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Seeking Simplicity’s Sweet Spot

Seeking Simplicity’s Sweet Spot

By Paul Miller on May 10, 2013

Albert Einstein, you may have heard, was a clever man. He scribbled equations on blackboards, thought big thoughts, and all of that. But, allegedly, he also said Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. These words have resonated with me recently, as I’ve heard pitches from one company after another, all [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Albert Einstein, Analytics, BI, big data, Business Intelligence, cloud computing, data, Data analysis, data science, data scientist, Datahero, interpretation, open data, user interface, visualisation, Visualization | 1 Response

Doing the DataBeat

Doing the DataBeat

By Paul Miller on April 10, 2013

For the past two years, Ben Kepes and I have helped the team at VentureBeat assemble the programme for their annual Cloud Computing event, CloudBeat. It looks as though we may end up doing something similar with them this year, as CloudBeat moves from Redwood City to downtown San Francisco, and from November to September. [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Analytics, ben kepes, big data, cloud computing, CloudBeat, Data analysis, data science, data visualisation, DataBeat, Linked Data, open data, venturebeat | Leave a response

The Future of SAP HCM and SuccessFactors Consulting - 2013

The Future of SAP HCM and SuccessFactors Consulting – 2013

By Jarret Pazahanick on April 10, 2013

It has been an extremely eventful year for SAP HCM and SuccessFactors since a group of us collaborated to write The Future of SAP HCM Consulting and SuccessFactors and a lot of people continue to reach out to me trying to understand what lies ahead in the overall consulting market. My thoughts are we are in the early [...]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics, cloud, consulting, ecm, ehp6, HCM, hr, human_capital_management, mss, nakisa, OnDemand, p&f, payroll, performance_management, saas, sapmentor, sap_business_suite, scn, successfactors, talent_management, wfa | 6 Responses

Conference Report: Workday Rising

Conference Report: Workday Rising

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 12, 2012

Last week I attended the analyst event organized along with Workday Rising 2012 conference. Workday Rising is Workday’s (previous CloudAve coverage)(Disclosure: Workday is the sponsor of CloudAve and this is my own personal opinion but they paid for my travel and stay) user conference and it was their attempt to interact closely with their customers [...]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged #wday, Analytics, big data, bigdata, ensw, Enterprise, enterprise software, insights, Technology, technology summit, workday, workday analytics, workday recruit, Workday Rising, workday rising 2012

Analytics-first Enterprise Applications

Analytics-first Enterprise Applications

By Chirag Mehta on October 16, 2012

This is the story of Tim Zimmer who has been working as a technician for one of the large appliance store chains. His job is to attend service calls for washers and dryers. He has seen a lot in his life; a lot has changed but a few things have stayed t…

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts, Mobile | Tagged Analytics, big data, enterprise applications, mobility

Cloud’s Secret Sauce–Zendesk Delivers Best Practice Analytics and Customer Satisfaction Data

Cloud’s Secret Sauce–Zendesk Delivers Best Practice Analytics and Customer Satisfaction Data

By Ben Kepes on March 27, 2012

I’ve long said that one of the key benefits of cloud applications is the ability of vendors to aggregate and anonymize data from their users, and to offer this anonymized aggregated data back to users who can then derive insights from comparisons between themselves and other vendors. It’s an area fraught with concerns about commercial [...]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics, Customer Satisfaction, customer service, freshbooks, twitter, zendesk

The New New Metrics for Advertising: The SuperBowl Versus the Academy Awards (infographic)

The New New Metrics for Advertising: The SuperBowl Versus the Academy Awards (infographic)

By Mark Fidelman on March 2, 2012

For big brands acquiring  customers it used to be a simple formula. Create a great ad + advertise in media with a large audience of potential customers + have a call to action = sales. Brands that follow the old formula can still advertise to millions of people and have plenty of traditional brand impressions. [...]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged advertising, Analytics, dachis group, erik huddleston, Infographics, metrics

Loving What I Do For Living

Loving What I Do For Living

By Chirag Mehta on January 2, 2012

A few months back, I was helping a very large customer of ours to help simplify as well as automate their process of trading financial instruments. During one of my many visits to their office, I met a person who was trying to explain to me his job in supporting the people that are involved [...]

