Izenda Embedded Analytics and Technology Blog

Nov 23
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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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Jun 15
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cloud migration and business intelligence

Don’t Waste Your Cloud Migration

By | The Cloud
It’s no longer a trend. Cloud computing is the future. As cloud services become cheaper, more manageable, and more secure, businesses across all verticals will have no choice but to make the migration if they want to remain competitively viable.

But many organizations keep putting it off. And you can’t blame them. Cloud migration is difficult, complex, and causes a general disruption in your business. And disruptions are potentially expensive.

In a nutshell, cloud adoption is risky and easy to put off if you don’t see an immediate need. But as Bill Kleyman put it, if you want to disrupt a digital-driven market, you yourself must be disrupted.

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May 06
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Top 5 Cloud Trends in 2020

By | The Cloud
It’s no surprise: cloud computing is the “new normal” for enterprise IT. Spending for cloud-based offerings is markedly higher, with cloud initiatives expected to account for 70% of all tech spending in 2020.

And with this greater spend comes a greater focus on optimization, reliability, security, and more. For many enterprises, cloud adoption is no longer a choice – but a competitive requirement. Customers expect speed and scalability as well as lower costs and security.

In order to keep up with the complexity of multi-cloud strategies, new trends in cloud computing are emerging. Here 5 cloud trends we’re seeing in 2020.

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Sep 20
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Which Cloud Platform Meets Your Needs Best?

By | Industry Trends, The Cloud
With cloud computing prevalent, which platform should you use?Izenda began using Microsoft Azure in 2009 as one of the first companies to adopt the cloud computing platform. Now Azure ranks as one of the most popular choices in cloud computing solutions for business. Since that first release, Azure has offered a reliable and responsive entry into cloud computing. Does Azure still have what it takes as one of the top cloud platforms available? Read More

May 19
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Be Sensible: Embed Analytics in Cloud-Based Applications

By | Embedded Analytics, The Cloud
Cloud computingEverybody seems to be moving into the cloud. It’s a pillar in the next wave of IT, along with mobile, social and business analytics, said Melanie Posey, research vice president for IDC, an analyst firm based in Framingham, Mass. In a Tech Target article she’s quoted as saying cloud blurs the lines between IT and business departments, forcing continuous innovation and transformation.

An important part of that innovation and transformation should be embedded analytics in a self-service BI platform. Read More

Apr 30
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Self-Service BI Should Reveal Actionable Data

By | Self-Service BI, The Cloud

blue cloud with gears inside itOn Wednesday Microsoft revealed that its Azure cloud had grown to 50 trillion storage objects, an increase of 20 trillion since last year. Another 200,000 SQL databases were established in Azure in that time, raising the total to 1.4 million SQL databases.

Just in Azure alone we can see how data growth continues as detailed in Microsoft Build. The proliferation of data will only become more intense as businesses bring in more data from multiple sources to try to put actionable data into the hands of the users. Read More

Mar 27
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Understanding the Value of Small Data

By | BI Innovation, Big Data, Business, Customer Success, For Developers, IT and Engineering, Technology, The Cloud, Tips

Izenda Tech Blog logoMuch has been written about big data and how it is revolutionizing business and business intelligence. Today, we’re going to give some recognition to a less hyped sibling – small data.

Allen Bonde, VP of Product Marketing and Innovation at Actuate, has been written about small data in many places, including the Small Data Group blog. His definition of small data:

“Small data connects people with timely, meaningful insights (derived from big data and/or “local” sources), organized and packaged – often visually – to be accessible, understandable, and actionable for everyday tasks.”

Put even more simply, big data is about machines; small data is about people. Read More

Mar 23
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Leveraging BI to Maintain Competitive Edge

By | BI Innovation, Big Data, Business, Customer Success, For Developers, IT and Engineering, Technology, The Cloud
Izenda Tech Blog logoIf you are following the business intelligence space, it seems that there are new surveys every week confirming the growing use of BI in a competitive landscape.

Whether the research comes from academia, research analysts, consultants, large enterprise solutions providers or smaller BI vendors, it all points in the same direction: We live in a fast-paced, data-driven world. Those organizations who don’t keep up will be left behind.

A global report from the consulting company Capgemini is one of the latest in a massive deluge of studies, which reflect this acceleration of data growth and the business world’s attempts to keep pace with it. Their survey found that 64 percent of enterprises in North and South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific believe that big data is changing traditional business boundaries. It also found:

  • 58% expect to face increased competition from start-ups enabled by data
  • 24% of companies report disruption from new competitors moving into their industry

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Mar 18
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Two-Day .NET Online Conference Begins

By | For Developers, IT and Engineering, Microsoft, Technology, The Cloud

dotnetThe dotnetConf, a free, two-day virtual event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft, begins Wednesday. The online conference helps developers create desktop, mobile, web, and cloud-based applications using the .NET Framework.

The third annual event picks up from last June’s two-day event. Day 1 features 10 talks with the latest on updates to .NET with the developers and program managers who are building the framework. Thursday features a whole day dedicated to .NET-related projects created by the community, partners and other Microsoft groups. Read More