Contributer: Dave Stodder
        
David  Stodder is director of TDWI Research for business intelligence. He focuses on  providing research-based insights and best practices for organizations  implementing BI, analytics, data discovery, data visualization, performance  management, and related technologies and methods. Stodder has provided thought  leadership about BI, analytics, information management, and IT management for  over two decades. Previously, he headed his own independent firm and served as  vice president and research director with Ventana Research. He was chief  founding editor of Intelligent Enterprise and served as editorial  director for nine years.
 
 
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                    Results from TDWI’s latest Best Practices Report show governance practices still fall short of best practices.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - September 15, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Visual analytics technologies may help organizations move closer to achieving BI goals and objectives, but visual analytics tools must be carefully managed.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - July 14, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Self-service tools should help IT offload some responsibilities to users, thereby reducing the backlog and giving users the flexibility they seek.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - June 2, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Advances in data preparation and integration will have a major impact on BI, visual analytics, and data discovery. Here are three points to consider as you evaluate and deploy these recent software entries.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - April 14, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations need to adjust data quality processes to fit the requirements of analytics rather than stick with what they have established for standard BI reporting.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - March 3, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data science is an exciting area that promises real benefits to organizations in nearly all industries. It should not be stuck in a frustrating pursuit of imaginary heroes of folklore.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - January 6, 2015
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It is time for your organization to put "achieving at or near real-time views of data" higher on its strategic priority list?
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - October 21, 2014
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To reap the rewards of agile, you'll need to take some risks.
                    
			            - By David  Stodder
 - September 2, 2014