Microsoft has a dizzying array of relevant, high-impact analytics products. It’s easy to get analysis paralysis trying to decide how to get the most out of their BI offerings. Fear not! Our comparison matrix lets you easily view functionality across the tools and cut through the noise.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
The potential for deployment failure with Power BI Premium is very high if you don’t properly plan capacity and put governance practices in place. We outline three common mistakes we see with clients who have deployed Power BI Premium.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
Cognos data modules have evolved quite a bit over the years. A few wrinkles still need ironing out, but the tool has lots of offer. In this blog we touch on some of the strengths and weakness of data modules and when it’s better to keep using Framework Manager.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
Tableau licensing can be confusing. It is difficult to figure out what exactly users can and cannot do with each license type. This blog will cover each Tableau licensing type so you can make the best decision for your company and your budget.
Get step-by-step instructions for setting up Cloud Object Storage in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.5. This new feature is a great way to save and retrieve Cognos reports in the cloud, even if you’re running Cognos on-premise.
Cognos 11.1.6 is finally out and it was worth the wait! Our in-house Cognos expert Todd Schuman is over the moon about this release and reveals his favorite new features. Among them you’ll learn about a new object called data tables that provides a ton of functionality that has been on his wishlist for years.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
We look at six options for publishing and sharing Tableau workbooks and dashboards. We discuss the pros, cons and requirements for each option so you can make the best decision for your organization.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
We recap Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms, looking at changes, what the future holds and, most important, where to focus and why as the BI and analytics space continues to evolve.
Business Strategy & Perspectives
How difficult – or easy – would it be for a long-time Tableau user to leverage their expertise and get up speed on Microsoft Power BI? We took the challenge and include here a comparison of over 50 Tableau and Power BI features and functions with notes on how to translate Tableau terminology, features and functionality to the equivalent in Power BI.
The new reporting tool in Cognos Analytics 11.1 provides access to a lot of features that are typically reserved for advanced developers. We show you how you can hide the items you don’t want and get the simple business intelligence reporting you’re looking for in Cognos Analytics.
