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Business Intelligence: Converging Trends Mean Rapid Change for BI Sector

By Dick Weisinger

In a post last week we saw that Business Intelligence is becoming easier.   Easy-to-Use consumer-style interfaces are putting sophisticated data analysis tools into the hands of a greater range of users.  Tools that once required extensive support in order

Business Intelligence: Self Service Tools Put Data Analytics into the Hands of Average Users

By Dick Weisinger

Business Intelligence technology is evolving quickly.  BI is moving from something that has traditionally been very complex and which required significant training and deep skills in data analysis to something which is much much more interactive, more visual, and easier

SaaS BI: SMBs Find SaaS-based Business Intelligence cost effective

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly, companies are turning to Business Intelligence software to help them get better insight into their company, their customers, and their competitors so that they can make better business decisions.  BI will merge the worlds of internal financial and sales

Business Intelligence: R U Ready?

By Dick Weisinger

With the growing interest in being able to squeeze information out “Big Data”, statistical analysis is being put into the spotlight.  One tool that is rapidly growing in popularity is called the “R Programming Language”.  R is an Open Source

Business Intelligence: Open Source Catching Up, but Still Lags Proprietary

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source software pervades almost every segment of technology.  In some areas Open Source even has even become the leader.  For example, Linux versus UNIX, or Alfresco versus traditional ECM vendors.  Open Source Business Intelligence software is one area where