Read more about author Kartik Patel. What is business intelligence democratization? Put simply, BI democratization is the open access to business intelligence and augmented analytics tools to enable analysis and understanding of the data within the enterprise systems. The “democratization”  component relates to the “who.” Who gets access to the data? The simple answer is: everyone.  In an environment where intelligence and information are democratized, the IT and management team set…

Read more about author Gaurav Belani. Business intelligence (BI) ensures organizations and enterprises make measured decisions. And teams are aware of its importance. However, many analytics teams in businesses struggle with slow, fragmented, or downright counterproductive BI systems. What’s interesting is that these challenges do not emerge due to a lack of sophisticated technologies or adequately trained employees. The main culprit is data accessibility. Data should be immediately accessible to…

Read more about author Nahla Davies. At a time when even the smallest organizations have data from multiple sources undergoing various transformations, ensuring data accuracy, security, and compliance has never been more critical. This reality has led to a proliferation of robust data governance frameworks, i.e., the systems, policies, and procedures that manage data as a strategic asset. One vital ingredient can maximize the effectiveness of an organization’s data governance…

In this month’s Book of the Month, we’re looking at Fuad Hendricks’ “The One About Data ... The Coffee Shop Chats.” This is the first in what is becoming a series of coffee shop chats.? The book sets up a true-to-life scenario of a bunch of peers having coffee and solving the world’s data problems during a casual get-together.? This book strikes an interesting tone for the reader. If one…