La-Z-Boy and Domo recognised for innovative use of analytics
North American furniture manufacturer La-Z-Boy Incorporated and analytics provider Domo are winners of Ventana Research’s prestigious Digital Leadership Award in Analytics.
Data science could help battle wildfires
Guest comment: Researchers are finding transformative ways to use data and computational methods to help planners, leaders and first responders tackle disasters.
Insight-Based Decision Making versus “just doing reporting”
Data and Analytics solutions enable organisations to discover opportunities for competitive advantage, but too often the most valuable opportunities are not followed up.
Data prep – new DIY tools make it easier than ever
The latest developments in self-service analytics let business users prepare and share their data – without involving IT at all.
Sharing insights at Analytics Forum in Wellington
It was a full house in Wellington for the New Zealand Analytics Forum. Travis Barker of Stellar showed how analytic techniques and visualisations are being used in the not-for-profit sector.
Microsoft releases Power BI Desktop update
The January 2018 update to Power BI Desktop includes report formatting options, a quick calculator for Pearson correlation coefficient and several cool Custom Visuals.
Free white paper: Looking past flashy dashboard design
A dashboard that doesn’t convey a message is merely a report. It could be useful to some users, but won’t become an integral part of performance management.
Big response to first Chief Data and Analytics Officer conference
Stellar’s Nicholas Glanfield was impressed by the diversity of speakers, and the focus on business impacts and returns from analytics, BI and Big Data projects.