The increasing importance of intelligent operational applications driven by artificial intelligence (AI) is blurring the lines that have traditionally divided the requirements between operational and analytic data platforms. Operational data platforms have traditionally been deployed to support applications targeted at business users and decision-makers to run the business, with analytic data platforms typically supporting applications used by data and business analysts to analyze the business.
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Analytics & Data,
operational data platforms,
Analytic Data Platforms,
AI and Machine Learning
Ventana Research recently announced its 2024 Market Agenda for Analytics and Data, continuing the guidance we have offered for two decades to help enterprises derive optimal value and improve business outcomes.
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Data Governance,
Data Management,
natural language processing,
data operations,
Process Mining,
Streaming Analytics,
Analytics & Data,
Streaming Data & Events,
operational data platforms,
Analytic Data Platforms,
AI and Machine Learning
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research 2023 Embedded Analytics Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to Analytics vendors supporting the spectrum...
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics
The 2023 Ventana Research Buyers Guide for Embedded Analytics research enables me to provide observations about how the market has advanced.
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics
The current market landscape of data and analytics is undergoing rapid evolution, presenting organizations with a wide array of challenges and opportunities. As data sources and warehouses steadily migrate to the cloud, a significant number of organizations still depend on conventional tools. This reliance on legacy systems hinders the seamless accessibility and adoption of analytics and business intelligence within business processes. Organizations are increasingly turning to embedded...
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Streaming Analytics,
AI & Machine Learning
The Office of Finance can be compared to a numbers factory where the main raw material, data, is transformed into financial statements, management accounting, analyses, forecasts, budgets, regulatory filings, tax returns and all kinds of reports. Data is the strategic raw material of the finance and accounting department. It is the key ingredient in every sale and purchase as well as every transaction of any description. Quality control is essential to achieving high standards of output in any...
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Topics:
Office of Finance,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Data Management,
Business Planning,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
data operations,
digital finance,
AI & Machine Learning,
operational data platforms,
Analytic Data Platforms,
Revenue, Lease and Tax Accounting,
Purchasing/Sourcing/Payments,
Consolidate/Close/Report
MicroStrategy is a long-standing business intelligence and analytics vendor that operates worldwide. Founded in 1989, this publicly traded company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue recently held its first in-person conference since prior to the pandemic. Similar to previous in-person events, the event was well attended by about 2,000 attendees and exhibitors. The theme, “MicroStrategy ONE,” is a way to explain the breadth of capabilities the company offers. The breadth of the...
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Digital Technology,
natural language processing,
Analytics & Data
Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the potential value that can be gained by processing big data. As data sources grow, it becomes important to have tools and methods to effectively process, analyze and visualize this information from disparate systems and warehouses.
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Topics:
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Streaming Analytics
Data analytics provide valuable insights and enable organizations to make better decisions, improve performance and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Analytics can change frequently depending on the data being analyzed and the methods used to gather and process it. Factors such as new data, changes in the underlying systems or updates to algorithms can all contribute to differences in an analysis. AnalyticOps helps ensure data is accurate, up-to-date and consistent across...
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence
insightsoftware provides applications for finance departments and other business users in midsize and larger organizations, offering a broad range of functions including analysis, internal and regulatory reporting, planning, consolidation, tax provision and treasury. The software brings together applications that enable business users to maximize data collected in existing systems and streamline the performance of a range of office of finance functions, all while limiting or eliminating the...
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Topics:
Office of Finance,
embedded analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Business Planning,
Financial Performance Management,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
digital finance,
profitability management,
Revenue, Lease and Tax Accounting