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Erica Driver

Erica is senior director of product marketing at QlikTech. Prior to joining QlikTech, she was a co-founder and principal with ThinkBalm, an independent analyst firm focused on work-related use of immersive technology. Prior to that Erica was a principal analyst at Forrester Research, where she specialized in enterprise collaboration platforms and strategy.

Donald Farmer

Donald Farmer is the QlikView Product Advocate. Donald has over twenty years experience in analytics and data management. In that time he has worked as a consultant, in startups and as a leader of Microsoftâ€™s BI product teams. He is a speaker at many international events on business intelligence, data integration and data management, blogger, and author of several books.

Don't talk to me about end users!

Donald Farmer | Thursday, 14 Jul 2011

I'm fed up with 'end-users' - the term, that is. I simply don't believe they exist. Perhaps more accurately, I don't suppose they exist anymore.

IDC Sizes BI Tools Market at $8.9B in 2010

Erica Driver | Thursday, 14 Jul 2011

In June, 2011 IDC published its Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2010 Vendor Shares report (available only to IDC clients or for purchase). This report assesses the BI tools market and includes revenue and market share information for BI software vendors.

Mobile Business Intelligence - it's time to learn from your users

Donald Farmer | Tuesday, 28 Jun 2011

- Sponsored Editorial - Everywhere I travel, customers and partners are talking about mobile Business Intelligence. However, they have many questions about best practices for mobile. Sometimes, they have so many questions, and so few answers, that they try to stop mobile BI altogether. I have news: you can't stop it!

You Can Have It Both Ways: Agility AND Governance

Erica Driver | Monday, 27 Jun 2011

- Sponsored Editorial - A common notion is that when it comes to business intelligence, agility and governance are mutually exclusive. But this is a misperception. I talked about this recently with Johan Averstedt, segment manager for financial services at QlikTech, and Elif Tutuk, technical expert, and they had some great insights to share.

Tell me a story

Donald Farmer | Monday, 13 Jun 2011

- Sponsored Editorial - In the field of Business Intelligence we work daily with data and reports. However, like everyone else, what really sticks in our mind is not data but stories. An analysis can be insightful or not, but to be compelling, wrap it in a narrative.

4 Self-Service BI: Power to ALL the People

Erica Driver | Monday, 13 Jun 2011

- Sponsored Editorial - Self-service BI is simple to use so business people can perform tasks that in the past would have required assistance from an IT pro. It enables business users at various skill levels to be involved in the creation and sharing of analytics and visualizations.

Zero-wait BI For Everyone:

Getting full control of your data means eliminating the dependence on rigid, pre-built data models.

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