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The productivity of a BI platform is the number one concern of businesses choosing a product. While the hardware and software costs vary, these are dwarfed by the cost associated with the actual use of a platform, and as such it needs to be as productive as possible. Listed below…

Your CEO asks for a status update, and so you present her with a dashboard containing fifteen charts, tables and graphs. If your CEO is polite (unlikely) she will take a look, pretend to understand, and quickly move on. What is more likely, is that she will become a little…

Please note: A pdf version can be downloaded here Strengths Performance – much of the architecture of Sisense has been engineered to deliver high levels of performance and scalability. Ease-of-Use – the front end, web based tools are easy to use for both dashboard creation and consumption. Innovation – Sisense…

Sisense is forging ahead with its mission to make the results of business intelligence analysis available to everyone who can benefit from it. In summer this year they launched their Sisense Everywhere program, liberating BI from computer displays and interfacing with devices such as Amazon Echo and an IoT Lightbulb…

Most announcements from suppliers are fairly high on the yawn-factor scale – but not the latest one from Sisense. The company has just announced Sisense BI Virtually Everywhere. In a nutshell it means that BI is no longer trapped within your 2D display – be it on the desktop or…

Visual Analytics – Sophistication vs Ease of Use 2016 Ease of use and sophistication are usually conflicting properties of software technology. Sophistication usually implies steep learning curves and high skill levels. However some products seem to do very well in both respects, and the chart above plots out those that…

5 Power BI Alternatives 2016 Microsoft Power BI comes as a Windows desktop platform and  as a cloud service. Platforms that might be considered alternatives include: Qlik Sense is a drag-and-drop data visualization and discovery platform capable of addressing most business intelligence needs apart from heavy duty production reporting. It…

BI Platforms with Advanced Analytics Business Intelligence has traditionally delivered a look in the rear view mirror, providing a description of what has happened or is happening. Advanced analytics are more concerned with the future, allowing businesses to predict how customers, suppliers and other aspects of business will behave. Right…

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 –…