operational reporting and analytics

A Quick Guide to Operational Reporting & Analytics

By | Business Intelligence
Operational reporting and analytics can provide businesses with a tactical snapshot of daily business operations. These granular, detailed reports help users make smarter, data-driven decisions that have an immediate and meaningful impact on short-term processes and goals. Keep reading for a quick overview of operational reporting and analytics and how it can help your business. Read More

managing technical debt

Managing Technical Debt (and How BI Can Help)

By | For Product Managers
For many product managers and their teams, technical debt can be a black hole. Throughout product development, it may feel like you take two steps forward and three steps back. Technical debt is a common problem among product teams with no clear-cut solution.

But recognizing what causes technical debt is the first step towards successfully managing it. And once a technical debt management plan is in place, you’ll be able to easily inch your way out of that black hole. Read More

Real Time Analytics

What is Real Time Analytics? – A Complete Overview

By | Analytics
Business decision-making increasingly relies on data. In order to make the right decision, it helps to have access to data in real time. Up to the minute access to a snapshot of your business might help you make a critical decision- just in time to save an account or bring a competitor’s customers on board.

If you rely on out of date information to make your decisions, you may be relying on trending tools, experience, or even intuition to guide you. Anyone who follows the weather on a regular basis can see where trending tools get you most of the time.

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cloud business intelligence

Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) from Izenda

By | Business Intelligence, The Cloud
In 2013, we published a blog titled “In 10 Years, Cloud Computing Will Be Long Forgotten.” Of course, we didn’t mean it wouldn’t be used at all. (We were young, but not naive…). What we meant was that cloud computing (and cloud business intelligence) would become so ingrained in everyday technology, that it would cease to be a meaningful term. It would be the standard.

And by 2023, that very well may be the case. As of 2019, 90% of companies were on the cloud. And an estimated 60% of workloads are running on a cloud-hosted service. – up 25% from the year before. The main driver behind cloud adoption? Data Access.

And for businesses, where there’s data – there’s Business Intelligence. (At least there should be.) The increased adoption of cloud services has led to an increase in Cloud BI tools. Here, we’ll go over what Business Intelligence for the cloud means, how it works, and the benefits of cloud analytics.

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data visualization quiz

QUIZ: Can You Spot the Problem With These Data Visualizations?

By | Tips, Visualizations | No Comments
With the recent election, people are interacting with data visualizations more than they normally would. And unless you’re a business analyst, you may not realize what separates a good visualization from a bad one.

Actually, some business analysts could use a crash course in effective data visualization as well. Thousands of people, every day, are forced to interact with misleading, ugly, or generally unusable data visualizations in their day-to-day activities. Without a true self-service business intelligence platform like Izenda, your users may be at the mercy of the business analysts that develop reports and dashboards on their behalf.

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data security and business intelligence

Data Security & Business Intelligence: What You Need to Know

By | Business Intelligence, Embedded Analytics | No Comments
Facebook. T-Mobile. MyHeritage.

What do these organizations have in common?

In 2018, these companies hit the headlines due to big data breaches that affected millions of users. Each news report of a cybersecurity breach underscores the importance of preventing unauthorized users from accessing the massive amount of data that flows through your organization.

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