business intelligence in 2021

7 Reasons to Implement Business Intelligence in 2021

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If you’re like us, you’re ready to sweep 2020 under the rug and look towards 2021. Next year promises to be a year of growth for many organizations as businesses begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. But in order to start 2021 off on the right foot, your business must begin preparing now to maximize success.

That includes either restarting any BI initiatives that were put on hold, or finally beginning your BI journey. After all, for software companies, if delivering reporting and analytics to your customers isn’t on your product roadmap, it should be. Why? It’s likely your competitors have already done so.

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5 Steps to Data-Driven Decision-Making

By | Tips and Tricks
Gut-decisions are for choosing a candy bar. In business, it’s all about data. Where instinct and experience were once the drivers of decision-making, they’ve taken a backseat to data analytics. At least, most businesses believe that’s how it should be.

67% of businesses consider data to be, or will be, a highly valuable asset for the decision-making process. But only one-third of businesses use data to identify opportunities and predict future trends and behaviors. Organizations cite the lack of access to information and the quality of data as the biggest barriers to data analytics.

And though business decisions should not be solely influenced by data analysis, it’s the combination of instinct, experience, and data analysis that yields the best results. But walking that line can be a challenge. So here are 5 steps to becoming a more data-driven organization.

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5 steps to better decision-making with data analysis

Digging into Data: 5 Steps to Better Decision-Making

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If you want to improve the strategy behind your business intelligence implementation, you need to start tapping into your data. Technology affects nearly every aspect of your business operations, so it only makes sense to use the data it generates to improve your business’s agility.

If you’re thinking that you need data scientists and other data professionals to accomplish this, think again. With the advent of business intelligence tools, the power of data is now accessible to anyone. Read More