Understanding Business Analytics
Business analytics (BA) is the practice of iterative, methodical exploration of an organization’s data, with an emphasis on statistical analysis. This method is used primarily by companies committed to data-driven decision-making. Simply put, BA is using your historic business data to make smart business decisions for the future. Just a few examples of successful applications […]
How To Tell Your Company’s Story
ART OF STORYTELLING “The universe is made of stories, not of molecules,” writer Muriel Rukeyser broadly said. Storytelling in simple context can be referred to as the connection between cause and effect, and narratively it can help us to make sense of the world around us. Business people leverage the art of storytelling to inspire […]
Top 3 Tools for Data Driven Sales
Even the sales world has been bitten with “data fever”. Long gone are the days of rainmaker, Don Draper type sales people – especially in technical sales. Clients, management, and reps all want access to data to drive strategy and operations; that’s why it’s ever-important to equip yourself with the proper tools to make sense […]
Top 5 Discoverer Conversion Questions
Don’t be fooled by other vendors! Many vendors in the Discoverer Conversion space take the SQL behind the Discoverer Workbooks and import to the new product. There are some real impacts to taking this route when moving from Discoverer to a supported product. If you look at this type of conversion, you might wonder how […]
The Splash Business Intelligence Experience: My First, but My 24th!
UKOUG Apps17 & Tech17 The Splash Business Intelligence Experience: My First, but My 24th! By Rishabh Miglani and Graham Spicer As per recent years EiS and SplashBI sponsored the UK Oracle User Group Apps17 Conference in Birmingham. We were also one of more than 50 exhibitors and we gave two presentations: Is Your Enterprise Reporting & […]
An Update on the Discoverer Situation
Please Note: The author, Graham Spicer, is our Sales Director, UK and as such, this blog is written in UK English.
Back in October of last year, I wrote a blog/whitepaper outlining the options, challenges and opportunities facing organisations looking to replace their Oracle Discoverer estate. During that eight-month period, Oracle has confused the situation even further, whereas their original recommendation was to replace Discoverer with OBIEE, now they are recommending multiple solutions, none of which really address the…
BI is the Epicenter of our Universe
What is the future of BI? This is a hard question to answer, as the future is already here! Technology is rapidly advancing every day, and BI is really the epicenter of our universe. Based on better data availability and analysis, many organizations and executives are expecting a 1-2% growth in the upcoming years. Gartner […]
An Open Letter to Discoverer Users…
Dear Discoverer User, As you know, Oracle has now placed Oracle Discoverer into Sustaining Support this month. Oracle defines Sustaining Support as a service which, “maximizes your investment protection by providing maintenance for as long as you use your Oracle software. Features include access to Oracle online support tools, upgrade rights, pre-existing fixes and assistance from technical […]
Discoverer Discussion: EBS Support Implications for Discoverer 11G in June 2017
This article on Oracle’s website goes over the implications of the Discoverer de support in June 2017. It has a lot of great information on what that entails, what they recommend next (OBIEE of course), and some Q&A. For those who didn’t read it though, here is the TLDR (too long, didn’t read): No new […]
Bi Trends In My Experience
Lots of experts continually publish reports and predictions about the trends for Business Intelligence in the coming years. Now, I don’t profess to be an expert, but I do have experience. I have worked with BI (DSS, MIS, EIS, BI&DW, BA, etc) since 1980, initially in a development role, then moving into sales. If you look at […]
