Data is a powerful tool for enabling businesses to get the upper hand over their competition and for optimizing revenue streams. For data-driven companies to make right business decisions based on accurate insights, they need access to trusted data in a timely manner, no matter where the data is - in the cloud, on-premises or in both environments.
With so many people in so many parts of the business with a variety of data analysis skills wanting access to data for business intelligence, IT is expected to provision access to it all. However, IT’s budget and resources are relatively flat. There is a growing gap between business expectations and what IT can deliver.
Just two weeks ago, I shared the exciting news that Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi Consulting will unite in January to accelerate digital value creation for our customers and partners and unlock new synergies across the greater Hitachi Group. The news has been incredibly well received and we are excited by the positive response the announcement has generated around the world.
With the global increase in data breaches, like the biggest data fiasco of Facebook and the massive cyber attack on SingHealth’s database, the simple question of “Where is my data?” now requires answers that derive from the complex universe of data governance.
With the launch of Qlik Sense Business and enhancements to Qlik Sense Enterprise in our September 2019 release we have again underlined why Qlik, the largest independent data and analytics vendor in the market, is leading the 3rd generation of BI and analytics.
Raise your hand if you agree that “data driven decision making” is one of the biggest buzzwords in data? Not to say it’s not important, but it’s a phrase that has been beaten to death by every marketer and salesperson out there. And even though every company is trying to march to the drum of “data driven decision making”, we still can’t seem to wrangle it like a fish escaping our catch.
Google’s Data Studio has been gaining popularity ever since it was introduced into Beta back in 2016. It’s flexibility for custom integrations through writing a Community Connector, Google Sheet or BigQuery Database gives you a lot of choice for putting multiple sources of data into one report.
