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Awards recognize pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology that drive change and increased value for organizations October 25, 2016 Radnor, PA  – Qlik®, a leader in visual analytics, today announced that Qlik Sense®, its modern platform-based approach to business intelligence and analytics, has received the Ventana Research 2016 Technology Innovation Award in the Business

Why you need the right skills to interpret your data, not just the tool. 10th October 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments Here is one of my key mantras: just because you have access to great software, does not automatically make you an expert.  I was reminded of this again just this

You may be missing a critical piece to ensure success of your visual analytics project. 10th October 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments Mistakes happen, and I’ve certainly made a few through all the software projects I have managed.  I find it’s important to take time to look back and learn from

Does your organization allow you to ask any question of your data? Here's why it should. 21st September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments In this, the final part of this four part series we’ll pick up the theme from Part 3 and look at the key characteristics that define a best-in-class data-driven business

5 ways Qlik helped an SMB turn into a $100 million company. Today’s SMB spotlight features a guest post written by Ben Panzarino, a data-focused Affiliate Marketing Manager at Modernize. I’d love to tell you how Qlik helped turn Modernize into a $100 million company, but it’s probably better to hear it straight from them!   Things

Not all companies have the luxury of acquiring an online retail unicorn... 7th September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments On August 8, 2016 Wal-Mart agreed to pay $3 billion for their very own unicorn named Jet.com. No, they didn’t pay for a magical horse with a horn, but rather a private e-commerce startup

Your dashboard design needs translating just as much as the labels. 6th September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments The way something looks has a profound effect on how we understand and process the information it holds. Advertising, packaging and information design has been exploiting this for decades. No matter how much

When data visualization cannot tell the whole story. 6th September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments You have heard that a picture speaks a thousand words, but when we come to make sense of data, visualization alone may not tell the whole story. Don’t get me wrong - a well-designed chart or interactive visualization is

The decades old spreadsheet culture has no place in a modern organization. 6th September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments Scene of the Crime The last scene of this video has been repeated, over and over throughout my career.  Several people huddled over a laptop with someone (usually me) banging out spreadsheet

One’s ability to tell a compelling story using the technology at hand will continue to be the key to good decision-making. 6th September 2016 Posted by: Plaut Romania Category: Uncategorized No Comments Recently I did the most amazing thing.  I happened to find some free Wi-Fi while visiting Manly, Australia, so I made a video