Factors and Considerations Involved in Choosing a Data Management Solution!

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. In the first article in our two-part series, entitled, ‘Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Mart, Data Hub: […]

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

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. A recent Gartner study found that […]

Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Embrace Advanced Analytics and Improve Productivity and Empowerment!

A recent study published by Gartner revealed that 10% of midsize organizations currently have some form of prescriptive analytics. This is forecast to grow to 36%. You may be wondering why the use of predictive analytics is growing so rapidly in midsized companies, and it […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Easy Shopify Analytics with Sales Trends, KPIs and More!

You Need Not Spend a Lot of Time and Money to Get User Accessible Shopify Analytics! When a small business (or a business of any size) decides they need analytics to assess the results of their eCommerce and online business, the IT and management teams […]

What Are Citizen Data Scientists and Can They Improve the Quality of Business Intelligence?

What Are Citizen Data Scientists? Citizen Data Scientists represent a new breed of business analysts – a group of individuals with diverse business responsibilities and training, who wield sophisticated analytical tools, and employ complex methods of analysis to improve business results – all without the […]

Self-Serve Data Preparation: It Really IS for You!

Please Don’t Make Me Think About It: Self-Serve Data Prep Really IS for Everyone! If you are an average business professional, your eyes probably roll back in your head when you hear terms like data preparation, data extraction, transformation and loading, otherwise known as ETL, […]

Be Sure You Support Your Citizen Data Scientists!

Getting Started on the Citizen Data Scientist Path! If you follow technology publications and predictions, you know that Citizen Data Scientists are the big news for business. By transforming business users into Citizen Data Scientists, the business can leverage the professional skills and knowledge of […]