When it’s suggested that Expedia is the largest self-service BI tool, people are often surprised at this analysis. Isn’t Expedia just a booking site?It’s true that it organizes bookings, but in order ...

The Great Recession caught most of the used-car industry by surprise, says Chris Brady, CIO at Dealer Services Corp. A lot of dealers assumed the downturn would be short and mild, so they went on ...

Despite the many benefits associated with self-service BI, uptake locally and internationally has been slow; but this could change in the not-too-distant future. That’s the view of Sven Vosse, leader ...

This study offers a comprehensive analysis of current and future trends in the global self-service BI market, identifying imminent investment opportunities. It provides insights into key drivers, ...

CHICAGO -- Can mainstream line-of-business users really access the power of business intelligence (BI) all by themselves? Self-service BI may be upon us, according to the keynote address at The Data ...

Self-service data and analytics has reached “the slope of enlightenment.” How do CIOs see this trend taking root in their organizations? According to leading market analysts, self-service data and ...

Once upon a time, business intelligence (BI) vendors sold entire Enterprise stacks, including back-end servers, data integration, query, visualization, dashboarding and maybe a planning/corporate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. After years of business users being dependent on busy, understaffed ...

“Businesses today are feeling the impact of some important trends that are converging in the enterprise: the growth of cloud services, a marked increase in data volume and processing needs and ...

Self-Service Business Intelligence (BI) is dominated by very large players that rely on their brand name to dupe corporations into spending more than what they needed or investing on overhyped ...

My, what a week it was for business intelligence (BI) and analytic tools. First, industry darling Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA) lost half its market capitalization following earnings that disappointed ...