Business Intelligence Strategies for the CIO-
Why pervasive BI is a big deal for users
Why is pervasive BI such a big deal? Read what one expert says and learn why pervasive business intelligence is important for the future of companies.
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The basics of improving BI performance
Find some basic ways of improving BI performance at your company. Learn about in-memory analytics, columnar databases and how data aggregation affects BI performance.
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Which users can benefit from BI dashboards, scorecards?
Are businesses deploying business intelligence dashboards and scorecards to workers other than managers and senior executives? Learn about high-level dashboards and who gets use out of dashboards a...
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How to leverage agile BI to help your BI architecture
Learn how to leverage agile BI to help with your business intelligence architecture. Find out why you should split your BI architecture into two categories -- data integration and BI applications.
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The real benefits of financial performance mgmt tech
There are benefits to CPM and financial performance management software beyond faster budgeting and financial reporting. Learn about using CPM software to improve effectiveness.
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The most effective form of Excel spreadsheet management
Get advice on proper Excel spreadsheet management for BI and CPM projects in your organization. Learn when spreadsheets should be used for business analytics – and when not.
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Keeping your CPM tools are up to date
CPM tools can be very beneficial to organizations. And what matters most isn’t the version of your CPM software but how you use it, says a corporate performance management expert.
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What is social media analytics tech? What does it do?
Learn the basics of what social media analytics software is and how it and text analytics can benefit companies. Get a definition of and use case for social media analytics.
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Customer data you need to collect
Every piece of customer data you can collect is potentially important to your customer analytics program, according to customer data analytics expert Richard Snow. Find out why.
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Analytics, integration tech for getting customer data
If you’re collecting customer data for analysis, learn about options such as data integration technology and third-party systems for collecting customer data from external sources.
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The real value of mobile business intelligence (BI)
Thinking about adding mobile business intelligence (BI) tools to your BI and analytics strategy? Find out where the real value of mobile BI resides and get real-world examples.
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The real deal on agile business intelligence (BI)
There’s a lot of confusion about agile business intelligence (BI). Get an expert’s take on what agile BI really is and if it’s a valid BI development strategy or just a buzzword.
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Is your company primed for social media analytics?
Are some companies primed to get more use out of social media analytics than others are? Find out, plus learn how a social media analytics strategy compares to BI strategies.
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Biggest BI problem: overloading data
What’s the biggest BI problem companies keep running into? Overloading data at the expense of functionality, says an expert. Find out how to avoid this common BI problem.
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Open source BI capable of taking on bigger BI vendors
Find out whether open source BI tools can compete with BI software from the leading business intelligence vendors. And learn which users are best suited for open source BI.
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New technology driving operational BI growth
More companies are moving toward the concept of operational business intelligence (BI). Learn how technologies such as in-memory analytics are driving adoption of operational BI.
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Tips on how to properly use Excel for BI projects
Learn how to properly use Excel for business intelligence projects, including advice on governing and securing your data sources and putting data governance processes in place.
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Key roles and responsibilities of a BI team
Learn about the primary roles and responsibilities of a business intelligence team, and find out how a company’s BI team and data management team work together on BI projects.
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What to keep in mind when expanding a BI platform
If you’re looking to expand your existing business intelligence platform or system, make sure you keep these important concepts in mind before launching a new BI project.
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Seven aspects of a successful BI architecture, design
Knowing what makes for a successful business intelligence (BI) architecture can help you plan and expand your current BI system. Learn what your BI architecture should include.
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How Hadoop, open source software affect BI architecture
There’s been a lot of talk about Hadoop and open source BI software. Find out how the open source technologies affect business intelligence archite...
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Expanding your BI architecture to mobile devices
Get tips on expanding a business intelligence architecture to support mobile devices and mobile BI software. Find out about the BI capabilities, st...
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BI trends affecting the BI market, industry
Learn about some business intelligence trends that are affecting the BI market and BI industry. Learn about packaged analytics software and agile BI.
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