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Sales Performance Reporting

Sales performance reporting guides leadership’s decision making, and represents an important information management priority for many firms. This research investigates the use of performance reporting in business-to-business sales organizations, and identifies management priorities and best…

It’s Time for a User-Driven Enterprise BI Strategy

Even after doing their best for over 20 years to build centralized, scalable information architecture, Forrester surveys find that only a small percentage of organizations' data is actually converted to useful information in time to leverage it for better insight and decisions. At both strategic…

5 Charts Every Sales Leader Should be Looking At

Measuring and monitoring sales progress by simply looking at percent of quota achieved, whether for an individual or for an entire organization, is no longer enough to be successful as a sales leader. Whether you are evaluating past wins or forecasting future opportunities, understanding these…

Visualization: Set Your Analytics Users Free

Visual data discovery tools are a relatively new addition to the spectrum of business intelligence solutions. Data collected by the Aberdeen Group, found that employees in organizations that used visual data discovery were more likely to find the information they need, when they need it. These same…

Tableau Server Scalability Explained

Tableau Server is a solution for enterprises, and this means one of the most crucial features is the potential for massive scalability. To serve as an example, we deployed one of the largest instances of Tableau Server out there—Tableau Public. Tableau Public allows us to test the product in a…

The Economist: Fostering a data-driven culture

Fostering a data-driven culture is an Economist Intelligence Unit report. It explores the challenges in nurturing a data-driven culture, and what companies can do to meet them.

Maximizing the Value of Analytics and Big Data

As prior Aberdeen research has shown managing growing volumes, speed and complexity of data is challenge enough. But, once you have corralled your data, how do you get value from it? This paper reviews how top performing organizations use analytics and big data. The research shows that…

Get More for Your Money: Get More Insight From SAP

In this white paper, Aberdeen Senior Analyst David White for Business Intelligence and ERP Analyst Nick Castellina team up to look at the value customers can get from applying Business Intelligence to ERP data from SAP. Aberdeen writes: "Expansive ERP systems, such as SAP, often contain a wealth…

Excel: Great hammer, lousy screwdriver

For many, Excel is the go-to analysis tool of choice. But as pressure mounts to glean more insight from your data, Excel can’t always deliver the insight you seek. Trying to use Excel for advanced, responsive analytics like flexible charts and dashboards, or analyzing large volumes of data, is…

In-Memory or Live Data: Which Is Better?

When is it better to use in-memory technology, versus a live connection? Sometimes companies need to employ both approaches, for different situations. Download this whitepaper to review scenarios where in-memory or live reporting might be preferable in various database environments, as well as a…