Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. That’s especially true in the digital age, as historical data piles up everywhere, and yet so few companies are positioned to use it. The ideal solution today should enable rapid access to disparate SaaS application data so that businesses can…

Quality is as quality does! In the data world, quality has been a long-sought, oft-elusive goal. That’s partly because of garbage in, but also because of faulty or fragile data quality processes. How many times has bad data overwritten good? And how frustrating can it be to fix the same…

There are times when seconds really count, when decisions must be made quickly… or else. This is the domain of mission-critical analytics, when downtime is not an option. Provisioning such solutions requires a solid architecture and proven technology. And as a wise analyst once noted, it takes 10 years in…

The Briefing Room with Looker A wise man said: “Well-done platform APIs are the key to everything.” That man was Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, who clearly saw the future of embedded analytics. He knew that data would live everywhere, and therefore a solid API strategy would help facilitate…

No! That’s been the answer for years, as the business scuttled whatever bright ideas you brought to the table. The disruption of attempting new ways was viewed as too risky. This is the classic innovator’s dilemma: The tendency to avoid taking chances in return for the relative safety of the…

Better customer experience, improved employee engagement — these are hallmarks of today’s data-driven organizations. Across vastly different business models, companies are embracing a simple formula for reaping the benefits of data-infused processes. Like the digital natives who pioneered new ways of doing business, these companies are rewiring their operations to…

Time-to-value, time-to-market — these metrics drive innovation. And while analytics will always guide the way, the question these days is how quickly and efficiently you can put those insights into action. Speed and simplicity matter more than ever. And not everyone can write code. Those are key reasons why serverless…

Open and straightforward: That’s how analytics should work in today’s Information Economy. But most architectures don’t enable that vision at all. The business changes much faster than data engineers or IT can accommodate. Dashboards go stale, and reliance on them wanes. But the old way of doing things is suddenly…

The Briefing Room with Looker and The Bloor Group What’s the fastest path to business value for analytics? Embedded! Unlike traditional solutions, embedded analytics deliver insights within existing business applications. As such, they help decisionmakers throughout the organization make informed choices during the course of business. But how can companies…

The Briefing Room with Equalum and The Bloor Group Information architectures work until they don’t. For companies that tempt fate by waiting too long before modernizing, the pain can be very real, and costly. But for organizations that invest carefully in the next generation of data orchestration, the benefits can…

The Briefing Room with Looker and The Bloor Group Today’s businesses move faster than ever. Rapid advances in e-commerce have changed consumer behavior, driving new expectations within the enterprise. Employees expect the same access to data and technology at work, putting pressure on corporations to evolve quickly and remain competitive.…

The explosion of cloud-managed services continues to rewrite how business gets done. Add to that a sudden shift to work-from-home, and you have a recipe for serious challenges in enterprise workflow and overall productivity. How can your organization optimize the power of SaaS while mitigating risks? Register for this special…

Future Proof with Looker and The Bloor Group “What an experience!” That’s what customers and partners keep saying as innovators leverage the power of data in action. The use cases run the gamut of human imagination: from optimized supply chains in the COVID era, to dynamic pricing for high-performing adverts;…

Future Proof with MANTA and The Bloor Group Do you know what your code did last night? Having visibility into data transformations gives companies tremendous insight into what’s really happening. The value that accrues from this transparency spans a wide spectrum that includes data quality, governance, compliance, impact analysis, and…