InfoCaptor

Data Visualization Software. Visual analytics is the act of finding meaning in data using visual artifacts such as charts, graphs, maps and dashboards. In addition, the user interface is typically driven by drag and drop actions using wholly visual constructs. The up side to this is ease of use –…

Business Intelligence Software Vendors 2015 The essence of a Fat Free Guide is brevity, and so there will be no feature-by-feature comparisons, which are fairly meaningless anyway. Each product is positioned for its particular strengths, and it is then up to the user to decide on the capability they actually…

Business Intelligence Tools 2015 A terse list of business intelligence tools, with pertinent characteristics – functionality, platforms, cost basis. Should serve to form short lists. For more information on product click on the tags at the bottom – some have reviews and fuller details elsewhere on this site. WindWard –…

SQL Server Business Intelligence 2015 These SQL Server business intelligence tools comprise open source and commercial products. Some are specifically targeted at Microsoft platforms, while others are platform agnostic. Windward Windward is ideal for commercial software (OEM), system integrator and enterprise developers who need to add Reporting and DocGen functionality…

Many of these cloud BI platforms do very similar things – dashboards, charts, reporting, data consolidation. A few however are somewhat different. Datapine is one of the easiest to use and is an extremely productive platform. FICO Analytic Cloud goes well beyond the usual features and include statistics, data mining…

InfoCaptor is available through the cloud, or can be installed locally – in both cases it provides a browser interface. Technically this is a very competent offering, with a bewildering number of chart types, and the facility to easily create and distribute dashboards. The drag and drop interface means business…