PBT Group

PBT Group | October 04, 2016

In my previous Industry Insight, I outlined certain important points to consider when defining a cloud business intelligence (BI) strategy. In summary, this came down to having a clear understanding of the business case (and associated benefits), as well as the business use cases (to understand where this would be applied). At this point, if you had gone through this process, hopefully as part of a coordinated, managed project, you would most typically be right in the middle of the hype cycle of...

PBT Group | June 02, 2016

Business intelligence (BI) in the cloud is a hot topic within many companies. As with all new concepts, there is the inevitable level of confusion and uncertainty regarding how to proceed. To demystify the topic, I believe things need to go back to the basics. For many companies wanting to understand BI and their cloud strategy, the first area of focus would be on actually defining a viable ‘cloud business intelligence strategy’. Only once the strategy has been defined does it make s...

PBT Group | July 14, 2016

There’s an interesting buzz in the business intelligence (BI) industry, where more and more clients are starting to ask what BI of the future looks like. I think there are a few factors that drive this question.Vendors’ messaging to their target market is definitely a strong driver that’s causing users of their technology to start wondering. The typical messages from vendors are that BI is dead and analytics replaces it. Depending on the vendor’s own internal strategy, it...

tdworld.com | January 24, 2020

For many utilities, this world is not far off. For PECO Energy Co., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., this world is here now as a result of the Exelon Utilities Analytics Academy. This program is aimed at enabling employees to adopt digital skills, such as machine learning, operational analytics, visual storytelling and automated analysis. This ensures the people who are most familiar with the meaning behind the data also can conduct their own analysis, rather than having to rely on a central group ...