Analysts Corner
APRIL 25, 2025
Just like finding Waldo in a crowded picture book, finding the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) in a sea of stakeholder requests is about cutting through the noise to spot what trulymatters. Photo by Marten Newhall on Unsplash Introduction: More Doesnt Always MeanBetter As a Business Analyst, one of my recurring experiences during project kickoffs or requirement-gathering sessions is the long wishlist of features that stakeholders present.
Analyst Catalyst Blog
APRIL 29, 2025
The new ECBA exam is a game-changer, transforming how candidates prepare for real-world business analysis. With a sharper focus on practical skills, job-ready expertise, and global recognition, its your launchpad to make an immediate impact in todays workplace.
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Dataversity
APRIL 24, 2025
Business insights are only as good as the accuracy of the data on which they are built. According to Gartner, data quality is important to organizations in part because poor data quality costs organizations at least $12.9 million a year on average. So, we believe that it stands to reason that providing access to the […] The post Change Data Capture and the Value of Real-Time Data Integration appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
Analyst Catalyst Blog
APRIL 24, 2025
Celebrating Greg Alstads 20-year IIBA membership, this blog highlights his remarkable professional growth, valuable contributions to business analysis, and insightful advice for aspiring analysts, emphasizing communication, trust-building, and lifelong learning.
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InfoQ Articles
APRIL 25, 2025
Distributed cloud, PETs, and AI enable secure, private data processing. This integration enhances collaboration, security, and compliance across marketing, finance, and healthcare, addressing the growing need for data protection.
Adaptive US
APRIL 28, 2025
Key Highlights Explore the fundamental concepts of Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics for extracting actionable insights. Understand the evolution of BI from data warehousing to predictive analytics. Learn the significance of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics in driving business decisions. Discover the role of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in advanced analytics applications.
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Dataversity
APRIL 30, 2025
In todays data-driven business environment, enterprises are increasingly relying on sophisticated data migration strategies to manage and move vast amounts of information, particularly unstructured data. As enterprise IT infrastructure evolves, so too does the complexity of data migration. The scale, speed, and accuracy required to successfully migrate large datasets often containing billions of files […] The post Best Practices for Automating Complex Unstructured Data Migration appeared
Simplilearn
APRIL 29, 2025
The latest IT trend in town, BYOD or Bring Your Own Device, is a practice where employees are encouraged to make use of their personal devices to access enterprise systems and data. Being a small part of the larger trend of IT consumerization where hardware and software of the customer are allowed into organizational premises BYOD i. Read More.
Astera
APRIL 25, 2025
Before we delve into agentic RAG and AI agents, lets take a moment to acknowledge that the world of artificial intelligence is evolving at a tremendous pace. From the initial excitement surrounding large language models (LLMs) to the practical application of generative AI (Gen AI), businesses are constantly finding new ways to automate tasks and innovate faster.
Analysts Corner
APRIL 29, 2025
On the role of IT, data management and ontologies in enterprises. Photo by C Dustin on Unsplash Lets start with some management for dummies. When you run an organization, you need some sort of assetslike offices, warehouses, and equipment. You need customers. Workers. Suppliers. You need some initial money. Basically, thats all you need to manage an organizationand all of those things are quite physical.
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Adaptive US
APRIL 29, 2025
Key Highlights Learn the roles and responsibilities of a business analyst, including stakeholder management and requirements analysis. Discover essential skills such as problem-solving, data analytics, and business analysis tools. Explore the benefits of training programs, including career advancement and professional certifications. Step-by-step guidance on selecting the right training program and preparing for certification exams.
Phocas
APRIL 29, 2025
For many businesses using Oracle NetSuite ERP, financial and operational reporting often starts at a high level - total revenue, cost of goods sold (COGS) and operating expenses. But relying solely on this aggregated view is like trying to drive with a foggy windscreen. Without the ability to drill into specific transactions, blend financial and operational data, and visualize the root causes of performance trends, businesses are flying blind.
Simplilearn
APRIL 29, 2025
Portfolio Management We all dream of beating the market and being super investors and spend an inordinate amount of time and resources in this endeavor. Consequently, we are easy prey for the magic bullets and the secret formulae offered by eager salespeople pushing their wares. In spite of our best efforts, most of us fail in our attempts to be mo.
Fingent
APRIL 25, 2025
Are you struggling to face the many obstacles in the Real Estate sector? Increasing expenses, volatile markets, and intricate asset management are merely the start. Clients also anticipate smooth experiencesno lags, no interruptions. Is SAP for Real Estate the answer? The Real Estate Industry is evolvingare you adapting? Sticking to outdated processes is a one-way […] The post SAP for Real Estate: How Smart Tech is Reshaping the Industry appeared first on Fingent.
