What do we mean by Business Intelligence? Following Wikipedia’s definition, this term refers to the use of data within an organization to make the decision-making process easier. It comprises the knowledge of the current operation of the business, with the objective to offer new knowledge that support the business decisions to be made. In other words, the business intelligence tools facilitate the data modelling, as well as the creation of an integral dashboard, which is the base that leads to the previously mentioned decision-making process.
Another way to see it: the BI tools allow us to make the analysis of big and complex data sets much easier and intuitive. Moreover, it is significant the amount of time they can safe when coming to analyse information:
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In the solution-building phase, they facilitate the data model generation, as well as making the graphic representation quick and easy.
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In the exploitation phase, they allow the aggregation or disaggregation of the information in the most optimal way to speed up the decision-making process.
In my opinion, among all the possibilities and tools in the universe of BI, Qlik® offers the most complete and prepared platform to face any project related to data and information management. Moreover, it is still an independent corporation, meaning that it has not been acquired by any giant in the sector. This allows them not to “marry” anyone and keep a wide range of connectors to almost any existing data source. The flexibility obtained thanks to this independency is one of its best competitive advantages.
The other great advantage for Qlik compared to any other technology is that it is the only integral solution existing in the market for data integration and analysis. Bringing together the data integration platform, the analytics platform and the data literacy program, makes Qlik capable of offering the greater success rates when starting any project or BI solution.
Qlik’s technology is confirmed after many years of experience in the sector and hundreds, even thousands, of satisfied customers. Their solutions portfolio covers from tools supporting ETL (Export, Transform, Load) processes to predictive and conversational analysis, being all of them centrally governed. In the image you can see in a glimpse the main aspects of Qlik’s platform solutions spectrum.
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BI “principles”
I am a big enthusiast of “data democratisation” policies. In this way, I believe that the more users an organisation has which are used to work with data, the better would it be in terms of flexibility and dynamism. Consequently, its success possibilities in the actual high-volatility context will rise significantly.
In my opinion, multidisciplinary environments are the best way to make BI projects grow continuously. Moreover, it is here where these solutions can offer the greatest value to an organisation. Thanks to my experience in many different sectors like television, health, automotive or industry, I am in condition to assess any organization which is willing to extract more value from the information within its reach.