12 Buzzwords in BI today

Like all areas of life, the world of business intelligence is filled with its own trends and buzzwords. We take a look at 12 of the biggest of 2016: Big Data This seems to be the major buzzword in BI over the past few years, referring to the large volume, variety and speed of data gathered to reach such a point that simply comprehending the sheer amount of available data becomes a challenge to the user. Data-centric industries such as telecommunications have had large sets of data for many years, predating this buzzword, and lead the field in terms of Big Data assembly and analysis. Cloud BI Like all cloud-based software, Cloud BI allows users to access their data from...

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10 Ways Business Intelligence can help small businesses thrive

Business Intelligence is an important topic these days, yet the perception remains that small businesses don’t need to analyse their data, that it doesn’t apply to them nor bring value to their business. Those in the know are fully aware this is untrue and that the right data can help any business thrive in an increasingly data-laden world. Here are a few tips on what business intelligence can do for your small business! Prioritise The right data coming to you from the right analytics streams can help clear the deadwood from view, showing you where you should be prioritising your small business’ focus and resources. Are you too focused on areas that your instinct or company’s history...

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Starting with CSV data analysis

Every day we produce huge amounts of data that can be used by apps and other services. Personal finances, fitness apps, home control & automation, work loggers… There is an app for pretty much everything we can think of. Some applications that we use every day allow us to export data as a CSV file. This is great because it means we can explore data with a finer detail and eventually get better insights than those that most applications give by default. All we need is a proper Data Visualization tool that can take these CSV files and lets us play a bit with the data.  So, let me show you how Viur works with CSV data. For...

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