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Analysts Corner
APRIL 25, 2025
Most GenAI Startups Today Burn Cash Without Clear Paths to ProfitabilityWho WillSurvive? In a world where AI is embedded into daily lifefrom hiring processes to disease diagnosticswere witnessing a strange paradox. AI startups effortlessly raise nine-figure rounds, headlines shout about triple-digit annual growth, yet the behind-the-scenes math remains painfully sobering.
Modern Analyst
APRIL 27, 2025
In business analysis, success is not only measured by the projects you complete but by the respect you earn along the way. Institutional respect may give you power, but interpersonal respect gives you influence—and the most successful professionals know how to harness both. As you continue to advance in your career, remember that the real leaders aren’t just those with the most impressive titles, but those who inspire the deepest respect.
InfoQ Articles
APRIL 30, 2025
At its heart, our transformation journey is about breaking dependencies at multiple levels. Many enterprises face similar challenges with legacy systems: tightly coupled architectures that are difficult to scale, change, or maintain. For us at National Grid, the solution came through four complementary paradigms that worked together to enable different forms of decoupling.
Simplilearn
APRIL 24, 2025
The tech industry is changing so fast that you dare not miss a beat. You will be pushed behind a long queue of smartly skilled professionals if you do. So, skill up! AI is upgrading and reshaping everything globally. Reports suggest that 60% of organizations with reported AI adoption use Gen AI. So, organizations are looking for professionals who u.
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Adaptive US
APRIL 23, 2025
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Analysts Corner
APRIL 27, 2025
A transformation of great magnitude has occurred in the universe of business analysis, yet many professionals have not fully grasped its significance. A Change of Astronomical Proportions in BusinessAnalysis When the second sun arrives to realign the orbits of the planets bringing down with exemplary astonishment what astronomers thought was just another comet (The Second SunSong by Duda Beat and Nando Reis, free translation) A shift in realigning planetary orbits happened last month when IIBA c
Phocas
APRIL 23, 2025
Phocas Software celebrates 10 years of supporting manufacturers, distributors and retailers with data insights as a NetSuite SuiteCloud Developer Network Partner.
Dataversity
APRIL 23, 2025
Data used to be a physical thing, stored on paper and in ledgers. Security was also a physical thing, with valuable data protected by actual locks and guards. Today, we navigate a landscape dominated by code, algorithms, and digital streams of data, a far cry from those early days. Yet, despite these transformative changes, the […] The post From Parchment to Python: How Smart Data Evolved to What It Is Today appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
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Simplilearn
APRIL 23, 2025
The concept of Containerization has entirely changed the way an application is built, developed, packaged, monitored, tested, and deployed in the production environment. Before the introduction to Container technologies, organizations and businesses used to spend tons of resources in terms of money, time, and man-power to set up virtual machines or.
InfoQ Articles
APRIL 28, 2025
The InfoQ Trends Reports offer InfoQ readers a comprehensive overview of key topics worthy of attention. The reports also guide the InfoQ editorial team towards cutting-edge technologies in our reporting. In conjunction with the report and trends graph, our accompanying podcast features insightful discussions among the editors digging deeper into some of the trends.
Analysts Corner
APRIL 27, 2025
Packaged solution products can save time, but you might need to configure, integrate, and extend them to work in your world.
Phocas
APRIL 23, 2025
NetSuite is a powerful enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, but when it comes to reporting, many finance teams find themselves hitting a wall. Financial and operational reporting is essential for running a business, yet generating timely, accurate and specific reports from NetSuite often requires a heavy lift from finance teams and thats just the beginning.
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Dataversity
APRIL 29, 2025
Data has evolved from a back-office function into a central driver of innovation, customer experience, and regulatory compliance. Yet, many organizations still apply a one-size-fits-all approach to data governance frameworks, using the same rules for every department, use case, and dataset. Heres the issue: What works for managing a legacy HR system doesnt work for […] The post Why One-Size-Fits-All Data Governance Doesnt Work in the Age of AI appeared first on DATAVERSITY.
Simplilearn
APRIL 23, 2025
As a project manager, it is essential for you to efficiently manage all the documents, information, and data that come with a project. Since all the knowledge is too much for a project manager to handle alone, it becomes helpful to use a PMIS or a Project Management Institute System - a software that can help manage, control, and plan the flow of i.
Leading Agile
APRIL 23, 2025
AI experiments always work in the lab because the lab has the ideal conditions: isolated scope and boundaries, dedicated teams and tools, freedom from operational constraints, and executive sponsorship. The problem is those conditions don’t exist in the rest of the business. Video Transcript Philippe Bonneton There is an interesting one with ai.
Analysts Corner
APRIL 27, 2025
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