Category: Legacy BI

Is it Time to Replace Your Legacy BI Tools?

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Oct 18, 2016 Richard Neale

The world of business intelligence is split: IT is concerned with data governance, whereas users want freedom to run the business. Decisions are made quickly and with heavy reliance on data and to keep up with the pace of the modern business landscape, users expect on-demand intelligence.

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No Country for Legacy BI

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Apr 12, 2016 Brad Peters

If money talks, then CIOs’ spending habits have a lot to say about the state of Business Intelligence (BI). For the past decade, BI and analytics have been a top investment priority for businesses, but the technology has yet to meet business needs and live up to the promise of BI.

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BI Migration: What Should Your Journey to the Cloud Look Like?

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Feb 17, 2016 Southard Jones

Should organizations with traditional business intelligence implementations stick with their traditional tools and try and run cloud tools alongside? Should they consider a more hybrid approach to running analytics? When should they look at migrating away from internal implementations and use cloud instead? Birst’s Southard Jones explores the options.

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5 Risks of a Dated Business Intelligence Solution

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Jan 19, 2016 Brad Peters

When it comes to business intelligence (BI), the struggle is classic: Centralized IT is concerned with data governance, whereas users want freedom to access data quickly. While keeping up with the breakneck pace of the modern business landscape requires on-demand intelligence, IT departments are hesitant to let go of the strong governance structures that legacy BI platforms boast.

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