On this day in 2015, Microsoft gave birth to one of the most powerful data analytics platforms of the past decade. In many ways, it has reshaped the data analytics landscape as we know it. Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to watch the platform evolve. I’ve worked alongside some wonderful clients and been part of hundreds and hundreds of Power BI projects.
Power BI is easy to use. Hard to master. And even harder to enable across an organization. Organizations have become great at building Power BI reports - yet continue to struggle to drive end-user adoption and enablement.
These words came from the mouth of a VP of Transportation for a refrigerated tucking company based in the Midwest. Fulton Analytics’ team of data experts led a small Data Strategy engagement to navigate some challenging conversations around cultivating a data driven culture in a complex organization.
If you thought data fabric was just another data buzzword - you might want to think again. It appears a modern data fabric is in fact here to stay and will be foundational technology in most organizations’ AI innovations. A data fabric is a fully integrated layer of connected data and processes across a unified ecosystem.
“We are changing our industry. I’m looking at these dashboards every day, uncovering new trends, and critical insights for our Air Medical crew." The Vice President of Strategy of an Air Medical Transpiration company shared these words of appreciation after leveraging a Power BI Air Medical Analytics solution created by the team of consultants at Fulton Analytics.
These words came from the mouth of a VP of Transportation for a refrigerated tucking company based in the Midwest. Fulton Analytics’ team of data experts led a small Data Strategy engagement to navigate some challenging conversations around cultivating a data driven culture in a complex organization.
“Fulton Analytics delivered a critical solution under tight deadlines - providing analytics to Covid-19 testing organizations around the Country." Mere months into a global pandemic - organizations where scrambling to rollout timely and reliable Covid-19 testing to as many as possible. A Midwest based laboratory testing company was seeking to enhance their reporting capabilities by embedding an analytics dashboard that tracked Covid-19 testing results in the company’s client portal application.
When I outlined these 10 Data Analytics Trends To Watch in 2020 - nobody could have imagined that a global pandemic would virtually shut down the world and disrupt companies’ technology initiatives. Technology by its nature is meant to disrupt. It challenges us to rethink what is possible. I did not envision an economic collapse, a radical shift to a remote workforce, or the loss of health and hobbies. This is uncharted territory for us all. Breathe. Through all of this, the one thing that is clear, is that data analytics and business insights matter more today than ever before. What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the data analytics industry and all the professionals in this vertical? In light of these recent events, I want to revisit the 10 data analytic trends I wrote about at the start of the New Year and examine what impact the “new normal” will have on the data analytics industry as a whole.
