Analytics

Self-service analytics, also known as self-service business intelligence (BI), is an ideal solution to open up the process of accessing, analyzing and sharing data to both non-technical users (customers, staff) and data experts (IT, developers, analysts) alike.

Over the past few months industry analysts have been making some pretty controversial recommendations for data management in the cloud. For a thoughtful and entertaining analysis, I strongly recommend you spend a few minutes watching the keynote session by Pat Moorhead, CEO Moor Insights & Strategy, at the Evolve 2022 Data event in New York. His takeaway: “The world is very much going to be hybrid and multi-cloud.” His delivery—priceless.

Many times, a business treats an engaged customer like a random prospect. Marketing systems may not correctly target with relevance, finance systems may apply discount rules across the board, or customer support systems may treat every client with the same indifference.

Too many data teams focus on data movement and creating data pipelines without aligning those activities to business outcomes. Data teams are meant to make data flows work so much of their focus involves managing data connections across the data ecosystem. Pulling data from Salesforce or ensuring reverse ETL from a data warehouse helps support successful data movement and overall data pipeline development. It doesn't always align to a more effective supply chain or cost savings.

What does it take to be successful in the world of data? We asked DJ Patil, one of the most influential data scientists in the world and guest keynote speaker at the 2023 Modern Data Stack Conference.

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