http://datadoodle.com/2009/02/17/time-for-traditional-bi-vendors-to-pass-the-baton/ Where the humans meet analytics and related subjects Sun, 06 May 2012 21:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://datadoodle.com/2009/02/17/time-for-traditional-bi-vendors-to-pass-the-baton/#comment-432 Birst Blog » Decision centered BI, made for real humans - Stephen Few raises the cry Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:50:18 +0000 http://datadoodle.com/?p=422#comment-432 [...] Stephen Few raised an interesting point on his blog recently with a piece entitled “Business Intelligence -It’s time to pass the baton” The key point, which I will quote directly, is that “[BI] has provided a powerful technical infrastructure for collecting, integrating, improving, storing, and accessing large amounts of information, but few tools that directly help people understand and make good use of that information.”  This battle cry raised a nice conversation among some BI pros like James Taylor.  Over at datadoodle, Ted Cuzzillo amplified the roar. [...] [...] Stephen Few raised an interesting point on his blog recently with a piece entitled “Business Intelligence -It’s time to pass the baton” The key point, which I will quote directly, is that “[BI] has provided a powerful technical infrastructure for collecting, integrating, improving, storing, and accessing large amounts of information, but few tools that directly help people understand and make good use of that information.”  This battle cry raised a nice conversation among some BI pros like James Taylor.  Over at datadoodle, Ted Cuzzillo amplified the roar. [...]

]]> http://datadoodle.com/2009/02/17/time-for-traditional-bi-vendors-to-pass-the-baton/#comment-431 Dan Murray Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:30:34 +0000 http://datadoodle.com/?p=422#comment-431 Many small to mid-sized business with a little targeted training and assistance can develop the underlying reliability in their source system data to make tools like Tableau Software pay big dividends, and quickly. I should know, I did it for myself and saved between $100K - $580K in consulting fees while reaping 95% of the benefits. Data can be turned into actionable information in hours/days vs. weeks/months without the large capital expense and risk of a full-fledged BI implementation. Many small to mid-sized business with a little targeted training and assistance can develop the underlying reliability in their source system data to make tools like Tableau Software pay big dividends, and quickly. I should know, I did it for myself and saved between $100K – $580K in consulting fees while reaping 95% of the benefits. Data can be turned into actionable information in hours/days vs. weeks/months without the large capital expense and risk of a full-fledged BI implementation.

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