11/30/2016 2:17:03 PM Qlik, drag & drop Location Intelligence By Mike Daly Qlik, Tableau and a raft of agile BI & Analytics apps and platforms tools offer a general data analytics lens through which to view and...
11/29/2016 4:28:00 PM Top 10 Features to demand of your BI Partner By Mike Daly "Offers a powerful builder" is No. 5 in the list. Really useful list to measure your partner against. Follow the link to see the other 9.
11/29/2016 3:46:51 PM Time for a new breed of BI & analytics vendor? By Mike Daly Another report projecting growth in visual analytics market of 22% CAGR 2016 to 2020. Then you read about the declining usage of...
11/28/2016 5:53:29 PM Cognitive bias that distorts analysis By Mike Daly "Super-Forecasting The art & science of prediction" by Philip Tetlock & Dan Granger .Philip is the one who ran a study over 25 years to...
11/28/2016 2:46:17 PM Is Self-Service BI right for your business? By Mike Daly Self-Service BI (SSBI) is for some and a mistake for others. Catherine Wilks lays out the critical success factors for effective SSBI. I...
11/28/2016 1:27:47 PM Dumbing down Smart Cities? By Mike Daly One of the potential threats to well-meaning Smart City digital transformation- in this case speeding cameras. As always, just needs...
11/28/2016 11:32:35 AM IoT & Big Data aren't smart- what is? By Mike Daly "Big Data does not convert data into actionable information. Big Data does not create value. But Data Science does, and it does not have...
11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM Tableau in a spin? By Mike Daly Tableau rode the analytics and BI wave over the years but like all technology plays eventually the shine rubs off. Line of Business execs...
11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM "Augmented Intelligence" rather than AI By Mike Daly You must not take the human out of cognitive computing unless you want a dumb solution. Mark Palmer makes the point well ( I borrowed his...
11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM When self-service analytics is a mistake By Mike Daly I need effective BI and I need it now! But- central IT clogged up with other priorities, a dearth of data scientists and that eternal...
11/25/2016 11:32:11 AM Analytics meets Hollywood By Mike Daly Unashamed plagiarism- Nigel Walsh's linked article below shows how Hollywood film's scripts are finding their way into Insurtech. But not...
11/21/2016 1:20:55 PM There is no IoT! Oh yes there is... By Mike Daly The superlatives and consumer hype that IoT will change lives significantly naturally leads to some disillusionment when:- Fridges remain...
11/21/2016 11:26:32 AM The Platform Revolution By Mike Daly Platforms feature in "Gartner's 2016 Hype Cycle" report. as one of the three key trends that those seeking competitive advantage should...
11/17/2016 5:09:35 PM Predicting truck driver accidents By Mike Daly Practical example of big data, predictive analytics and why you need more than just telematics. Insurance companies exploiting telematics...
11/17/2016 4:26:34 PM Smart Cities require Location Intelligence KPIs By Mike Daly With half of all Smart City KPIs focussed on these priorities what underlies trends and predictions? LocationTime - past, now and...
11/16/2016 12:54:18 PM Self-service Analytics in decline? By Mike Daly A major report states that a majority of IT respondents ( and a decent sized survey) have or will deploy data discovery and self-service...