Beware of the ‘data vacuum’
Data should help to drive business decision-making, not simply reinforce decisions already taken, argues Mark Sands. Every day, senior business people need to …
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Power to the people: Creating trust in data with collaborative governance
By shifting power to users at all levels of an organisation, collaborative governance has the power to transform industries, argues Jean-Michel Franco. …
Breaking big data into business sense
Ram Vaidyanathan sets out a step-by-step approach to extracting true value from big data. In the year 2002, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta famously used the …
Timely financial reporting for smart insights
Financials are the lifeblood of every business – and yet gaining access to accurate real-time financial reporting can be more like getting blood from a …
Eight steps to becoming a data-driven organisation
Steve Singer provides some timely advice on how to employ Kotter’s change management model to make data the backbone of an organisation. Australian …
Big data does not make business smarter
Michael O’Connell argues that analytics and data science, rather than just big data, is what will provide businesses with the leverage they need for …
See the signals before the competition
A data lab could help you make the most of the intelligence at your fingertips and get the edge on your competition, Rich Clayton writes. Thomas Edison, the …
The next wave in business intelligence
Highly prioritised by technology buyers around the world, business intelligence is evolving quickly but remains complex. Glen Rabie discusses the 10 trends set …
What if intelligent machines could learn from each other?
Raja Jurdak discusses how devices connected via the Internet of Things could begin to interact and evolve over time. Take a look around and you’ll see …
Looking ahead with Lumira
Kevin Allen gives an outline of the future roadmap for SAP’s business intelligence solutions. This is where we get to see what SAP has in store for …