Asking whether your business is intelligent might seem like an unusual question but the response is becoming more important to companies that want to get ahead of rivals and maintain a competitive edge. Business intelligence is a set of techniques or tools used to acquire and transform raw data into meaningful information that can be used to analyse the business and benefit … [Read more...] about Why You Should Ask If Your Business is Intelligent
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How To Become A Data-Driven Company
The value of big data cant be overstated for businesses nowadays. The collection and analysis of data has allowed thousands of businesses to make decisions that are driven by that data, lending their decisions more weight and credibility and even predicting the future with machine-learning. But how can you actually become a business driven by data? The idea of being able to … [Read more...] about How To Become A Data-Driven Company
How Does Big Data Analytics Help in Decision Making
Staying ahead in the game is paramount for any business organization to survive in this competitive world. The future poses challenges that need tackling in the present. Every decision made today has a significant impact on the future of that organization. The rate at which a company responds to challenges in the present and the future is what determines their rate of success. … [Read more...] about How Does Big Data Analytics Help in Decision Making
Platform Economy, Making Enterprise Software “Just Right”
Will Platform Software Prevent Software Obsolescence? Accenture recently published their Technology Vision 2016. I applaud Accenture for maintaining a summary of their Tech Vision from 2015 and 2014 in this publication. It is rare that a forward looking report looks back at past predictions. Perhaps they did it because they were pretty much spot on. I am particularly interested … [Read more...] about Platform Economy, Making Enterprise Software “Just Right”
How SMEs Should Leverage Big Data
The expression big data has been around for several years now and, like many terms associated with the digital age, it tends to frighten the uninitiated. But, in simple terms, big data merely refers to the huge volume of data that comes into a business thick and fast from all manner of sources and, because of its quantity, is often stored off-site in the cloud. It encompasses … [Read more...] about How SMEs Should Leverage Big Data