Business Intelligence: Sort of Like Enterprise Search
November 11, 2015
I read a mini listicle called “3 reasons Business Intelligence Projects Fail and How to Avoid Them.” The article is 348 words in length. The article is “sponsored content,” which means an outfit called Sisense paid to get this listicle in front of folks like me. Well, maybe not exactly like me.
The problems of business intelligence are the same problems bedeviling those who would implement an enterprise search system or any system. The folks involved have to have time to set up and make the system work. The people using the system have to be trained. And the system will trigger hidden costs.
Great. No hidden costs.
I wondered what a Sisense did for a living. According to the Sisense Web site, the company “simplifies business intelligence for complex data.” The Web site asserts:
The only business intelligence software that lets you easily prepare and analyze both big and disparate datasets.
Here’s the description of the company:
Sisense is an award-winning, full-stack Business Intelligence and Analytics software that’s leading the way into a new era of BI. Our software is creating quite a buzz for its powerful technology as Sisense is the only fully-functional Business Intelligence tool that lets non-techies join multiple large data sets, build smart dashboards with great data visualizations, and share with thousands of users. Our secret sauce is the incredible technology behind Sisense that’s designed to be used by business users, without dependence on coding, IT or data scientists. Sisense provides a centralized database on standard hardware, and serves more queries, more users, and more data than any other BI tool on the market.
I like the word “incredible.” In my opinion, the mini listicle which tells me how to avoid the three reasons why business intelligence project fails seems a trifle fluffy.
Sigh. That makes sense.
Stephen E Arnold, November 11, 2015
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