CIO Visions 2013 – Lessons Learned
Authored By: Hank Specht A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the CIO Visions’ Cloud & BI Summit held in Brooklyn, New York. This conference, which FYI Solutions was a proud...
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Author: Jeff Busch Of course accurate data always matters, right? We BI report developers spend hours making sure every digit in our reports is calculated correctly. Of course the data matters! But...
View ArticleCharacteristics of a Business Analytics Change Agent
Author: Barbara Schiffman The companies who are getting the most value out of business analytics are those with a Senior Executive who is a champion for the value that business analytics brings. Could...
View ArticleDo we need Social Media Analytics?
Author: Dan Scovill Social media analytics is defined as the practice of gathering data from blogs, social media, websites and analyzing that data to make better business decisions. The most common use...
View ArticleWhat IT skills and roles will be in demand this year?
Recruiters share the scoop. Each January, there is an abundance of articles and blogs predicting what the new year will bring. FYI Solutions would be remiss if we did not offer our view of the world...
View ArticleThe Value of Early Prototyping
Author: Kevin Jacquier I recently joined a project that just baffled my mind with respect to the amount of time and resources that had been spent prior to any true visual representation of the...
View ArticleChallenges and Benefits of Business Analytics in Midsized Companies
IBM recently published an article regarding midsize business and their growing interest in – and need for — business intelligence. A recent survey of IT managers in midsize companies, conducted by...
View ArticleDashboards – Keeping the Mud off Your Pants
Author: Jeff Busch A Brief History Recently, I was curious about where the term dashboard came from. I know we get the business intelligence (BI) term from vehicle dashboards, but I could not remember...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Business Analytics Projects Fail
Author: Joan Frick Business Analytics has become the hottest ‘buzz’ around most organizations these days. Given that, you would be surprised at how many people do not understand how to ask the right...
View ArticleThe Value of Early Prototyping
Author: Kevin Jacquier I recently joined a project that just baffled my mind with respect to the amount of time and resources that had been spent prior to any true visual representation of the...
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