Business Analytics: Self-service analytics

Microsoft has been working hard to put business intelligence tools into the hands of ordinary business users rather than data scientists.

Microsoft has been working hard to put business intelligence tools into the hands of ordinary business users rather than data scientists

For most Irish firms, the buzz around big data has little to do with their businesses. They want practical tools that can turn the information in their systems into useful insights that they can leverage for commercial advantage. This is the sweet spot that Microsoft wants to hit with Power BI, its business intelligence solution that uses the Microsoft stack – from SQL databases at the back to SharePoint in the middle and ...