Tag: Business Intelligence

Democratize BI Tools: Information is Power!

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January 7, 2022

Why Democratize Business Intelligence? Lots of Reasons!

Perhaps you have resisted the temptation to democratize data in your organization. Your resistance may come from in-house, in the form of those who tell you that data governance is impossible in an environment where you spread your data far and wide. Perhaps you believe that the average business user cannot and will not use business intelligence tools, so any expense or time to implement such a solution would be wasteful. Perhaps you feel that the value of such a solution and of user adoption of these tools is overrated, and that ROI and TCO would not be worth the time and effort.

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Data Democratization Think of it as Home Renovation!

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January 5, 2022

The focus of this article is on Data Democratization within the business enterprise, but the concepts and approaches involved in implementing this type of initiative are worth considering for any kind of major change within an organization.

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ElegantJ BI Embedded BI Solution Is Named as a Representative Vendor in Gartner 2021 ‘Market Guide for Embedded Analytics’, Published October, 2021

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December 3, 2021

Elegant MicroWeb is pleased to announce that its ElegantJ BI Embedded BI solution has been included as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Embedded Analytics, published October 4, 2021 (ID G00748546).

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Business Users Need Personalized BI Tools & Dashboards!

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October 5, 2021

Flexible Dashboard Software Can Deliver Business Intelligence to Business Users!

When I speak to friends and colleagues about reaping the benefits of business intelligence, they are often frustrated by the inability to a) access data and build reports and insight without the assistance of IT or analysts or b) access tools that allow them to use a BI tool or solution in a way that is meaningful to them. In other words, they either have NO access to business intelligence tools or they have access but those BI tools are restrictive and provide no flexible, agile way to gather, see and analyze data for the type of role they perform within the organization.

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Factors and Considerations Involved in Choosing a Data Management Solution!

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September 30, 2021

When a business enters the domain of data management, it is easy to get lost in a flurry of promises, brochures, demos and the promise of the future.

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Can Business Users Really Use BI Tools?

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September 8, 2021

Don’t Leave Your Business Users Out in the Cold. Give Them BI Tools!

Don’t underestimate your business users! They have market, domain and professional expertise that add value to the organization and, with the right BI tools and features, business users can gather, analyze and make decisions using data from all across the enterprise. You don’t have to leave the business intelligence and analytics efforts to IT or business analysts or data scientists.

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Self-Serve Data Prep Tools Can Optimize SME Business Budgets and Resources!

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September 1, 2021

Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) often find it difficult to balance the day-to-day need for data with the cost of employing data scientists or professional analysts to help with forecasting, analysis, data preparation and other complex analytical tasks.

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Smarten Announces SmartenApps for Tally, Out-of-the-Box Augmented Analytics Mobile App and Web Portal!

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July 8, 2021

Smarten Announces SmartenApps for Tally, Out-of-the-Box Augmented Analytics Mobile App and Web Portal

Smarten is pleased to announce its SmartenApps for Tally® augmented analytics solution. SmartenApps is designed to integrate with Tally ERP via cloud-based access for easy user access and on-the-road task completion. With SmartenApps for Tally, business users can access Tally ERP Solutions data on iOS or Android via mobile application or web portal via browser-based access to display dashboards, KPIs, reports and more!

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Data Agility and ‘Popularity’​ vs. Data Quality in Self-Serve BI and Analytics!

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March 19, 2021

One of the most valuable aspects of self-serve business intelligence is the opportunity it provides for data and analytical sharing among business users within the organization. When business users adopt true self-serve BI tools like Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis, Smart Data Visualization, and Self-Serve Data Preparation, they can apply the domain knowledge and skill they have developed in their role to create reports, analyze data and make recommendations and decisions with confidence.

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