Tag: BI

Feed: Actian. Author: Lewis Carr. And why is it better than a Data Lake or an Analytics Hub? In the opening installment of this blog series—Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Data Hubs: Do we need another choice?  I explore why simply migrating these on-prem data integration, management, and analytics platforms to the Cloud does not fully address modern data analytics needs. In comparing these three platforms, it becomes clear that while all of them meet certain critical needs, none of them meet the needs of business end-users without significant support from IT. What we in fact need is a platform ... Read More

Feed: AWS Big Data Blog. Amazon QuickSight is a cloud-native BI service that allows end users to create and publish dashboards in minutes, without provisioning any servers or requiring complex licensing. You can view these dashboards on the QuickSight product console or embed them into applications and websites. After you deploy a dashboard, it’s important to assess how they and other assets are being adopted, accessed, and used across various departments or customers. In this post, we use a QuickSight dashboard to present the following insights: Most viewed and accessed dashboards Most updated dashboards and analyses Most popular datasets Active ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: John Mellor. Last week, Domo was named a Challenger on the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and BI Platforms, and it didn’t come as a surprise to any of us who have been with the company for at least the past 12 months. During a period of epic change and disruption, a cloud-native SaaS product built by people who have always been willing to work hard and challenge the status quo met the moment. And the world’s biggest tech advisory firm took notice. Our move from a Niche Player to a Challenger was based on ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We are happy to announce that we have just released the February update for the On-premises data gateway (version 3000.72.6) Here are some of the things that we would like to highlight with this month’s  release: Azure Cosmos DB connector renamed from DocumentDB to Cosmos DB on Gateway Compatible with February PBI desktop .Net Framework Update Deprecation Kerberos single sign-on (SSO) to SAP BW using gx64krb5 SAML single sign-on (SSO) to SAP HANA using OpenSSL Azure Cosmos DB Connector renamed on Gateway You have been able to connect to ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . ArcGIS for Power BI is a custom data visualization tool built within Power BI that brings mapping capabilities to your reports and dashboards. ArcGIS for Power BI is now available on Power BI Report Server. This functionality will enable all Esri Enterprise users who use Report Server to seamlessly use ArcGIS for Power BI. Not just that, it now supports Publish to Web and Power BI Embedded, enabling you to easily share your reports—with Esri maps—on a public website, an application you share with your customers, or an application ... Read More

Feed: CIO. Author: . In what has been a most extraordinary 12 months, we wanted to understand the prospects for IT professionals as we look forward to another year of disruption and change. How strong will the IT recruitment market be and which skills are in most demand? Has the pandemic changed hiring plans and which IT skills are no longer considered critical? The 2021 IDG Insider Pro and Computerworld IT Salary Survey of 1,172 IT professionals reveals a changing landscape, accelerated by the IT demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 48 percent of the survey respondents were ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . Welcome to the first feature summary of 2021! This month, amongst others, we have a couple of updates on ongoing previews, as well as a new color picker that features RGB color selector and a search bar to make discovery of features easier. Additionally, we are introducing new filter operations and make it easier to configure email subscription attachments. That’s not all though, so read on for all the details. Here is the full list of February updates: Reporting Analytics Data connectivity Service Mobile Visualizations Template Apps Developers Other ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Vincent Granville. Source: see here In Part 1 of this short series, I have included the most interesting articles that I wrote in the last few years. This part focuses on the business analytics / BI / operational research aspects. The next parts will focus on Mathematics, simulations, benchmarking algorithms based on synthetic data (in short, experimental data science) Opinions, for instance about the value of a PhD in our field, or the use of some techniques Methods, principles, rules of thumb, recipes, tricks My articles are always written in simple ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Nolan Necoechea. Nolan Necoechea alation partner network, resellers, systems integrators, technology partners July 14, 2020 — Nolan Necoechea, Alation: Hi, Kiran. Thanks for speaking with me today. Could you talk about what is being announced today? Kiran Narsu, VP of business development, Alation: Happy to do so. Today we are announcing the launch of the Alation Partner Network. The Alation Partner Network or APN builds on the work we have done with scores of partners to create an ecosystem of technology partners, system integrators, and resellers. The APN is designed to provide customers with best-of-breed solutions to ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Stephanie McReynolds. Stephanie McReynolds March 19, 2016 — REFLECTIONS FROM THE GARTNER BI & ANALYTICS SUMMIT I hate to admit that the last time I attended the Gartner BI & Analytics Summit, Howard Dresner was still the host. I started my career in BI, but took a few deviations into CRM, middleware, and databases. For me personally, it was an amazing return this year to the now appropriately re-named, Gartner BI & Analytics Summit held in Grapevine, Texas. The energy at the conference was amazing – over 2,000 attendees and 100 vendors gathered to find our inner ... Read More