Business Intelligence

We analyse data because we need to answer questions. What did sales look like last month? Why was production low in a particular unit? How has the customer base responded to the latest promotion? The questions are endless, and so is the need for business analytics technologies and methods. Fortunately…

No – it isn’t you. It is becoming more and more difficult to extract any meaning whatsoever from marketing material and web sites created by technology suppliers, and particularly those selling business intelligence type products. This information overflows with phrases such as ‘speed of thought’, ‘ease-of-use’, ‘no need for IT’,…

These free BI and dashboard platforms are pretty well fully functional – only Lumira is somewhat restricted in data sources (the free edition anyway). InetSoft’s Style Scope Agile Edition™ is an easy to use, interactive dashboard software application that includes real time reporting and visual analytics capabilities. It is an…

Verdict Easy-to-use cloud dashboard with hidden depths. Very reasonable pricing too. Positioning ClicData is a cloud based dashboard platform that successfully delivers an easy to use, drag and drop graphical interface, while providing the tools for power users to deliver high levels of sophistication. Business users are able to produce…

ClicData is a cloud based dashboard platform that successfully delivers an easy to use, drag and drop graphical interface, while providing the tools for power users to deliver high levels of sophistication. Business users are able to produce dashboards almost immediately, and as they become more familiar with the platform,…

Summary: JReport from Jinfonet excels in embeddable reporting and data visualisation. JReport is used by some of the world’s largest businesses such as Visa, IBM, and Target, typically to provide online reporting facilities to customers, but is also used in many businesses to provide information directly to employees and partners. At…

These are open source alternatives to Jasperreports Eclipse Birt BIRT (free BI suite) is an open source software project that provides the BIRT technology platform to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded into rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE. BIRT…

Here are open source alternatives to Birt. JasperReports JasperReports (free BI suite) Server is a stand-alone and embeddable reporting server. It provides reporting and analytics that can be embedded into a web or mobile application as well as operate as a central information hub for the enterprise by delivering mission…

Four open source alternatives to Pentaho Community Eclipse Birt BIRT (free BI suite) is an open source software project that provides the BIRT technology platform to create data visualizations and reports that can be embedded into rich client and web applications, especially those based on Java and Java EE. BIRT…