{"id":12328,"date":"2013-06-14T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:53:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:53:35","slug":"analytics-like-never-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/analytics-like-never-before.html","title":{"rendered":"Analytics Like Never Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I presented a session on &#8220;Analytics Like Never Before&#8221; last week at the <a href=\"http:\/\/gurusofbi.com\/\">Gurus of BI conference<\/a> in Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-paced, 40 minute presentation covers a wide range of analytics topics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why new &#8220;signal&#8221; data means we no longer have to manage business by looking out of the rear-view mirror<\/li>\n<li>Why big changes to analytics technology are ripping up existing best practices<\/li>\n<li>Why you shouldn&#8217;t let anybody tell you that in-memory technology is too expensive<\/li>\n<li>Why many of the traditional barriers to analytics success &#8212; such as the integration of unstructured data and predictive analytics &#8212; are rapidly falling<\/li>\n<li>Why the forty-year-old separation between operational and analytic systems is rapidly disappearing, thanks to in-memory technology<\/li>\n<li>How organizations can respond to higher user expectations with analytics new interfaces, including mobile and cloud<\/li>\n<li>Why the &#8220;network of truth&#8221; is a better model than the &#8220;single version of truth&#8221; that has been the holy grail of analytics for many years<\/li>\n<li>Real-life examples of organizations &#8212; including startups that have no other connection with SAP or BusinessObjects &#8212; that are changing the way they do business thanks to SAP Analytics technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please contact me if you would like any more information about the themes covered in the presentation, and don&#8217;t hesitate to contact me if you need a presenter for your next internal or external event.<\/p>\n<p>The conference also featured keynotes from other key industry analysts including Cindi Howson of <a href=\"http:\/\/biscorecard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIScorecard.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=Wayne%20Eckerson&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analytics author<\/a> Wayne Eckerson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bileader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BI Leader Consulting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>And a fun discussion panel between various analytics vendors including SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Tableau, and Qlikview<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the big changes in the analytics industry? 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