The Data Driver

Qlik previewed  Qlik Sense June 2017, the newest release of its next-generation application for self-service business intelligence (BI) and visual analytics.  Built on a fully integrated, cloud-ready platform, and powered by the patented QIX Associative Indexing Engine, Qlik Sense combines enterprise readiness and governance with intuitive visualization and exploration, advanced analytics, and self-service data preparation capabilities.  This breadth and depth allows organizations to meet the broadest range of BI use cases from a single platform leading to consistent, data-driven decision making.  At its Qonnections 2017 customer and partner event, Qlik previewed functionality highlighting how the Company will advance its analytics portfolio to drive greater insight from all data, on premise and in the cloud, while augmenting the intelligence of users across the enterprise.
“Qlik pioneered the category for user-driven, governed self-service BI.  With Qlik Sense, we continue to expand…

Macro 4, a division of UNICOM Global, is introducing a new business intelligence (BI) framework that will help users of its Columbus software to achieve cost savings and continuous service improvements in enterprise printing and digital information delivery.


Columbus Accounting, the latest addition to Macro 4’s Columbus suite of information delivery software, provides a comprehensive reporting facility. The new product enables Columbus customers to generate detailed statistics on every aspect of their printing and electronic document delivery environment to support service level reporting, capacity planning and usage-based billing.

Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totaled $14.4 billion in 2013, an 8 percent increase from 2012 revenue of $13.3 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.
"Overall, just like last year, the market is shifting gears, which is keeping growth in the single digits. At the same time, paradoxically, we’re at the cusp of a series of tipping points which will facilitate unprecedented interest and adoption of analytics,” said Dan Sommer, research director at Gartner.
There were a number of factors slowing the market in 2013. First, challenging macro had an effect. No region in the world grew faster than 12 percent, which breaks the strategic assumption that many of the large vendors have held for years - that emerging markets are growing at a much faster rate. Secondly, confusion still reigns around how to best leverage analytics on…

Saxon Global announced the inauguration of its new facility in 2nd Floor, Tapaswiji Arcade, Madiwala, Bangalore, to accommodate its expansion. 
With this addition, Saxon Global would now be increasing its strength by three times out of Bangalore alone. This building is designed to support the growing offshore development Centre of the organization which has witnessed more than 100 percent growth in the last year.

The CIO focus on business intelligence (BI) and analytics looks set to continue through  2017, according to Gartner. 
Gartner said that the benefits of fact-based decision-making are clear to business managers in a broad range of disciplines, including: marketing, sales, supply chain management, manufacturing, engineering, risk management, finance and HR.
"Major changes are imminent to the world of BI and analytics including the dominance of data discovery techniques, wider use of real-time streaming event data and the eventual acceleration in BI and analytics spending when big data finally matures," said Roy Schulte, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "As the cost of acquiring, storing and managing data continues to fall, companies are finding it practical to apply BI and analytics in a far wider range of situations."

SAS has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner.'s annual Magic Quadrant for Integrated Marketing Management. SAS earned its place in the Leaders quadrant for its ability to execute and completeness of vision.
In a recent SAS study, 60 percent of the 1,260 consumers surveyed expect businesses to know what they want and need. Integrating four top-selling marketing analytics products - SAS® Marketing Automation, SAS Marketing Optimization, SAS Real-Time Decision Manager and SAS Digital Marketing - into one solution, SAS Customer Intelligence helps modern marketers manage customer relationships effectively across all channels, create meaningful customer interactions for positive experiences, and make optimal decisions based on big data.

Manthan Systems announced the launch of the ARC Solution Suite for Fashion. The suite is said to be the culmination of best practice analytics for retailers, with a focus on attribute-based information to drive better merchandising and customer insights. The combined modules, including ARC Merchandise Analytics, ARC Store Operations, ARC Ecommerce, ARC Customer360, ARC TargetOne and ARC Loyalty247, provide fashion retailers the ability to personalize the shopping experience from influencing the purchasing process for customer considerations through providing customers with the right offer at the right place at the right time. The ARC Solution Suite for Fashion includes a number of capabilities that provide merchandisers, buyers and marketers with the right information they need at the right time. Supported by a hardened retail data model, fashion and specialty retailers can integrate multiple source systems, including POS, ecommerce, store systems, loyalty solutions, merchandise manage…