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Democratize BI Tools: Information is Power!

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January 7, 2022

Why Democratize Business Intelligence? Lots of Reasons!

Perhaps you have resisted the temptation to democratize data in your organization. Your resistance may come from in-house, in the form of those who tell you that data governance is impossible in an environment where you spread your data far and wide. Perhaps you believe that the average business user cannot and will not use business intelligence tools, so any expense or time to implement such a solution would be wasteful. Perhaps you feel that the value of such a solution and of user adoption of these tools is overrated, and that ROI and TCO would not be worth the time and effort.

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BI Tools with R Integration Make Users Happy!

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December 9, 2021

What is R Scripting and Why Do I Need it Integrated in My BI Tool?

Don’t you hate it when someone blurts out a mysterious term at a business conference and you are left to decide whether to reveal your ignorance by asking what they are talking about, or simply nodding your head and smiling as if you understand and agree? I hate it when that happens.

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How Can My Team Use GeoMapping BI Tools?

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November 11, 2021

Why Does My Business Need BI Tools with GeoMaps?

So, you’ve got yourself a BI tool! That’s great news. Hopefully, that business intelligence solution includes all the features your business users need to easily gather and analyze data and make recommendations and suggestions, make decisions and fulfill their responsibilities in a way that supports your corporate goals and objectives. While your business may not think it needs all the bells and whistles, there are many hidden benefits to features and tools. Take for example, GeoMapping.

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Business Users Need Personalized BI Tools & Dashboards!

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October 5, 2021

Flexible Dashboard Software Can Deliver Business Intelligence to Business Users!

When I speak to friends and colleagues about reaping the benefits of business intelligence, they are often frustrated by the inability to a) access data and build reports and insight without the assistance of IT or analysts or b) access tools that allow them to use a BI tool or solution in a way that is meaningful to them. In other words, they either have NO access to business intelligence tools or they have access but those BI tools are restrictive and provide no flexible, agile way to gather, see and analyze data for the type of role they perform within the organization.

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Can Business Users Really Use BI Tools?

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September 8, 2021

Don’t Leave Your Business Users Out in the Cold. Give Them BI Tools!

Don’t underestimate your business users! They have market, domain and professional expertise that add value to the organization and, with the right BI tools and features, business users can gather, analyze and make decisions using data from all across the enterprise. You don’t have to leave the business intelligence and analytics efforts to IT or business analysts or data scientists.

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Include KPI Tools and Mobile BI to Support Users!

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August 12, 2021

Your Team Can Use Modern BI Tools to Improve Results and Add Value!

Business Intelligence drives business success. Being able to gain insight out of all the data in your enterprise is crucial to business success today. Your competition is always thinking of new ways to succeed and so should you! If you can provide your business users with BI tools and a simple, easy-to-use BI Dashboard, you can use these BI tools and solutions to achieve results and move your business forward.

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Citizen Data Scientists Deliver Business Intelligence!

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July 1, 2021

Why Should My Business Want Citizen Data Scientists?

These days, it seems that every conference I attend, there is a discussion about Citizen Data Scientists. For some of my colleagues, the discussion seems irrelevant or, in some cases, daunting. If you are hesitant to embrace this type of initiative in your business, here are a few Gartner predictions that might convince you to at least consider this crucial shift in business culture and data literacy.

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Your Business Data Can Be Popular with Social BI!

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June 1, 2021

Social Business Intelligence Creates a Business User Community!

Everyone over the age of five knows about social networks and social media. No matter which platform you prefer and how you choose to share your thoughts and ideas, you are no doubt engaged in the networking world. When it comes to business intelligence and analytics, there is no reason you can’t employ the same techniques to share, collaborate, create and innovate.

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Business Users Can and Will Adopt Self-Serve BI Tools!

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May 3, 2021

Choose the Right Self-Serve BI Tools and Ensure User Adoption!

When your business users are asked to take on yet another responsibility, they are likely to balk. Most companies are short-handed and expect more of their team members than ever before. There are a lot of good reasons to initiate data democratization and engage in digital transformation to modernize and improve the enterprise and to improve results. If the business can encourage data sharing and collaboration, it can also improve the shared knowledge of the team and create accountability and empowerment. In so doing, the business can leverage the knowledge and skill of each team member and ensure that every business user is working to their full potential with the all the information they need to solve problems and to capitalize on opportunities.

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Key Performance Indicators Are Crucial to Objective Metrics!

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February 16, 2021

Stay on Track with Business User Access to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)!

The days of managing a business by opinion or ‘gut feeling’ are long past. Every business has competition – whether local or global or both and the only way to know that the business is performing against objectives and goals and is strategically competitive is to use measurable goals.

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