This evaluation guide aims to support IT organizations as they evaluate and select a modern BI and analytics platform suitable for a broad, enterprise-wide deployment. It is intended for IT to use collaboratively with business users and analysts as they assess each platform’s ability to execute on the modern analytics workflow, and the vendor’s resources and strategic guidance to effectively deploy and scale an analytics program that addresses the diverse needs of users across the organization.
This paper seeks to outline three major thought shifts concerning the modern data environment that Information Technology leaders need to understand in order to support data-driven decision making within their organization.