This post is part of a series on trends that highlight the two worlds of BI: the world where, according to industry pundits and vendors, enlightened […]
This post is part of a series on trends that may have been around for years without many enterprises successfully implementing them, or they might be […]
Predictive analytics and data visualization are data-hungry processes. An enterprise data warehouse is often a critical part of the data backbone that these processes crave. IT’s […]
Once an enterprise gets beyond the hype and sets out to implement predictive analytics, success will depend on how they approach it. As with anything new, our […]
When an enterprise selects a BI solution, it should be able to get the combinations of BI functionality that best meets the varied needs of different. Getting exactly […]
As I discussed in The Road to Self-Service BI, enterprises need a better understanding of self-service BI so they can avoid the common mistakes often made with it. […]
For years vendors and pundits have heralded the age of self-service business intelligence (BI) thanks to the arrival of the latest generation of BI tools. First, they talked […]
ATTENTION ALL BI/DW AND ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS IN THE BOSTON AREA Dear Boston BI/DW and Analytics Professionals, We cordially invite you to attend our upcoming TDWI Boston […]
BI implementations are stuck in a rut. This rut has short-circuited many small to medium size businesses’ (SMB) new BI initiatives. And, it has thwarted existing […]
I am interviewed in the article below by Alan Earls. Eradicating the use of Excel in business intelligence applications turned out to be a pipe dream in […]
Rick Sherman will be the featured analyst in this webinar. Rick will discuss the need for enterprises to expand their BI portfolio and enable self-service BI to […]
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” [1] Over the years there have been many technology waves related to the design, development and […]
Much has been written about managing an enterprise BI Program and implementing data governance. Both of these are key ingredients to business value, but even with […]
Lauren Gibbons Paul interviewed Howard Dresner and me for an article on training, which was published in SearchManufacturing ERP.com this week: Training is the final step […]
Manually-coded extracts are another dirty secret of the BI world. I’ve been seeing them for years, in both large and small companies. They grow haphazardly and […]
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are the top BI tool of choice. That choking sound you hear is vendors and IT people reacting viscerally when they confront this […]
The overwhelming amount of articles, seminars, white papers and product announcements on big data, predictive analytics, cloud and mobile business intelligence might make you think that […]
When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present the theoretical, and then use workshops to illustrate how the theory applies to design […]
View my latest webinar on the value of on-demand BI for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ABSTRACT: Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are just as concerned […]
From a data management perspective, the last decade primarily has been about gathering data from the various enterprise applications used to run a business and consolidating […]
It’s time for another business intelligence and data warehousing “hype” list. What industry trends are being hyped by pundits, analysts, columnists and vendors as though they […]
Demand from business users for actionable information is ever-expanding. And with business managers and workers seemingly connected 24/7 via their iPhones, BlackBerrys, iPads and other devices, […]
What industry trends will affect our industry this year and beyond? See my predictions below. Please note that my predictions are not product pitches nor are […]
What do the iPad and business intelligence (BI) tools have in common? Not as much as they should. Apple has been getting a tremendous amount of free publicity […]
I enjoyed appearing on the The DM Radio session yesterday The Extended Enterprise: Federated Data Models hosted by Eric Kavanagh and Jim Ericson, editorial director of […]
Over the two decades that companies have been designing and implementing business intelligence and data warehousing solutions they have made the same mistakes over and over […]
My two-part article on on-demand BI: Part 1 – Can on-demand business intelligence break down pervasive BI barriers? The desire of business users for information that […]
Last week’s iPad release got me thinking about doing more with less – something that Apple has mastered. BI vendors could learn a lot from this. The […]
Business Intelligence Architect (SAP BusinessObjects) – Consulting Assignment, Boston MA area Athena IT Solutions is looking for a BI architect. Please feel free to forward this […]