Straight Talk: Yurbi Vs Crystal Reports; Strengths and Weaknesses
You won’t find many business intelligence companies knowledgeable enough -and willing to- talk about competitor’s products. In fact, when we compare Yurbi to other business intelligence (BI) solution, people are often surprised. But at 5000fish, we think letting you know how Yurbi stacks up against other BI solutions like SAP Crystal Reports is the right…
What Your Boss Wants to Know About Business Intelligence Tools
You may have your heart set on ditching your legacy business intelligence tools for a modern, efficient, and user-friendly system. Getting a buy-in from leadership, however, can be complicated. In order to get that buy-in, it will be important to speak a language they understand and address the issues that will help drive them to…
The Benefits (And Challenges) Of Business Dashboards
Business dashboards connect users with critical information and data at-a-glance. Users can pull everything from sales and marketing data to inventory reports to finance, to website analytics into a dashboard. Those dashboards put critical information into one place, displaying it visually, so that users do not have log into multiple systems to get a snapshot…
Microsoft Excel in Place of Business Intelligence Tools: the Downfalls
There are some BI providers who completely discount Excel for business intelligence. The truth is, Excel is extremely flexible and is almost limitless in its value to users. It is the world’s most widely used spreadsheet—and with good reason. However, Excel was never designed to be a primary BI tool, and when it is used…
What is a Business Dashboard and Do We Need Dashboard Software?
Business dashboards are generating a lot of buzz these days, which may have you wondering whether your organization needs dashboard software. Without learning about your business we can’t say definitively that it would benefit from dashboard software, but many organizations of all shapes and sizes do. That’s because much in the same way a car…
How Much Does Data Reporting Software Cost?
One of the most common questions we get asked at 5000fish is “How much does data reporting software cost?” Unfortunately, the answer isn’t cut and dry. How much analytic reporting software costs depends on a number of variables, including your organization’s unique requirements. Answer the 5 questions we’ve outlined below to learn more about your…
User-Friendly BI Software: the Advantages and Why You Need It
Business intelligence is extremely complex. Even power-users that seem to know everything there is to know about BI would admit behind closed doors that they don’t truly know the full potential of BI. So when you ask your average user to make sense of a complicated, legacy BI tool, you’re often placing a tall order….
5000fish Editorial: You Don’t Need Tech Knowledge to Rock Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence is an extremely complex and complicated concept. Even the most advanced developers and data scientists can’t always wrap their analytical minds around everything that’s involved in BI. This why so many “average” users shy away from BI tools. Most organizations have adopted complicated BI systems that cater to those power users—the data science…
Asking “Do We Need Business Intelligence?” Here are the Top 5 Signs You Do
Are you reading this blog because you woke up this morning with the novel thought in your head that you needed to buy a BI solution today? We didn’t think so. Just like the straw that eventually broke the camel’s back in the famous proverb, organizations don’t come to the conclusion that they need a…