{"id":506648,"date":"2023-09-05T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=506648"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:43:07","slug":"best-analytics-and-business-intelligence-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/506648-best-analytics-and-business-intelligence-platforms.html","title":{"rendered":"Best analytics and business intelligence platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analytics and business intelligence (ABI) platforms allow businesses to import, clean, and analyse data from various sources to gain valuable insight and make critical decisions.<\/p>\n<p>ABI platform market leaders include Microsoft, Salesforce, Tableau, and Qlik.<\/p>\n<p>With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), these products offer more automation and are more intuitive than before.<\/p>\n<p>ABI products offer a unified platform that acts as a central hub for business data and provides tools to analyse the data to gain critical insights in real time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/co\/start\/strategy\/business-intelligence-and-analytics-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Chamber of Commerce<\/a><\/strong>, ABI platforms can help businesses increase productivity and efficiency, enhance visibility, and provide a scalable solution to predict future outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in the analytics and business intelligence market are listed below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Microsoft Power Business Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft says its Power Business Intelligence (BI) product helps businesses uncover more powerful insights and use them in impactful ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enable everyone at every level of your organisation to make confident decisions using up-to-the-minute analytics,&#8221; it says.<\/p>\n<p>Power BI provides a secure, centralised hub for business data and lets users analyse the data and create visuals from it.<\/p>\n<p>Other benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Real-time analytics streaming;<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Excel interoperation;<\/li>\n<li>An application lifecycle management toolkit; and,<\/li>\n<li>An open connectivity layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It also features Microsoft&#8217;s AI-powered Copilot, which lets users describe the insights they need or ask questions about their data. Copilot will then analyse and pull the relevant data into a report.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-476167\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new--600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new--800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Microsoft-logo-new--768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Salesforce CRM Analytics<\/h2>\n<p>Salesforce says its Client Relationship Management (CRM) Analytics product helps businesses focus on outcomes, take real-time action, and unify various business aspects on one platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get the exact information you need by tailoring analytics to your business. Improve any business outcome with precise recommendations and specific guidance,&#8221; it says.<\/p>\n<p>CRM Analytics lets users create visualisations, predictions, and insights from data, including from external sources, on a single platform.<\/p>\n<p>It also helps businesses create AI models and dashboards using customisable templates, third-party apps, or custom-built dashboard designs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_478613\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478613\" class=\"size-full wp-image-478613\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Salesforce-towers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-478613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial credit: Tada Images \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Tableau<\/h2>\n<p>Salesforce-owned Tableau describes its analytics and business intelligence platform as the broadest and deepest, end-to-end data and analytics product available.<\/p>\n<p>The company offers cloud, desktop, and &#8220;Tableau Prep Builder&#8221; software. Tableau says Prep Builder makes combining, shaping, and cleaning data for analysis faster.<\/p>\n<p>Tableau also features Salesforce&#8217;s Einstein Discovery, which provides predictions and recommendations within Tableau workflows for smarter decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>The company says support and data security is among its priorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tableau provides efficiencies of scale to streamline governance, security, compliance, maintenance, and support with solutions for the entire lifecycle as the trusted environment for your data and analytics,&#8221; it says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_506652\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-506652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506652\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tableau-logo-on-laptop-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-506652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial credit: monticello \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Qlik Sense<\/h2>\n<p>Qlik says its Sense data analytics and business intelligence product provides &#8220;AI-assisted insights and predictions that inform intelligent action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive cloud software features Qlik&#8217;s associative analytics engine, which helps businesses explore their data and uncover insights.<\/p>\n<p>The company says analytics features let any user, regardless of skill level, analyse data in various ways using a range of tools, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automated insight generation<\/li>\n<li>Search and natural language interaction<\/li>\n<li>AI-assisted creation and data prep<\/li>\n<li>AutoML &amp; predictive analytics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We combine a real-time data pipeline with action-oriented capabilities that provide in-the-moment insights and drive immediate action,&#8221; it says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_506656\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-506656\" class=\"size-full wp-image-506656\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Qlik-logo-on-laptop-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-506656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial credit: monticello \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/506486-amazon-adds-three-execs-to-ceos-senior-team.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Amazon adds three execs to CEO&#8217;s senior team<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the leaders in the analytics and business intelligence platform market include Microsoft, Salesforce, Tableau, and Qlik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":506692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16],"tags":[89112,35,123,84149,25233,89110],"class_list":["post-506648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-software","tag-analytics-and-business-intelligence","tag-headline","tag-microsoft","tag-qlik","tag-salesforce","tag-tableau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506758,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506648\/revisions\/506758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}