The following infographic shows more results from LogiXML's recent survey of more than 750 IT professionals on business intelligence (BI) trends and BI users.
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LogiXML conducted this survey in July of 2012. Check out the entire survey here. For a copy of the data set, contact Matthew Pugh at matt.pugh@logixml.com.
When LogiXML asked more than 750 IT professionals this very question, most said “Pacman – traditional, but entertaining,” or “Call of Duty - cool and sophisticated, but hard to use and somewhat violent.” Others said "Pong - traditional, but useless," "Solitaire - one man operation," "Minecraft - new and agile," or "Frogger - move or die."
This was one of several questions from a recent survey LogiXML conducted of IT professionals across multiple industries about business intelligence (BI) and its users. When it comes to how IT views users of BI, most think users have little knowledge of BI projects, often don’t know what they want from BI, are unschooled on BI technology and practices, yet tend to be very adamant about their BI needs
I have found Bloomberg Business Week to be not only informative, but a surprisingly amusing publication. The covers in particular are often downright hilarious. I was catching up on the article, “Gap’s Athleta Looks a Lot Like Lululemon,” from July 26. The article mentions that a majority of athletic clothing retailer Athleta’s locations are about a mile or less away from a location of their competitor, Lululemon.
“The geographic proximity to Lululemon locations is a coincidence, and Athleta is simply opening stores where, according to a “heat map,” its online customers buy the most, says Toby Lenk, head of Gap’s, Athleta’s parent company, online operations.”
I found this use of heat maps interesting. Heat maps use
The following is a guest blog post from DMG Federal, which provides Information Technology and Business Intelligence services and solutions to the Federal Government and to commercial clients.
Evolution is defined as the process of successive change and adaptation to sustain. Despite the 30+ years of change that the business intelligence field has experienced, traditional BI has yet to evolve. The dated functionality of traditional BI is being challenged by a modernized form of BI, known as Agile BI. Leading the way into the future with its agile BI technology is LogiXML.
The challenges traditional BI users face – as outlined in this white paper - typically includes difficulty integrating
