Your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) should make it easier for you to keep an eye on the future of your business–but that’s not always the case. It’s tempting to track every shred of business data you can get your hands…

If you’re in the business of business intelligence (BI), your main task may be finding the right BI tool to meet the needs of your organization. With so many self-service BI tools on the market, this might feel like a…

In recent years, business strategists, marketers, and data analysts have come to realize the persuasive power of visualization. In a study from New York University, researchers explained that visualized data communicates at a higher level and has a greater impact…

How to Keep Data Clean, Useful, and Accessible I’ve had many discussions around data challenges with technical consultants and engineers, and have learned a few things along the way. Here are a few takeaways that will help you identify, visualize…

Read the full article in Philanthropy Journal News here. How nonprofits can leverage dashboards to make better business decisions Many nonprofit decision makers are embracing a powerful technology solution: dashboards. In the nonprofit sector, operating with unpredictable funding, managing large…

Read the full article at Accounting Today here. Accounting firms are finding that one of the biggest new value-adds they can offer clients is big data. The variety of tools they can employ to give clients insight into their business…

Read the full article on Inbound Logistics. As a logistics professional, you’re familiar with the value of high-quality data. Experienced supply chain practitioners recognize that the value of data is directly related to its utility: Raw data without context or…

Photo credit Arabian Computer News The adoption of business intelligence tools is relatively low, and this is, in large part, down to the fact that most of the tools offer a poor user experience, according to Shadan Malik, president and…

  Business intelligence, data analytics, dashboards, visualization, big data, warehousing and so many more buzz words are heard throughout our healthcare industry. Like most hospitals and clinics, you probably have access to multiple high end business intelligence (BI) tools; however,…

Having seen the last 15 years of business intelligence (BI) developments, one unmistakable phenomenon is the hype cycles within this segment. Hype cycles are like tornadoes – they start with a little shake-up in a few intellectual minds and then…