Business Intelligence Strategies for the CIOAccess "Mobile BI tools on move at leading-edge organizations"
This article is part of the Issue 4 April 2012 issue of New strategies for avoiding the dreaded data silo
On March 7, Apple unveiled the third model of the iPad. While the updated tablet PC was touted for its high-resolution screen and increased computing power, it’s also expected to add more momentum to a mobile business intelligence (BI) movement that’s just coming into its own. Since the late 1990s, hopeful vendors have seen great potential for mobile BI tools. But the concept really didn’t crystallize until the advent of smartphones and especially tablets, most prominently the iPad. Such products are capable of delivering visually compelling, interactive, easy-to-use dashboards and reports to business executives and workers wherever they are. Mobile BI applications are also capable of mesmerizing prospective users. For example, when representatives from Whole Foods Market attended software vendor MicroStrategy Inc.’s annual user conference early last year, they were “blown away” by a mobile BI presentation by the U.K.-based Tesco retail chain, according to Dave Zodikoff, global IT director at Whole Foods. What is mobile BI? Mobile business intelligence ... Access >>>
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Data silos in big data analytics: Now you see them, now you don't?
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Big data makes the problem of data silos even bigger. Or does it? Either way, CIOs must make big changes to get the most out of big data analytics.
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Mobile BI tools on move at leading-edge organizations
by Nicole Laskowski, News Editor
The iPad is helping to drive increased interest in mobile business intelligence, which is opening up BI data to new business users without tying them -- or existing users -- to their offices.
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Performance management gap: Goals versus realities
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Successful performance management initiatives involve more than purchasing and implementing software. And despite good intentions, there’s a high probability that you’re not getting everything you should from your system.
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Data silos in big data analytics: Now you see them, now you don't?
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