Business intelligence has come a long way in the last 20 years. From its humble beginnings as a marriage between Excel and complex SQL queries to the latest user-friendly self-service functionalities, BI software has become the go-to resource for analytics and reporting. However, there’s still a gap in what companies

Are you considering carrying out or outsourcing a data cleaning project? Find out how to start. Data quality problems At present companies face the challenge of maintaining ever growing collections of data about their customers. This data is often incorrect (e.g. contains duplicate entries), incomplete or incoherent. On the other hand, the

Global business intelligence (BI) company, Phocas Software ranks top in 8 categories and a leader in 15 categories in independent software analyst, BARC BI’s annual business intelligence software review. Phocas outperformed industry titans Tableau, Qlik, IBM Cognos TM1 & MS Excel to rank 1st in categories including: 1. Performance satisfaction – the level

Whether data is structured or unstructured, it’s only as valuable as the business outcomes it makes possible. However, the data itself isn’t the only factor responsible for those outcomes. How you measure that data, from a business point of view, helps you tie the value of the data to its

Sunnyvale, Calif. – June 2, 2015 – Cyber security startup Niara emerged from stealth today to unveil its Security Intelligence solution, the first of its kind to combine advanced security analytics and forensics to help security teams quickly surface sophisticated cyber threats within their organization. Built on a big data

DataHero, the self-service Cloud BI provider, just took $6.1 million in a Series A funding round led by existing investor Foundry Group. In addition, it has introduced software industry veteran Ed Miller as its new CEO, and announced a partnership with inbound marketing and sales platform HubSpot. Miller boasts 25 years experience as a software

As the Internet of Things (IoT) hits full throttle, it’s easy to talk about how new technologies are improving every day life. For years people have imagined a world where smart machines understand what’s happening around them in order to better serve us – from Rosie, the Jetson’s maid, to

Bedrock Data, a startup founded by former employees of sales and marketing software provider HubSpot, has launched its data integration platform for businesses, officially launching the firm as well and also garnered  $3.11 million in Series A funding led by .406 Ventures. The new funding will fuel continued product development

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Basketball Tournament, branded the March Madness has been raising a social media storm through last month. One startup (amongst many peers), has been providing tools to gauge and provide actionable data to marketers throughout the event. Cross-channel analytics provider Origami Logic found that although Twitter

“How do we start an analytics practice?”  I have often been asked this question. While there is no one size fit all solution to it and various organizations have achieved success through various models. Yet, we at Kruxonomy, have come up with a comprehensive 5 step framework to seamlessly get