So I am at the British Airways Executive lounge at London Heathrow waiting for my flight and watching England play Sweden in the World Cup quarter finals. England are leading 1-0 going into the second half and then Dele Alli scores a second goal for England. I jump out of ...
Read More »High Value Opportunity Burst Brings Instant Gratification to Marketing Executives
An early notification would provide enough time for senior management to ensure the right team and support was in place to win the deal. There was only one caveat…
Read More »Succinct BI Reporting
We live in a world where we do not just have easy access to more information than ever before, but where we are also bombarded with more information than we can possibly absorb. The combination of social media, the internet and smart mobile devices have provided the means for us ...
Read More »Tigers and Entrepreneurship – Reflections on 2015 and fun dashboards at InfoSol
It is agreed that mindset is the #1 indicator and predictor of success in entrepreneurship and in my opinion it is one of the most difficult things to measure.
Read More »SAP Sticks its Head in the Cloud for ERP and its Head in the Sand for BI
The messaging from SAP at this year’s Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference was remarkable, radical and actually quite refreshing. If we are to take Bill McDermott (CEO) at his word, organizations (including SAP) need to eliminate layers of management, stop attending meetings and simplify business processes. The mantra of the ...
Read More »Location Intelligence: Key BI Tool Requirement & IBIS 2014 Highlight
Recently, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant recognized Geospatial and Location Intelligence as an emphasis for Business Intelligence and Analytical Platforms. The 2014 emphasis, according to Gartner, includes geospatial and location intelligence as key BI features as part of the “tool requirements” for businesses today. ARI®, the largest privately held vehicle fleet management ...
Read More »Yellowfin 7 Release Coming Soon and Full of Enhancements
Yellowfin announced the new release date of their enhancements to the integrated BI solution that will reflect in Yellowfin 7; GA is set for December 20th 2013. There are many anticipated enhancements coming in this release due to the feedback Yellowfin customers have given since the changes in 6.3. I will ...
Read More »Reflections on BI from GITEX 2013
Exhibiting at the 2013 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) for the first time was a truly interesting experience...
Read More »BI Trends in 2013
As business analysts, we use a lot of really great and powerful tools to visualize our valuable information. The only problem is that the world as a whole is moving towards a more mobile environment. And that leaves me with the question of what is going to happen to our ...
Read More »Limitless BI – Up, Up and Away
Growing up, I used to watch the animated version of Superman on TV in black-and-white and I can still remember that introduction of : “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, ...
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