June, 2017

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Democratise Analytics, Reach All cost effectively

Elegant BI

Analytics ?? ??? ???, ???? ?? ?? ??? ???! If you are living in India, and since you are reading this and it is very likely you are, the possibility you said: so what? You have worked in multinationals operating in India, Indian multinationals, Nationalised corporations or corporations which are the property of the nation and never, never have you found Analytics ??

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App of the week: Market Basket Analysis Dashboard

Domo

If you spend time shopping on Amazon or other web retailers, you know how powerful it is when a site delivers the right product recommendation at the right moment. Through complex data analysis, these companies are able to predict exactly what you’ll want to see next, based in large part on the products that similar customers have purchased in the past.

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A Firm Foundation for Modernized BI & Analytics

Athena Solutions BI

You wouldn’t modernize a house without fixing its rickety foundation first. Similarly, your BI and analytics environment needs a firm foundation before you can update it. When you first start considering a modernization effort you’re likely to be bombarded with advice: just choose technology X or product Y and it will be easy. But whatever that advice entails – big data, data discovery, self-service BI, anything on the cloud, machine learning, micro services, etc. – don’t expect them to lead yo

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LMS for Health Care: 5 Successful Case Studies

Better Buys

Health care is fast paced. With industry standards and health management techniques constantly evolving, practitioners need to stay on top of training and certifications to offer the best possible care. However, taking time away from the office isn’t always an option. Learning management systems (LMSs) can help healthcare professionals keep up with continuous training without […].

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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BI Analytics Tools and Visual Analytics Software

Elegant BI

Deep Dive Analytics and Data Analytics Tools Provide Clarity and Direction. If you are looking at a BI tool, it is important to review of the deep dive analytics tools in the solution you consider. BI Analytics tools are not all the same. Your business intelligence initiative will not be successful unless you provide sophisticated data analytics tools in an easy-to-use interface.

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Re-Visualizing Business Intelligence, now let’s chat!

Elegant BI

Since it is the prerogative of a consultant to question and modify predominant jargon, I am hatting (yes, this too is an English word) …I am hatting myself in the hat of a consultant this morning, and I am questioning the application of the term “ Business Intelligence.” As a professional in the Industry for long, I have seen this word being used innovatively to describe Cognos, Business Objects, QlikView and Power BI.

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Clickless Analytics

Elegant BI

One of the things which cause distress in a lot of activities is the click. We have to point and click. You can use your mouse, or finger or your nose if the hands are busy, but you have to click. Point and click was a solution invented for a purpose which we have extended to all areas of life. Since we work in the world of data science and analytics, I will restrict my discussion to this, though I have a plenty of opinion in the other areas.

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App of the Week: Salesforce QuickStart

Domo

In order to understand and optimize their performance, sales professionals need access to quality, up-to-date data from their customer relationship management (CRM) platform. With the right information, sales managers can identify their most effective employees, sales representatives can project their future revenues, and the entire department can make smarter, faster decisions that maximize profits.

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App of the Week: Jira QuickStart

Domo

When it comes to software development, time is of the essence. At any given moment, development and product teams are faced with thousands of bugs, project tasks, and help desk tickets—all of which must be handled in an orderly fashion. If companies have to wait days or even weeks to get reports from their project management software, they run the risk of letting major issues slip through the cracks until it’s too late to fix them.

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Gain a Competitive Edge With This Scenario Planning Toolkit

In a world where uncertainty and change are constant, scenario planning empowers companies with the agility and competitive edge needed to thrive. Download the toolkit to fortify your business strategy , set up your competitive positioning , and ensure your company is poised to respond to any future scenario.

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Gartner BI & Analytics Summit, Mumbai, 2017: My Take

Elegant BI

On June 6 and 7, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending and participating in the Gartner Business Intelligence, Analytics and Information Management Summit in Powai, Mumbai, India. The 2017 Summit was larger and even more productive than the Summit of 2016, with more than 650 delegates in attendance. The theme for 2017 was Information & Analytics Leadership: Empowering People with Trusted Data.

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Conquering Retail’s 6 Biggest Cross-Channel Challenges

Domo

For retailers operating across multiple channels today, the deluge of data received is a blessing and a curse. The upside? Retailers can know more about their channels, customers, supply chain, and operations than ever before. The rub? While most retailers are employing numerous systems to collect this data, it’s just amassing in information siloes without giving insights into better engaging their customers or optimizing their business.

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The Four Steps To Creating A Successful Retail Dashboard

Domo

For retailers, utilizing their big data has become synonymous with business success. 93% percent of businesses rely on data to help them do their jobs effectively, according to a study conducted by DOMO. The trouble is, while many have a data-driven dashboard in place, they don’t necessarily have access to the information that’s most valuable to their organization and most likely to impact their bottom line.

