of midmarket companies in general. When solution providers first started developing their market…
As BI use matures within the organization, the way in which it is being applied is also changing. Organizations are looking for more strategic ways to deliver analytical insight and make sure that the right people have direct access to…
Sometimes people get stuck in the weeds when evaluating technology projects by focusing on key features and product capabilities and not on solving business challenges. Although gathering both business and technical requirements are essential to any successful technology project, projects…
Just over a week ago I attended the Enterprise Data & BI Conference Europe in London. The conference focused on many different BI and data management related topics, many of which support mid-market goals to achieve greater visibility and better…
Analytics projects and the associated data preparation, storage, and management require continual effort. Sometimes mid-market organizations have a good sense of what they want to achieve and how they need to get there, but overlook the value of gathering in-depth…
More solution providers are starting to integrate the concept of governed data discovery into their product offerings. After years of trying to adopt data governance initiatives as part of a larger data management framework within organizations, software vendors are integrating…
The role of governed data discovery is becoming increasingly important as organizations manage more complex and diverse data that they want to gain insights from. Self-service BI access and broader data discovery capabilities means that BI is deployed to more…
BI implementations are becoming more commonplace as organizations realize they cannot overlook the management of and access to their data in order to facilitate better decision-making. What this means for many is the re-evaluation of resources, skill sets, and project…
This is a question I’ve been asking myself for a while. The data infrastructure exists to support Big Data, operational data streams, data quality practices, and the list goes on. Best practices exist for organizations to follow to achieve a…