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Business intelligence best practices

• Expert urges data pros to hone data science skills

  IT expert William McKnight shares job tips for data professionals looking to prosper in a changing enterprise. His first piece of advice: continually foster data science skills. Continue Reading

• Automated predictive analytics tools spawn wannabe scientists

  They don't own the same depth of data science skills, but automated predictive analytics tools hatch a new breed of 'data scientists' who can produce actionable predictive models. Continue Reading

• Building a data science team in today's data-centric climate

  Finding and training data scientists to build a data science team can be challenging. But in a recent webinar, a Gartner analyst offered tips on how to do it. Continue Reading

• Data-driven business models lead the way forward

  Good instincts used to drive successful business strategies, but intuition just can't cut it in the age of big data. Continue Reading

• Predictive analytics tools hinge on good data, business expertise

  Predictive analytics helps businesses maintain a competitive edge, but only with the right data. And even then, the most advanced analytics tools can't replace expertise. Continue Reading

• Traditional BI helps hospitals cope with shifting payment plans

  Hospitals are leveraging traditional BI systems to help them negotiate the shifting terrain around insurance payment programs.Continue Reading

• Hike use of business intelligence via the Eisenhower Matrix

  IT managers must work closely with the business to increase the number of people using BI tools in companies -- and a time management framework bearing the name of Dwight Eisenhower can help.Continue Reading

• Selecting the right BI analytics tool

  Industry-analyst product reviews can be a good source of introductory research, but these reviews can be fruitless endeavors. Often, the result is purchasing a software product that owns the most bells and whistles but really doesn't fill the need. ...Continue Reading

• Business use cases can determine the best BI analytics platform

  When determining the right BI analytics tool, it's important not to get caught up with the product's features. It's better to check out the data your business users are going to analyze and how they'll go about doing it, so you can provide them with...Continue Reading

• New BI tools present tough decisions

  BI vendors are trying to develop competitive niches for their products, but the trend is further fragmenting the technology market.Continue Reading

• Loshin: Self-service technology helps bring BI into CRM programs

  Consultant David Loshin explains the business benefits that self-service BI tools can provide to help users circumvent IT challenges in CRM analytics.Continue Reading

• Swim with the tides of change to visualize data -- and decisions

  Completing a three-part series on his blue ocean strategy for decision visualization, Lee Feinberg explains how you can take decision making to the next level by giving more people access to business intelligence and data visualization capabilities.Continue Reading

• DIY BI: A guide to self-service business intelligence implementation

  The articles in this guide discuss self-service BI's potential benefits and offer tips for successful deployment and management of self-service tools.Continue Reading

• Data visualization software deserves a deep look before buying

  Data visualization tools can present information to business users in easy-to-grasp formats. But it isn't a pretty picture if you buy the wrong one.Continue Reading

• BI and analytics tools top list of planned 2014 software initiatives

  TechTarget's IT Priorities Survey shows that business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing projects are the top software priority this year.Continue Reading