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Citizen Data Scientists Benefit the Biz

Elegant BI

If you are interested in, or work in, technology, you are familiar with Gartner and its analysis and predictions for the world-wide technology landscape. One of the key predictions Gartner has made in the past few years is the advent and growth of data democracy and the increasing importance of Citizen Data Scientists. If your organization is like most businesses, your IT and analytical resources are limited and you want those resources to focus on the work that is most crucial and requires thei

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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App of the Week: Google Analytics QuickStart

Domo

In an increasingly connected and competitive world, it’s almost impossible for a business to succeed without an effective, engaging website. Today, companies of all shapes and sizes rely on their owned properties to achieve a variety of ends—from spreading awareness to generating revenue, among others. While marketers and sales managers receive a wealth of data from their sites, it is nonetheless difficult for them to determine whether each site’s performance is actually optimized.

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Big Data Paralyzing Your Business? Avoid These Three Common Traps (Part 1)

Domo

With the abundance of data flowing into organizations these days, the next challenge isn’t usually how to acquire more data but how to translate it into something meaningful—informed actions that lead to higher revenues, lower costs, increased productivity, greater customer loyalty and so on. As traditional businesses still struggle with how to best capitalize on their data, many of today’s startups have data engrained in their DNA.

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4 ways retailers can beat the competition (with data they already have)

Domo

If you’re a retailer today, you probably already have a ton of data coming in from every corner of your business: point of sale, supply chain, e-commerce, and social media. Seeing your data coming in but not knowing how to use it can be seriously stressful. What’s the point of all that data if it isn’t helping move your business forward? You just need to know how to use each type of basic data for what it can tell you.

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Predictive Analysis Software & Self Serve Data Prep

Elegant BI

Your Business Will Soar with Self-Serve Data Prep & Predictive Analysis Software. If your organization is implementing self-serve business intelligence, it is important to balance sophisticated tools with the skills of the average business user. While algorithms and advanced data analysis are a great benefit, if business users find these tools daunting, they won’t adopt them, and you won’t improve productivity, or timeliness or accuracy of decision-making.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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App of the Week: Ecommerce Revenue Equation

Domo

Today’s digital marketers are operating in more channels than ever before, combining social media, search, mobile, and other tactics to win customers in a highly competitive marketplace. But while this flexibility allows ecommerce brands to engage their target audiences in a variety of settings, it can also make it difficult for them to measure their effectiveness.

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5 Reasons Why You Need Informal Training

Better Buys

How do you learn? Stop and think about that question for a moment. What actions do you take throughout your day that result in the formation of new thought patterns, ideas, or behaviors? Many times, learning is a natural process through actions like: Asking questions – Online queries, in-person dialogues, research/reading and internal probing. Observing […].

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Changes Ahead: What’s Trending in Data Governance

Better Buys

If anyone doubts the importance of data governance in 2017, consider this: McDonald’s will now track, evaluate and act on the fries we eat … or don’t eat. That’s just the tip of one trend in data management you’ll see in the coming months. Collecting and analyzing data allows companies to customize what they do for […].

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7 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your LMS

Better Buys

The millennial generation’s desire for continued growth is transforming the way companies think about employee learning. According to a recent Gallup report, 87% of millennials deem personal and professional development a critical aspect of job satisfaction. And one of the top reasons workers of this generation are known for job hopping is because they’re seeking […].

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Gartner’s 2017 BI Magic Quadrant: What Differentiates The Leaders?

Better Buys

Gartner’s BI Magic Quadrant scorecards give businesses a glimpse of where tech solutions have been, a snapshot of the current lay of the land and a hint of which companies are customers’ “best bets” two to five years down the line. Now that the dust has settled, here’s what we think the BI Magic Quadrants […].

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Big Data Paralyzing Your Business? (Part 2)

Domo

In some cases, data distrust occurs not because of actual inaccuracies but perceived ones. When new data is introduced, it may be inconsistent with pre-existing data and beliefs, which may lead to cognitive dissonance. When people experience inconsistency (dissonance) such as conflicting information, they are motivated to dismiss the new evidence as erroneous rather than questioning their original data or opinion.

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Data Democracy = Business Benefit

Elegant BI

Data Democracy Benefits the Enterprise. I vote for Data Democracy. Why? Because data belongs to everyone in your organization and if you can find a way to provide data democratization, and provide your business users with mobile BI tools, self-serve business intelligence, social BI tools and self-service data prep, your organization WILL reap the benefits.