
Gartner Shares Findings from North Pole Inc. Data and Analytics Assessment
by Doug Laney | December 17, 2017
Going into the 2017 holiday season, North Pole Inc. (ticker: XMAS), the leading global distributor of presents to good girls and boys, called upon Gartner to assess and advise on...

Don't Be a Data and Analytics Turkey
by Doug Laney | November 19, 2017
With Thanksgiving approaching this week in the U.S., last month in Canada, the following week in Australia, and even in the Netherlands this month, let's also give thanks for the...

Why a Book on Infonomics?
by Doug Laney | August 23, 2017
With its publication less than a month away, many people who have heard about, got a sneak peak of, or pre-ordered my book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure...

From Moneyball to Grand Slam Information-Based Business Models
by Doug Laney | July 24, 2017
In 2003, Michael Lewis published the best-seller, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, featuring the nouveau analytics-based approach to evaluating baseball players developed by the Oakland Athletics' general manager,...

The Emerging Battleground in the Analytics & Business Intelligence Market
by Steve Crawford | July 12, 2017
A new battleground is emerging in the analytics and business intelligence (BI) market over embedded data science and smart data discovery. In this new research, "Market Opportunity Map: Analytics and...

Two Acquisitions in Two Weeks!
by Rita Sallam | August 17, 2016
It’s been an exciting two weeks in the world of BI! Just yesterday, Saleforce announced its intention to buy smart data discovery vendor, BeyondCore, a new Visionary entrant to this...

Monetizing Information is More Than Just Selling Your Data
by Doug Laney | July 26, 2016
According to various dictionary definitions, to monetize something is “to convert an asset into or establish something as money or legal tender.” But Investopedia goes on to suggest, “The term monetize...

Keeping Busy with Data Strategy
by Doug Laney | May 27, 2015
Occasionally new or prospective clients inquire about how we analysts specifically are helping business and technology leaders accelerate and improve their information and analytics related capabilities. Well, as part of...

Do We Know What We Want from IGA Analytics?
by Brian Iverson | May 1, 2015
This is the eleventh installment in a series of posts that I am writing on my impressions of the current state of IGA, based on analysis of the 2015 edition of the Critical Capabilities for Identity...

Big Data's 10 Biggest Vision and Strategy Questions
by Doug Laney | January 20, 2015
At various Gartner events, particularly our Business Analytics and Information Management Summits and Gartner Symposium, we hear some common questions about big data among IT and business leaders. Even as organizations embark on big...