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5 BI mistakes you should avoid

Business intelligence (BI) involves the use of a variety of software and applications to analyze a company’s raw data, and present it in a way that’s easy to understand and enables effective business decisions to be taken. But in reality, many businesses fail to have an effective BI strategy in place, causing them to lose… Continue reading 5 BI mistakes you should avoid

Three BI terms to understand

Business intelligence is all about taking valuable raw data from your company’s operations and turning it into useful, understandable insights that help you understand what you are doing well, what you need to improve on and where your company is headed. Insights gleaned from business intelligence can also help you to identify new opportunities for… Continue reading Three BI terms to understand

You need to know these BI terms

Are you thinking of making the move from simple Excel data extraction to more sophisticated business intelligence tools? It’s an essential step for any company looking to up the ante and gain real insights into business performance as of today, and to compare that to your company’s direction in order to understand what’s needed to… Continue reading You need to know these BI terms

Knowing the basics of Business Intelligence

If your business is not already using business intelligence systems, you are at a distinct disadvantage against the competition, and are failing to maximize a truly valuable opportunity to understand your position in the market. Business intelligence takes raw business data and converts it into insights that you can not only understand, but which offer… Continue reading Knowing the basics of Business Intelligence

Are you in need of a data warehouse?

The amount of data both available to, and generated by, a company is increasing exponentially. While some smaller to medium businesses are coping fine with the growth, many are struggling with managing their data, let alone leveraging it to help make better decisions. If you find that your business isn’t coping with data, one solution… Continue reading Are you in need of a data warehouse?

Do you need a data warehouse?

Data is an integral component to any business. Without it we would not be able to make decisions, develop marketing campaigns, or even operate. The issue many businesses face however is that the amount of data they generate and capture is increasing exponentially and it can be a challenge to collect and leverage it. One… Continue reading Do you need a data warehouse?

Does your company need a data warehouse?

The data your business generates and captures is among the one of the most important assets available to yourself and your and employees. Unfortunately, the amount of data available is growing exponentially and it can quickly overwhelm many positions. One solution that allows businesses to better manage data is the data warehouse. The only question,… Continue reading Does your company need a data warehouse?

Why use predictive analytics?

Predicting the future is a skill many business owners wish they could have. After all, if you could tell what will happen six months from now, you might find that business would be infinitely easier. Of course, this is not possible to such a precise extent. That being said, businesses do have tools at their… Continue reading Why use predictive analytics?

A quick look at predictive analytics

In business, it would be great if we could tell what the future holds. And although we can’t predict 100% for sure what will happen, businesses do have a set of tools at their disposal that can help foretell more than a wild guess. The most popular forecasting tool is predictive analytics. While it is… Continue reading A quick look at predictive analytics

Reasons to use predictive analytics

Growing up we are constantly told that predicting the future is at best mere guess work, and there is no real way to tell what our future may hold. While this may be the case for much of life, in business there are ways to make accurate forecasts. One option at your disposal to be… Continue reading Reasons to use predictive analytics