Understanding The Best Chart Types For Effective Data Visualization
From comparing data sets to tracking progress over time, this blog post explores the most effective ways to use these popular chart types.
The Top 7 Data Visualization Tools (Plus 1 Bonus Option)
In this article, we’re taking a look at the top seven data visualization tools to help you better understand your options.
Straight Talk: Review of DOMO; The Pros and Cons
{Updated October 2021} The number of business intelligence vendors offering agile, user-friendly solutions is growing. In addition to well established BI companies developing new products designed to be less technical and more agile than traditional BI software, every few weeks another BI startup claims it is “the” BI solution for business users. If you’re a…
How Much Does Business Dashboard Software Cost?
{Updated Jan 2018} Although vendors dread it and many salespeople dodge it, one of the first questions an organization will have when starting to investigate dashboard software is a natural and obvious one: “How much will this business dashboard software actually cost us?” Like it or not, pricing remains at the top of most…
Emerging Trends in the BI Industry for 2016 – Changes are Coming
As an entrepreneur in the BI industry, I make it a priority to stay on top of news and trends in the space. The BI industry is experiencing a lot of transition at the moment, due in part to changes in technology, vendors, and macro events ranging from everything from the economy to the influence…
How Much Does Self-Service, Agile BI Software Cost?
At 5000fish, we believe in the power of self-service, agile BI and want people to be fully educated before purchasing a solution. This is not only beneficial to customers, but to the BI industry as a whole because educated buyers will make smarter purchasing decisions, which will leader to higher BI adoption rates. The self-service…
Cloud or On-Premise Dashboards? Best Practices for Reporting on Cloud/SaaS Apps
Companies have become heavily invested in using the Cloud to bring all of their data into one easily accessible place. Therefore it makes perfect sense why they are also going to the Cloud to search for BI solutions that integrate with many Cloud/SaaS applications via their APIs, which allow developers to integrate programs and applications…
6 Reasons Why Business Users Are Not Happy With Your Business Intelligence Solution
If there’s one concern we hear from small to medium sized organizations time and again, it’s that they aren’t getting the business intelligence reports they need, or even want. Here are six reasons workers don’t get the right reports, and what can be done about it. Reason 1. Poor Communication between the Requester and IT…
Best Cloud BI Vendors for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Yurbi is a great solution for many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), but we realize it isn’t the right fit for everyone. For example, on occasion we’ll start talking to a potential customer and realize they have specific business needs that a Could business intelligence (BI) solution will serve best. Because Yurbi isn’t a Cloud…