Having just completed the 2021 Ventana Research Value Index for Analytics and Data, I want to share some of my observations about how the market has advanced since our assessment two years ago. The analytics software market is quite mature and products from any of the vendors we assess can be used to effectively deliver information to help your organization improve its operations. However, it’s also interesting to see how much the market continues to advance and how much investment vendors continue to make.
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Topics:
Big Data,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
AI and Machine Learning,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing
Businesses are transforming their organizations, building a data culture and deploying sophisticated analytics more broadly than ever. However, the process of using data and analytics is not always easy. The necessary tools are often separate, but our research shows organizations prefer an integrated environment. In our Data Preparation Benchmark Research, we found that 41% of participants use Analytics and Business Intelligence tools for data preparation.
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Digital Technology,
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
AI and Machine Learning
Ventana Research has been evaluating analytics and business intelligence (BI) software for a long time—almost 20 years. Our methodology for these assessments is referred to as a Value Index. We use weightings derived from our benchmark research about how you, as buyers of these technologies, value and evaluate vendors. You can view our 2019 Value Index results here. I am in the process of completing the 2020 evaluation now.
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Topics:
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management (IM),
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
AI and Machine Learning,
collaborative computing,
software evaluation
MicroStrategy recently held its annual user conference, which focused on the theme of the “Intelligent Enterprise.” HyperIntelligence, an innovative product for delivering analytics throughout organizations that they introduced a year ago, was the star of the event. The company announced enhancements to HyperIntelligence and the latest version of its flagship platform, MicroStrategy 2020, as well as a new two-tiered education and certification program.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Conversational Computing
