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Cognitive Analytics: Optimizing Business Decisions with Analytic Assistance

By Dick Weisinger

Cognitive analytics is the application of data analysis and machine learning that enables businesses to better understand and be able to make predictions and smarter decisions about certain aspects of their business.  It includes tools from analytics, big data, natural

Business Intelligence: Gartner Demotes Former Market Leaders, Now Seen as Laggards, and Oracle is Dropped Completely

By Dick Weisinger

Out with the old and in with the new.  And with that, Gartner totally restructured their signature Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence. Gartner said that “the market share leaders SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, MicroStrategy, and SAS have amassed large customer

Business Analytics: Formerly Led by IT, BI today is Driven by Self-Service Business

By Dick Weisinger

The global business intelligence and analytics market is on track to reach nearly $17 billion this year, up about 5 percent from 2015, according to Gartner research.  Gartner said that business analytics historically had been led by IT but newer

Business Intelligence: Industry Predictions for 2016

By Dick Weisinger

An annual report from Tableau Software lists the top ten trends of business intelligence for 2016. Listed below are the predictions for 2016 and a summary of predictions from 2014 and 2015. Predictions for 2014 Trends Predictions for 2015 Trends Predictions

Data Mining: Are Your Old Data Archives a Source of Untapped Revenue?

By Dick Weisinger

Your archived data may have unlocked value.  That’s the conclusion of a study by IDC sponsored by Iron Mountain.  The report found that some businesses that have started to mine data locked away in old archives have been able to