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Re-Visualizing Business Intelligence, now let’s chat!

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Since it is the prerogative of a consultant to question and modify predominant jargon, I am hatting (yes, this too is an English word) …I am hatting myself in the hat of a consultant this morning, and I am questioning the application of the term “ Business Intelligence.” As a professional in the Industry for long, I have seen this word being used innovatively to describe Cognos, Business Objects, QlikView and Power BI.

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Predictive Analysis Software & Self Serve Data Prep

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Your Business Will Soar with Self-Serve Data Prep & Predictive Analysis Software If your organization is implementing self-serve business intelligence, it is important to balance sophisticated tools with the skills of the average business user. While algorithms and advanced data analysis are a great benefit, if business users find these tools daunting, they won’t adopt them, and you won’t improve productivity, or timeliness or accuracy of decision-making.

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Clickless Analytics

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One of the things which cause distress in a lot of activities is the click. We have to point and click. You can use your mouse, or finger or your nose if the hands are busy, but you have to click. Point and click was a solution invented for a purpose which we have extended to all areas of life. Since we work in the world of data science and analytics, I will restrict my discussion to this, though I have a plenty of opinion in the other areas.

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Citizen Data Scientists Benefit the Biz

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If you are interested in, or work in, technology, you are familiar with Gartner and its analysis and predictions for the world-wide technology landscape. One of the key predictions Gartner has made in the past few years is the advent and growth of data democracy and the increasing importance of Citizen Data Scientists. If your organization is like most businesses, your IT and analytical resources are limited and you want those resources to focus on the work that is most crucial and requires thei

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Whose job is it anyway?

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There was an accountant; he used to know which entry goes on the debit side and which on the credit side. If that is all he knew, his job has since long disappeared. Then there was a person and his team who used to be so busy finalising the company accounts at the end of each reporting period. They were a bunch of busy body accountants. It is still a busy body with a different set of skills.

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Data Democracy = Business Benefit

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Data Democracy Benefits the Enterprise I vote for Data Democracy. Why? Because data belongs to everyone in your organization and if you can find a way to provide data democratization, and provide your business users with mobile BI tools, self-serve business intelligence, social BI tools and self-service data prep, your organization WILL reap the benefits.

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Gartner BI & Analytics Summit, Mumbai, 2017: My Take

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On June 6 and 7, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending and participating in the Gartner Business Intelligence, Analytics and Information Management Summit in Powai, Mumbai, India. The 2017 Summit was larger and even more productive than the Summit of 2016, with more than 650 delegates in attendance. The theme for 2017 was Information & Analytics Leadership: Empowering People with Trusted Data.