Data Analysis and Good Visualisation Practices – consider your audience
This 4th part of our series on data analysis and good visualisation practices will centre on the audience. When reports are designed, it is often easy to spend so much time on the data that we lose...
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The traditional retail industry has experienced massive transition with technology platforms such as e-commerce, powerful search engines and social media all having a significant influence over how...
View ArticleAligning IT and business managers for the most effective BI strategy and...
The main objective of Business Intelligence (BI) is to gain insights into business data based on knowledge, rather than gut-feel. However, the traditional approach to BI has often been costly, slow,...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence is a game-changer for this auditing firm
Business Intelligence is a game-changer for this auditing firm. Auditing firms and for that matter, most service providers, want better insight into worker productivity as well as to identify...
View ArticleRapid-fire Business Intelligence: Opportunity for the Business Manager.
Agile, responsive business intelligence is not only a way to improve overall performance, it is also an opportunity to explore and expand way beyond your current scope. With accurate, unified, and...
View ArticleSelf-service Business Intelligence: the IT department’s role
The IT manager’s primary role when it comes to Business Intelligence (BI) implementation, is to create one version of the truth. By ensuring that users are using the same sources of data and knowing...
View ArticleHow do I use Business Intelligence to answer questions about my business?
How do I use Business Intelligence to answer questions about my business? Business Intelligence (BI) is about more than reporting on the historical findings in a company, it is also about making the...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Business Intelligence – Driving real value in your SME.
So you’ve heard of the competitive advantage enjoyed by large corporations implementing vast, and vastly expensive, Business Intelligence (BI) systems as a key component of their IT infrastructure, but...
View ArticleThe Five Coolest Features of Tableau
When we first began investigating Business Intelligence (BI) solutions for our SME client base, we soon realised that something different would be needed – the most popular enterprise BI solutions just...
View ArticleTop 10 Trends in Business Intelligence for 2014
Our partners at Tableau have prepared a fantastic presentation with their predictions of the Top 10 trends to look forward to in the BI world. We are happy to share it with you. Tell us what you think....
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