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Dresner Advisory Services’ ongoing research on the impacts of external forces on organizations yields insights into how the rising cost of capital will challenge enterprises to become more Hyper-Decisive® or…
It will come as a surprise to no one who works with business technology that cloud storage, software, and services are nearing an apogee and a permanent orbit in adoptive…
As the impacts of COVID-19 and related external forces wane, major impacts from their wake now represent high-priority areas for investment. Our latest data show that organizations most frequently make…
An enterprise performance management (EPM) system provides a foundational technology for performance management and enables enterprise planning / budgeting capabilities. Yet, only 26 percent of organizations perceive EPM as a…
The concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting recently gained significant traction. ESG reporting includes the data, tools, processes, and standards used in preparing non-financial reports that reflect an…
Every few years we hear about a “silver bullet” that will allow organizations to become more data driven. These include local area networks, ERP systems, cloud computing, and in-memory databases.…
Our data show that BI achievement always remains at levels below those set in BI objectives. This BI objectives-achievements (OA) gap in large part reflects that BI objectives should represent…
Despite all the hoopla surrounding it at conferences, in the press, and on social media, data literacy in recent years shows no significant improvement in the percentage of organizations successfully…
External consulting services — system integrators (SIs) and consultants — typically represent 14 percent of total BI budgets. Our latest data show expected increased use of SIs and consultants in…
For years, many people expected data storytelling to take off in terms of who is doing it and their success rate. But the numbers and percentages remain under 50 percent,…
When applied to business, the application of analytics commonly associates with better decision making, increasing profits, reducing expenses, growing revenue, improving customer satisfaction, enabling compliance and reducing risk, or enhancing…
In mid-2023, inflation and economic uncertainty continue to create urgency for data leaders to provide value perspectives regarding the business application of data and analytics. As rising risk and capital-market…
The “enterprise” aspect of enterprise performance management (EPM) means that planning, modeling, and analytics capabilities should work closely together across domains to provide a holistic way of managing performance for…
Economic forces push many organizations to re-examine and reprioritize their BI initiatives. The increased cost of capital now raises the bar on what expected return from BI investments needs to…
Part of a research series that previously analyzed our data on the impact of external forces by BI success and organization size (see the Research Insights “Successful BI Initiatives Better…
Deriving value from business intelligence (BI) requires taking known technologies, processes, and human skills, aligning them to business practices and objectives, and leveraging data to inform decision making for smarter…
Many organizations continue to perceive and use embedded BI highly. However, reported current use of embedded BI declined slowly from its high of 53 percent in 2017. Its perceived importance…
The arrival of generative AI seems to have caught many organizations off guard, uncertain of how to deal with the many implications of interacting with this new technology in an…
During a roundtable discussion on the subject of “Toward a Modern Analytical Architecture and Technology Stack” during our most recent Real BI Conference, the chief data officer (CDO) of a…
Retailers show a notable resiliency and adaptability through and beyond impacts stemming from COVID-19. Well before the pandemic, they adapted to evolving consumer preferences with increased online delivery infrastructure and…
