It has become evident from the advancements we’ve seen in the business analytics market that the use of visualization is now becoming mainstream. In my analysis of the market last year I wrote about the pathetic state of dashboards, where the assumption in the business intelligence software industry is that placing four to six charts or tables of data in a screen and publishing to business users can create business intelligence. That assumption has yet to be proven and is completely irrational, as presenting analytics in basic charts does little to provide context and a guide for taking actions and making decisions.
Topics: Analytics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Location Intelligence, Operational Intelligence, Visualization, Information Applications (IA), Information Management (IM), IT Performance Management (ITPM)
Four Types of Discovery Technology For Using Big Data Intelligently
Information technology for business is changing rapidly as organizations demand innovation to help them discover insights and facts. Our research into business technology innovation found analytics to be the top priority in 39 percent of organizations. Businesses feel pressure to be better, faster and smarter in operating processes, and understanding their various types of information is a key to success. Businesses are looking to capture value from all types of information both within the enterprise and on the Internet. In this context technology providers are now using the term “discovery” to capture potential buyers’ attention; it became an area for technology spending in 2012 and likely will be for years to come. In fact my colleague Tony Cosentino has identified discovery as one of the four pillars of big data analytics.
Topics: Big Data, Event discovery, Operational Performance Management (OPM), Analytics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, CIO, Information Management, Location Intelligence, Operational Intelligence, Visualization, Business Performance Management (BPM), Customer Performance Management (CPM), Data, Data Discovery, Financial Performance Management (FPM), Information Applications (IA), Information Discovery, Information Management (IM), Sales Performance Management (SPM), Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM), Workforce Performance Management (WPM)