3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM Insurance price optimisation through machine learning By Mike Daly AXA, the large global insurance company, has used machine learning in a POC to optimize pricing by predicting “large-loss” traffic...
3/29/2017 11:55:38 AM Another nail in self-service BI? By Mike Daly Glen Rabie at Yellowfin makes a good point that self-service BI is an oxymoron evidenced in the dashed dreams of disappointed business...
3/27/2017 3:09:28 PM Investment in Big Data Analytics grows whilst ROI lags behind! By Mike Daly Why the growth forecast from IDC (see below)? "... many organizations are still failing to see return on investment (ROI) (from big data...
3/24/2017 12:36:44 PM Data & analytics in hands of everyone who needs it By Mike Daly How to realise the dream of self-service analytics when only 10% of users are data literate? This is the dilemma facing too many...
3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM Failing to see desired ROI from analytics & BI? By Mike Daly "The global analytics market will be worth $18.3 billion by the end of the year according to a recent Gartner report. Despite this, many...
3/21/2017 3:35:50 PM HR Analytics still WIP By Mike Daly HR Analytics constrained by small, inexperienced dedicated analytics teams that fail to change people effectiveness or HR effectiveness....
3/20/2017 5:40:02 PM Leader or Laggard in Big Data Analytics? By Mike Daly Bain & Company " Early adopters of Big Data Analytics likely to be in top quartile of financial performance in their industries. See how...
3/16/2017 10:27:27 AM Gartner MQ- is it just for large enterprises? By Mike Daly Interesting article below from EXASOL that is successful, continues to grow at a laudable pace, maintains its ability to execute and...
3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM The power of Insurtech Analytics By Mike Daly Only when you can access the 90% of historic data that is inaccessible today- the unstructured data held in emails, letters, scanned...
3/9/2017 5:01:58 PM Embedding better analytics & decision making in work processes By Mike Daly According to Dresner's Embedded BI Market Study, one of the most important user objectives for embedded BI is to "provide in-context...
3/8/2017 3:58:14 PM Analytics should be an enterprise-wide strategy By Mike Daly But only 23% of respondents to EY-Forbes Insights survey say this is the case in their enterprises. No wonder that many analytics...
3/8/2017 9:36:52 AM Common mistakes of BI Strategy By Mike Daly How many BI & Analytics tools are there across your organisation? The more there are the likelier you have fallen into the trap of not...
3/8/2017 12:00:00 AM Data and Analytics Silos are killing Insights & Decision Making By Mike Daly Sadly, DATA SILOS are not uncommon in large organisations but less talked about are BI & Analytics silos which are a sign of the times....
3/8/2017 12:00:00 AM Why do so many BI projects fail at the planning stage? By Mike Daly $Billions are invested in BI & Analytics each year yet there is evidence of disappointing returns- operational & financial- see "Damning...
3/7/2017 12:00:00 AM BI Vendors Measure up against Gartner 2017 BI MQ & Critical Capabilities Reports By Mike Daly That time of year when BI vendors see how they are positioned against competitors and marketing departments weave their magic to patch...
3/3/2017 12:20:23 PM Would you buy a Magic Quadrant Report from a second hand auto salesperson? By Mike Daly "The "Magic Quadrant" is a Classic Corporate Shakedown" Source: Charles Kulig LinkedIn Feb 25, 2017 The value of the MQ reports lie in...