Microsoft Leading the Pack in Gartner’s BI and Analytics Magic Quadrant

For Microsoft, 13 is a lucky number. 2020 makes 13 years in a row that Microsoft has been named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. In the latest report Microsoft is clearly positioned at the top of 22 vendors as not only a platform that...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions

Tags: Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Microsoft, Analytics, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Microsoft Power BI

5 Proven Ways Manufacturers Can Get Started With Analytics

I want to start with a powerful word in the headline of this blog – “proven.”   Data science is not the stuff of science fiction. It is fact. We see it every day as we transform data into analytics that give powerful and actionable insights to our...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Manufacturing Industry Insights

Tags: Business Intelligence, Manufacturing, Analytics, Data Science, Manufacturers, Data Analytics

When it Comes to BI and Analytics, Microsoft is Leading the Pack

This has been a banner year for Microsoft BI and Analytics.  Microsoft Power BI continue that strong momentum in the third quarter when it was recognized as a leader in the Forrester Wave report for Enterprise BI Platforms (Vendor-Managed), Q3...

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Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft, Power BI, Analytics, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Enterprise BI Platforms

How to Maximize the Full Product Lifecycle by Improving Your Data IQ

How would you rate the quality of your products?  And how well are you at selling them?  Like most leading manufacturers, you probably rate yourself highly on these two questions.  But how would you rate yourself at maximizing your aftermarket...

Categories: Manufacturing Industry Insights, eBooks + Infographics + Video

Tags: Business Intelligence, Data Science, Aftermarket, Data IQ, Service Lifecycle

Are You Getting Your Fair Share of Your Aftermarket Business?

Identify performance gaps in your existing customer portfolio and win back your share of the aftermarket. Manufacturers know they’re leaving money on the table in the aftermarket by not fulfilling the full life-cycle potential of their products. In this video, we show you how...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, eBooks + Infographics + Video

Tags: Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Azure, Power BI, Analytics, Pinpoint Sales for Aftermarket™

So What Does a Data Scientist Do, Anyway? [podcast]

Recently on his podcast, ‘Power BI & More’, Ulrik Carlsson sat down with Matt Lamb to discuss Matt’s work in Data Science & Commercial Analytics for eLogic.  Listen to how a data scientist defines the...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions, Business Intelligence, eBooks + Infographics + Video

Tags: Business Intelligence, Microsoft, Machine Learning, Power BI, Analytics, Data Science

Getting Started with IoT: Connected

Connected...This one word is reshaping our personal and business lives.  Industry projections consistently show that by 2020 there will be 200 billion connected “things” in the Internet of Things (IoT).  So, the IoT boom reflects a seismic shift in how manufacturers are moving to sensor and connect their products and shift their business models.  At the heart of this, leaders are rethinking strategies and figuring out how their organizations can win the future by launching new product and service initiatives. 

Categories: Manufacturing Industry Insights, Business Intelligence

Tags: Business Intelligence, IoT

Sales Needs Data Science, too.

One may be curious:  Is data science impacting sales processes and methodologies?  For a function spearheading enterprise revenue generation, herein stands an opportunity for applied machine learning, an infrequently discussed application; it is not the...

Categories: Microsoft Solutions

Tags: Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Azure