When it Comes to Actionable Information, How Fast is Fast Enough?
As the business world continues to see an influx of data and struggles to manage information environments rife with complexity and disparity, a lot of attention is paid to cleansing that data,...
View ArticleOperational Decisions – Does Real-Time Really Matter?
Much has been said about the concept of real-time decisions within organizations. The simple fact is that operational managers regardless of function, make decisions as quickly as they can, and with...
View ArticleTop Analytical Strategies in the Utilities Industry
As organizations continue to rebuild in the years following the 2008 financial crisis, the economic recovery has been as slow and varied as most pundits had predicted. For most organizations though,...
View ArticleJune 21 Webinar: Operational Intelligence
Today’s operational managers are challenged to make mission-critical decisions, often times based only on their experience and gut instinct.As the speed of business accelerates and more data is...
View ArticleAnalytical Use Case – Electrical Utilities Monitoring & Metering
These days it seems like I can’t turn on the news without hearing about some bizarre and/or frightening weather statistic.If it’s not the increased frequency and ferocity of tropical storms, it’s...
View ArticleManufacturing Executives Join the Big Data Debate
For quite some time, there has been a solid consensus among manufacturing executives as to the importance of data. Aberdeen’s benchmark report “Manufacturing Operations Management 2011” described how...
View ArticleI Need this Yesterday! – Quantifying Our Increased Decision Urgency
The automation of business activity through enterprise software and other technologies is generally viewed as a net positive. Employees can be more productive and mobile, while companies can expand...
View ArticleCollaboration: The unsung hero of operational intelligence
This month’s upcoming report on operational intelligence highlights the importance of something that has – until now – lived beyond the boundaries of business intelligence.That is, the social side of...
View ArticleIf You Build It, They Will Come – Assembling Insight for Small Companies
In my own (somewhat oversimplified) view, business analytics is all about transforming data into some form of usable insight to support a business decision. This can be a long drawn out process...
View ArticleSneak Preview of “Real-Time Operational Intelligence: There’s No Time like...
I’ll soon be publishing “Real-Time Operational Intelligence: There’s No Time like the Present” to explore the business impact of continuously updated data in the hands of decision makers. Operational...
View ArticleOperational Intelligence 2013: Upcoming webinar and report
This month I will be publishing the first report from Aberdeen’s 2013 Operational Intelligence data set. I will also be holding an early findings webinar on Thursday August 22nd at 2pm ET (details...
View ArticleBringing Manufacturing Data to the Forefront
There is no argument against the power of data as fuel for organizational transformation. Manufacturing companies want operational visibility to anticipate risks and close performance gaps. They also...
View ArticleOperational Intelligence for IT: Bigger, Faster, Stronger Performance
This month, I’ll be publishing “Operational Intelligence for IT: Bigger, Faster, Stronger Performance”. IT infrastructure is no different from any other vital piece of machinery. It whirs and hums,...
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