Fundamentals of Document Databases

A document database (sometimes referred to as a “document store” or a “document-oriented database”), is a NoSQL or non-relational database. However, document databases use an index to associate “keys” with “documents,” making them more efficient at retrieving data. Unlike relational databases, document databases are not structured with a format of rows and columns, but scale…

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Predictions 2024: GenAI And Partners Help B2B Marketing, Sales, And Product Endure A Wild Ride Ahead

B2B marketing, sales, and product functions in 2024 will face disruption and opportunity from generative AI, making alignment more critical than ever. Learn more about what’s coming in 2024. Go to Source Author: Laura Ramos

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How to Bring Workforce Data into the BI Equation

In the current economic environment, employee productivity, efficiency, and well-being have become even more critical to organizational success, mandating that leaders spend more time understanding and deriving insights from employees’ digital footprints and data. But too often, businesses make strategic decisions without factoring in workforce data. This can result in costly mistakes such as unnecessary…

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BI Governance Lets You Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too

Democratizing enterprise data while trying to stick to a single trusted enterprise data source (i.e., the “single source of the truth”) is a quagmire. Actually, these are two almost opposing objectives. True data democratization is only possible by empowering business users — citizen developers — to author up to 80% of business intelligence (BI) applications;…

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Data Visualization Best Practices

Good data visualizations boost business data literacy by presenting well-thought-out dashboards or reports that show data assets for quicker and more straightforward consumption. Following data visualization best practices leads to positive outcomes for organizations. These benefits include reducing the time and costs of questions data consumers ask by answering them up front in the data visualizations. Additionally, good visualizations increase consistency…

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Save Time and Streamline Processes with Embedded BI

Ask any enterprise employee what they need most, and they are likely to say “time.” With limited resources and budgets, your team members are being asked to do more with less and to get it all done on time and on budget. If you take the time to ask a follow-up question, you will likely…

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Akkio Launches Generative Business Intelligence Tool for SMBs

According to a new press release, Akkio, a leader in generative business intelligence for small and medium businesses (SMBs), has launched Generative Reports, an AI tool designed to transform data into actionable insights instantly. This first-of-its-kind tool empowers SMBs by allowing them to connect their data and describe their project, after which Generative Reports automatically…

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Machine Learning Use Cases for Data Management

In 2023, machine learning (ML) is a powerful enabler for Data Management, revolutionizing the way organizations handle and analyze vast amounts of data. ML, a subset of artificial intelligence (AI), offers various approaches to tackle Data Management challenges. With the ever-increasing “volume, velocity, and variety of data” being generated today, traditional methods of Data Management have become…

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GIS Innovations Flooded ESRI’s 2023 User Conference

In July 2023, we attended the Esri User Conference in San Diego, which with 20,000 attendees is the world’s largest geographic information systems (GIS) conference. The conference allowed consumers of GIS like National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Exxon Mobil to demonstrate use cases where they applied those solutions.  We thought a bit about…

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