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise | Tagged Analytics, big data, cloud computing, design thinking, enterprise software

Platfora Closes Series A Funding To Help Make Sense Out Of Your (Big) Data

Platfora Closes Series A Funding To Help Make Sense Out Of Your (Big) Data

By Krishnan Subramanian on September 8, 2011

Platfora, the company with a mission to bring clarity to your data, today announced series A funding worth $5.7 Million to expand their rich analytics tool for Hadoop. After the cloud euphoria, it is the turn of big data to get the mindshare of pundits and public. This space is crowded and competitive. Platfora is [...]

Posted in Platforms | Tagged Analytics, analytics platform, Andreessen Horowitz, big data, briefs, data, funding, funding round, intelligence, platfora

Modern Day Enterprise Software: Workday Example

Modern Day Enterprise Software: Workday Example

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 16, 2011

Even before cloud computing became the household name, enterprise software industry has started seeing disruption. Even though legacy software still holds enterprise market to ransom, companies like Salesforce.com, Workday, Netsuite, Google, etc. are carving out a path towards the modern day enterprise software. From my point of view, any modern enterprise software should offer social [...]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics, android, Blackberry, business analytics, Business Intelligence, embedded intelligence, ensw, enterprise 2.0, enterprise software, HCM, hr, insights, iOS, Mobile Enterprise, smartphones, tablets, workday

Data Value vs. Data Puke (In Social Web)

Data Value vs. Data Puke (In Social Web)

By Maksim Ovsyannikov on March 30, 2011

Data has value, right? Well, be careful! Social web offers many data points that are nothing but “puke”. Basing decisions on data puke can only cause nausea for your business. Tune in, and let me know what you think.

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics, data, Data quality, GIGO, social, social media, web | 1 Response

Jaspersoft Ramps Up Their Offering To Meet Embeded BI Market Needs

Jaspersoft Ramps Up Their Offering To Meet Embeded BI Market Needs

By Krishnan Subramanian on January 13, 2011

Jaspersoft, the San Francisco based Business Intelligence vendor, yesterday announced the newer version of their product, Jaspersoft 4, with embedded BI market in mind. Jaspersoft 4 leverages a new modular UI architecture which makes it easy to customize and embed, thereby making the BI tool more attractive to users. This version has a new GUI [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged Analytics, BI, Business Intelligence, datawarehouse, insights, jaspersoft, jaspersoft 4 | 2 Responses

Business Analytics on the Samsung Galaxy Tab

Business Analytics on the Samsung Galaxy Tab

By Timo Elliott on November 18, 2010

Earlier this week, I had a quick chance to use the new Samsung Galaxy Tab — the first serious tablet rival to the iPad — and check out its analytic / business intelligence capabilities. The device runs Android 2.2, which supports Adobe Flash, so the first thing I tried was a couple of dashboards suitable [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Mobile | Tagged All, Analytics, android, business analytics, Business Intelligence, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Dashboards, Featured, Galaxy Tab, google, html, ipad, itunes, Mobile BI, Samsung, sap, tablet, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius

Why Are Business Analytics Important? Because You Think You’re a Better Than Average Driver

Why Are Business Analytics Important? Because You Think You’re a Better Than Average Driver

By Timo Elliott on November 10, 2010

Why are analytics important? Because 93% of us think we’re better than average drivers. This cognitive bias means that we’re overconfident in our decisions — and hence under-invest in the business analytics systems, processes, and culture that can lead to fact-based decision making.

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged All, Analytics, business analytics, Business Intelligence, Cognitive Bias, Featured, illusory superiority

Challenging Stonebraker’s Assertions On Data Warehouses - Part 2

Challenging Stonebraker’s Assertions On Data Warehouses – Part 2

By Chirag Mehta on November 9, 2010

Check out the Part 1 if you haven’t already read it to better understand the context and my disclaimer. This is the Part 2 covering the assertions from 6 to 10.Assertion 6: Appliances should be “software only.”“In my 40 years of experience as a com…

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged Analytics, BI, cloud computing, nosql

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