Izenda Embedded Analytics and Technology Blog

Mar 16
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Security Worries Hold Back Cloud BI Adoption

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

Izenda Tech Blog logoUser adoption of cloud business intelligence tools has jumped over the past three years and will continue to grow, but it’s clear that many organizations are still slow to take the leap because of security concerns even if they’re unfounded, according to multiple observers.

SearchBusinessAnalytics recently explored that hesitation in an interview with Howard Dresner, founder, president and chief research officer at consultancy Dresner Advisory Services. His company has conducted an annual Wisdom of Crowds Cloud Business Intelligence Market Study since 2012.

The article points out the Dresner survey found nearly two-third of the vendors consider cloud BI “critically important” to their businesses. However, more than half of them have no plans for cloud deployments. Read More

Mar 11
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SMBs Expect BI Solutions

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

A recent article Small Business Trends article offers “4 Reasons Data Driven Small Businesses Are Embracing Big Data.”

pareto_colorThe article includes this telling quote: “Previously the exclusive domain of statisticians, large corporations and information technology departments, the emerging availability of data and analytics – call it a new democratization – gives small businesses and consumers greater access to cost-effective, sophisticated, data-powered tools and analytical systems.”

A Tuesday press release from Izenda and Pareto Business Group,  a Windsor, Ontario-based company, confirmed that statement. Pareto chose Izenda as a technology partner “because it provides enterprise class capabilities and superior usability, a value that allows for white-labeling to the small and mid-sized market.” (Read the full press release on PRWeb.) Read More

Mar 09
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BYOD and Self-Service BI: Empowering End-Users

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

Close-up-of-businessman-using-tablet-computer-smDid you BYOD to work today? BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, has been evolving as a business practice since at least 2009 in many industries. The idea of employees using their own laptops, tablets or cellphones for work has many supporters and many skeptics, especially those worried about security.

Regardless of viewpoint, BYOD is here to stay. A November 2014 study from Tech Pro Research found 74 percent of responding companies permit or plan to permit BYOD. Their study also looked into the impact wearables and the IoT (Internet of Things) are having on BYOD policies. Read More

Mar 02
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Talking SMAC: Redefining World of Business

By | Big Data, Business, Customer Success, Technology, The Cloud

iPad and iPhone 5Have you heard the acronym SMAC? SMAC stands for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud, the four parts of what many describe as a new “digital industrial revolution.”

The term has become a buzzword among many tech and business leaders in the past few years. “The notion of combining social, mobile, analytics and cloud into one architectural pipe is gaining traction,” reads the headline from Computerworld.

“It’s like an industrial revolution of sorts, where you’re achieving the digital critical mass of some key foundational elements,” Ed Anderson, research vice president at Gartner, told the magazine. “We have this platform in cloud services that presents us with unlimited capacity of computational resources. With mobile we have this unprecedented ability to put connectivity into the hands of individuals and devices. Analytics gives us specific insights we never had before, and social media makes it all personal.” Read More

Feb 20
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Five Key Features Your Application Needs

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

Izenda Tech Blog logoBusiness application-users need and expect fast, real-time business intelligence. In the past, traditional reporting methods required waiting for IT to run a report that might take days to receive. In considering an embedded self-service BI solution, here are five key features your application needs:

Flexible Fields. It’s not enough to custom-build reports. You have to have the capability to add or revise fields, and your reports and dashboards have to change in real-time, and not require waiting for IT help. Read More

Feb 18
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Finding the Long Tail of BI in Your Company

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

For 11 years, we’ve heard the buzzword “the long tail” prominently discussed in business. First applied to companies like Amazon, the theory is that the company makes more money through the volume of sales from lesser-known books and movies over time than it does from the popular blockbusters. The long tail of the sales chart is so long that all the small sales of lesser-known products add up to something very big.

41XfrH+XPeLFormer Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson first popularized the phrase in a 2004 magazine article and expanded upon it in his 2006 book, “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.”

What does this have to do with business intelligence? Richard Back, a BI architect at IPL, makes the connection in a recent post for Tech Radar. He brings the long tail concept into the world of data and analytics. Read More

Feb 16
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Leveraging IoT for Digital Business

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

In the not-so-distant future, this likely will happen when you have a car accident. Sensors, connected with smart apps, will instantly: a) Gauge how seriously you may be hurt. b) Report the accident location to police and medical personnel. c) Determine how much damage your vehicle has sustained. d) Report the accident to your insurance company. e) If warranted, offer options on how to replace the car. f) If warranted, even alert your attorneys.

Izenda Tech Blog logoSound far-fetched? Not in the world described by Daryl Plummer, Research VP and Gartner Fellow. He gave a Gartner local briefing last week in Atlanta titled “Securing Digital Business Through an Internet of Things.”

Plummer focused on the implications for business in this growing Internet of Things (IoT) world, where everyday objects and machines have network connectivity, allowing them to send or receive data. Read More

Feb 13
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Gigaom Research Paper Stresses Embedded, Self-Service BI

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

Gigaom Research this week released a white paper stressing the importance of embedding modern BI (reporting, dashboards and visualizations) in a user’s work application. The report, titled “Embedded Analytics in the Self-Service BI Enterprise,” was underwritten by Izenda.

Paper CoverThe white paper explores:

• Why reporting, dashboard, and analytical solutions should be embedded in applications. • Why BI solutions should democratize access to data and lift the burden from IT and data science teams. • Why reporting functionality should have a professional look and feel that is natural for users. • Why adopting a third-party solution is usually the most sensible approach for ISVs and solutions providers. Read More

Feb 10
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Izenda Now a Premier Partner with Employee Based Systems

By | Business, Customer Success, Izenda Reports, News & Events, Technology, The Cloud

Employee Based Systems, a Colorado-based company specializing in human relations software solutions, has issued a press release stating that its partnership with Izenda has been so well-received by its clients that Izenda is now a Premier Partner with the company.

The full press release, posted below, was published on PRWeb:

Izenda Now a Premier Partner with Employee Based Systems

EBS Classic with colorIzenda now a Premier Partner with Employee Based Systems providing businesses faster and more intelligent HR data analytics.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 17, 2015 — The Employee Based Systems (EBS) Izenda partnership has been so well-received by clients in providing businesses faster and more intelligent HR data analytics that Izenda is now a Premier Partner with EBS. Customers rely on EBS to provide them with an advanced Human Resource Information System (HRIS) solution that is loaded with data. “The challenge is how to make sense of that data to make better strategic business decisions. Our clients have been extremely pleased with the powerful reporting and impactful dashboards that clarify their decision-making process” said Jim Duty, CEO of EBS. Read More