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Posts from Date:   2016-8

Summer Shake-Ups in BI and Analytics: SalesForce, BeyondCore; Workday, Platfora and more

by Cindi Howson  |  August 23, 2016

What a busy month! I had only just arrived amid the rolling hills of Tuscany for a family reunion, vowing not to check email for a few days, when I got word of the Platfora acquisition. Then Oracle of NetSuite, and last week, Salesforce of BeyondCore. Here are my thoughts on what this means for […]

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Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and the New Interactive MQ

by Cindi Howson  |  August 9, 2016

If you’ve been following my blog and tweets for a few years now, you know I love chocolate (and wine and coffee, in addition to BI and analytics!). So when I saw the new interactive Magic Quadrant, I thought this is a lot like chocolate and peanut butter:  analyst opinion combined with customer opinion! A […]

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