Business is won or lost based on the quality of the experience you deliver to customers, partners, vendors, and employees. These experiences are built entirely on data. Harnessing data to deliver value is the single most powerful way to engage today’s demanding consumers—not to mention capturing market share and accelerating strategic decision-making. But there's a problem.
CIOs are fed up with having a plethora of BI and analytics tools with business units seemingly chasing the shiniest new solution. And although most industry surveys show data and analytics budgets continuing to grow despite a faltering economy, there is closer scrutiny and belt tightening to rid teams of overlapping capabilities. Here’s a look at how BI tool portfolios have become such a mess and how to streamline them.
If you have managed a cloud data platform, you have undoubtedly gotten that call. You know the one, it's usually from finance or the office of the CFO, inquiring about your monthly spend. And it usually comes in one of two forms: While both are clear and present dangers to cloud data platform owners, they don’t have to be.
