Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Blog

Information and Discussions on Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, and Management featuring: Strategies, Best Practices, PARIS Product Tips and News

All Aboard the “Business Analytics Express”

All Aboard the “Business Analytics Express”

If analytical software can eradicate waste and inefficiencies in your business, is there even a question as to whether you should be using it? In his post, Sustainability Lessons in Advanced Analytics, Michael Morrison argues that the technology to analyze big data...

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Everyone is a Part of The BI Team

Everyone is a Part of The BI Team

There's no "I" in team. In Robert Bates' article, How to Create Successful Business Intelligence – A Supply Chain Approach to Big Data, he argues that the most important part of implementing a strong BI/Data Analysis plan is to have everyone engaged, not just the...

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The Long-Standing False Promise of Business Intelligence

The Long-Standing False Promise of Business Intelligence

  Business Intelligence solutions have been a part of the software landscape for approximately 20 years. These solutions promised to transform business with better decision and greater profitability.  Unfortunately, getting the most out of typically large and...

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But, Does it Export to Excel?

But, Does it Export to Excel?

A consulting colleague and I were discussing the failure of a software that advertises its strengths in Visual Analytics. He said a customer that had bought one such product had effectively wasted $50,000. His customer ultimately had a question about the visual...

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Alternatives to the Bar Graph and When to Use Them

Alternatives to the Bar Graph and When to Use Them

  Who is tired of bar graphs? Everyone! They are so common, it is as if there weren't other options for displaying business data.  The fact remains, people choose bar graphs because they are safe and can display a wide range of data sets in a useful way.  With...

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6 Reasons PARIS Products are for You

6 Reasons PARIS Products are for You

  PARIS products are right for you if: You tried a Big Name solution… and you still have the original problems you were trying to address. You believe that it is time to evolve the way reporting and budgeting gets done–without throwing away what you know you can...

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Collecting and Analyzing Data in Sports is Here to Stay

Collecting and Analyzing Data in Sports is Here to Stay

Millions of dollars and the hopes and dreams of sports fans worldwide now more than ever depend on Big Data. Collecting data, crunching numbers and generating detailed reports is now a very big part of every sports franchise. No longer does all the action take place on the field, track, pitch or court.

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Problems and Solutions in the Business Intelligence Market

Problems and Solutions in the Business Intelligence Market

The Business Intelligence market, as we see it, is the following: Problems: Disconnected Data and Applications, Repeated Manual Tasks, Slow Processes Most companies have significant problems integrating data between end-user tools such as Excel, Access,...

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How to Automate Reports and Perform Analytics in Excel – the PowerExcel way!

How to Automate Reports and Perform Analytics in Excel – the PowerExcel way!

Crunching numbers, generating reports, consolidating data across departments—these are always very lengthy and cumbersome when done manually. To make matters worse, reports that take so lo-o-o-o-ng to complete of course turn out to have outdated information …and so, managers are faced with the issue of not having real-time data to make critical decisions.

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