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Business Intelligence: Surge in Investments in Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

Sales of Business Intelligence software surged in 2010, passing the $10 billion mark, an increase of 13.4 percent over the previous year, according to a report by Gartner.  The growth in 2010 was much stronger than 2009 when frozen budgets

Business Intelligence: Poor Data Quality Threatens Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

Garbage in, Garbage out (GIGO).   It’s a simple truth that has important implications in the world of business intelligence.   While Business Intelligence tools can create beautiful and compelling dashboards and graphics, if the data that the tools rely

Business Intelligence: Legacy Systems Obstruct UK MoD's Supply Chain

By Dick Weisinger

Today’s modern military depends increasingly on technology, technology for weapons, but also technology to manage business intelligence and the supply chain. A report from the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) finds that military technology has been a weak link in

Business Intelligence: Gartner's Four Quadrants Shrinks to Two

By Dick Weisinger

The most recent report from Gartner, and available free courtesy of Oracle,  on the state of Business Intelligence (BI) shows a sort of two-winged butterfly effect in the distribution of companies across Gartner’s famous magic quadrant.  This was an effect

Business Intelligence: Think like a Leader, not like a Manager

By Dick Weisinger

The nature of Business Intelligence software is changing and BI technology is positioned for rapid change in the next few years.  Patrick Meehan at Gartner refers to the change as being a cultural one and well as a technological one.  We’ve