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Starting your AI Roadmap

by Assimil8 | Feb 5, 2019

You've been asked to invest in AI so that your organisation can improve. Guest blogger and strategic partner, Katie Gibbs, Head of Consulting, Heron AI, explains how to get the journey started in this article published in Network Computing's Spring Edition. AI has...

Data Culture Matters (Part 1)

by Assimil8 | Jan 25, 2019

Spencer Sobczak, from strategic partner Theia, shares his views on the importance of culture and mindset during your analytics journey. Gartner currently covers over 250 analytics vendors in their research. By the time you are done reading this article, I wouldn’t be...

Is the BI promise turning into a BIg problem?

by Assimil8 | Jan 11, 2019

Many organisations are finding themselves in the tricky position of needing to curb the explosion of self-serve BI technology within their business without stifling their teams’ productivity or denying them freedom of choice. We look at some of the developments...

5 reasons why BI projects fail – and what you can do about it

by Assimil8 | Dec 11, 2018

“BI is not a crystal ball that pops out the answer”. This was the message from Gartner, following research suggesting that as many as 70 to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail to meet their objectives. So what can go wrong - and how can businesses...

Data and retail: how to stay ahead of the competition

by Assimil8 | Nov 12, 2018

Cutthroat competition, the continuing rise of eCommerce and cost-side pressures stemming from a weak pound all point to continued challenging times ahead for retailers. When it comes to staying ahead of the curve, the data that exists within your organisation is the...