Tableau Thrives in Providing Visual Discovery for Business Analytics
Tableau Software is growing fast. Tableau has taken a “land and expand” strategy that drives what they call the democratization of…
Great Visualization of One Hour of Carbon Emissions in NYC….
Great visualization of one hour of carbon emissions in NYC. Background, here. Why this matters, here. Great visualization of one…
2012 Presidential Elections Popular Vote
The following chart is a good example of displaying diverging data using color. We set “50%” as the neutral point…
What Every CEO Needs to Know About IT
The business/IT divide is a barrier that prevents most companies from achieving their true performance potential. The divide has remained…
Big Data Analytics – A Disruptive Technology !!
Big data is the most talked term these days in the analytics world. It will have big transformative impact on…
Analytics at Google: Great Example of Data-Driven Decision-Making
Google is a company in which fact-based decision-making is part of the DNA and where Googlers (that is what Google…
A Decade of Research at Ventana Research
I’m happy to say that Ventana Research celebrated its tenth anniversary at our recent Business Technology Innovation Summit in San Jose…
The Big Data Myth
Focus group moderators have a tough job. After each focus group with 6 to 10 people, they have reams of…
What’s Wrong with Today’s Planning and Budgeting
People have been complaining about the budgeting and planning processes in their organizations for decades. If you’re old enough, you…
Big Data Conundrum: Show Me the Money!
Inventory levels. Sales results. Negative comments on Facebook. Positive comments on Twitter. Shopping on Amazon. Listening to Pandora. Online search…
