Technology continues to rapidly transform every industry. The world of BI and analytics is no different. We’ve shared five predictions every data leader...
The analytics and business intelligence market is set to undergo unprecedented change in 2019. Driven by new technologies like AI and machine learning, along...
In the world of classic business intelligence, it’s not an understatement to say the query is king. Given the technology and infrastructure constraints...
For years, the business intelligence industry has promised not only to make businesses smarter, but empower them with self service insights from corporate data...
When Target deduced that a teenager from Minnesota was pregnant -- and told her father about it before she’d broken the news herself -- it was a reminder of...
Predicting what will happen in the coming year is always a tricky business. The seeds of the future may have been planted in the year prior, but haven’t grown...
I was recently onsite at a major toy manufacturer – let’s call them Toy Company – discussing their supply chain analytics initiative. They were explaining...
Using data to understand your client has been the holy grail of analytics teams for decades. Until recently, however, the inability to collect and reconcile...
In 1961, archaeologist Nicolae Vlassa discovered the Tărtăria tablets, thought by some to be the oldest known written text in the world. The controversies...
Who would have thought that Home and Garden Television (HGTV) could change medicine? But it is. That TV show where people search for beachfront bargains and...
Early in my career, thanks to some great managers, I was fortunate to have landed in a position with the responsibility of regularly presenting the performance...
How much does waiting cost you?
From a personal perspective, it might not be that hard to answer the question. Add together time waiting in line, time...
Consider an online retailer who has questions like: When should we roll out specific marketing campaigns? Which products should we push? Which products...
Stumbling through an information portal cluttered with content choices and complex navigation can be a confusing experience. It may seem like the answer you...
The world of Analytics is no different than any other technology-based solution domain in that the receptiveness of the audience to change is one of the most...
As humans, we have very flexible thought processes. We ask questions that lead to answers. If we don’t like the answer, we ask a different question. ...
Do you like smartphones? Think they’re easy to use? Would you rather carry around a digital camera for photographs, a phone for calls only, a pager for...
As a BI industry professional, one of the things that intrigues me is the fact that even today, with all the BI tools out there, analyses that cut across...
Do you ever wish you had a time machine? What would you go back and tell your younger self if you did? Thinking back over my career as a Business Analyst, BI...
Try a little thought experiment with me.
Take out a piece of paper. Call to mind the last two digits of your cell phone number. Write them down. Now...
Last week at a Customer Advisory Board meeting, I saw a presenter who stood out as a sales training star. He worked at a world-class software provider on the...
With the pace of change in the world getting faster every day, companies that rely on gut instinct over data-driven decisions are doomed to get left behind. But...
So you’re ready to roll out your dimensional data model and looking for ways to put the finishing touches on it. These 6 best practices will help you take...
This guide serves as the first of a series of blog posts designed to help you set up an analytics-ready data pipeline using some fundamental data modeling...
Business Intelligence (BI) is now solidly at the top of the list of most enterprise IT plans. Top-performing companies will spend 33% more of their tech budgets...
I spend a lot of my time these days traveling to talk to customers about how to get the most value out of their analytics ecosystem. People are hungry for...
We’re back in Palo Alto after another engaging week at Gartner BI & Analytics Summit in Grapevine, TX. Coming shortly after their release of this year’s...
Chasm trap. Sounds like one of those metal claws hunters put in the jungle to capture leopards and panthers - not something you want to fall into around the...
https://www.thoughtspot.com/technologySelf-service is one of the hottest terms in business intelligence. Unfortunately, it's also one of the most misunderstood...