Lyndsay Wise is the president and founder of WiseAnalytics, a boutique consulting and analyst firm focused on business intelligence. Lyndsay has ten years of IT experience in business systems analysis, software selection, and implementation of enterprise applications. She provides consulting services for small and mid-sized companies and conducts research into leading technologies, market trends, BI products and vendors, mid-market needs, and data visualization. In the spirit of community, social networking and general collaboration, WiseAnalytics has launched an online community geared to small and midsized organizations with the goal of sharing advice, experiences, best practices and creating a grassroots approach to industry research by having SMBs drive research initiatives.

Bringing BI to the Next Level
October 31, 2011 The two key ways this can be achieved are through the development of self-service BI models and the adoption of social...

A Midmarket Look at the Data Warehousing Landscape
March 30, 2011 WiseAnalytics and Information Management conducted a survey to identify adoption patterns of midsized companies and the...

Transitioning Toward Operational Business Intelligence
October 15, 2008 With the general uses of business intelligence shifting, achieving operational BI is becoming more realistic.

DM Review Midmarket Business Intelligence Survey Results
September 15, 2008 WiseAnalytics recently conducted a survey targeted at midmarket organizations using or considering BI. The information in this...

Emerging Trends in the World of Business Intelligence, Part 2
August 13, 2008 Part 2 continues to address trends within BI and data management by exploring the convergence of unstructured data and BI....

Emerging Trends in the World of BI, Part 1
July 16, 2008 Part one discusses the increasing emergence of data warehousing appliance vendors and emphasis on columnar databases to...

Back to IT: Reasoning Behind a Renewed Focus on IT Departments for BI Deployments
June 18, 2008 Although BI may be considered technical, the general push is toward deploying solutions that enable business unit...

The Intrinsic Value of Master Data Management
June 17, 2008 The management of master data touches more than just the information that is maintained.

IT Versus On-Demand: Does Internal Expertise Matter?
June 12, 2008 On-demand solutions are poised to make IT obsolete, but in reality the provider actually takes the place of the IT department

IT Departments Versus On-Demand: Does Internal Expertise Matter?
May 14, 2008 To really take advantage of BI it is essential to understand information.

Does Internal Expertise Matter?
May 8, 2008 Although BI can be developed, deployed and maintained without heavy IT intervention, the fact remains that to build front-end...

The Intrinsic Value of Master Data Management
April 17, 2008 The management of master data touches more than just the information that is maintained.

How Trends in Data Management Affect Cohesion between Business and IT
March 20, 2008 There is a move away from individual data integration and quality initiatives towards a cohesion between IT and business units.

Linking BI and Process Management
February 28, 2008 Embedding BI applications into business processes grants business units access to a constant stream of information

Linking Business Intelligence and Business Process Management
February 14, 2008 As organizations move from developing cubes and management reports towards scorecards, dashboards and real-time BI, the way BI...

The Uniqueness of Health Care Fraud
January 16, 2008 This article is about predictive analytics and fraud detection for health care payers.

Midmarket Express
December 19, 2007 For SMBs evaluating BI solutions, the market will continue to diversify over time.

What Organizations Should Consider When Moving Toward BI for the Masses
November 15, 2007 To achieve true BI for the masses, organizations must provide relevant information to each decision-maker across the...

Product Showdown: The Changing Face of BI
October 18, 2007 Exact Software, Oracle and Microsoft illustrate how the acquisition of BI suites helps vendors expand and enhance their...

BI for the Masses - Is It Becoming a Reality?
September 21, 2007

BI for the Masses - Is It Becoming a Reality?
September 4, 2007

The Importance of Fraud Analytics
August 16, 2007

Strong Data Management is Key
July 19, 2007

Product Showdown
June 28, 2007 TEC evaluates three business performance vendors based on a request for information.

Product Showdown
June 27, 2007 TEC compares three business intelligence/corporate performance management vendors.

BI for the SMB
May 17, 2007

Web-Based BI - BI on the Fly
April 19, 2007

Enhancing the Customer Experience through CDI
March 15, 2007

Enhancing the Customer Experience Through CDI
March 15, 2007 Customer-focused organizations can leverage CDI hubs to increase customer satisfaction by enhancing the total customer...

Five Common Pitfalls to Avoid in BI Projects, Part 2
February 15, 2007

Five Common Pitfalls to Avoid in BI Projects, Part 1
January 18, 2007 The main driver for a BI project should be the use of BI tools to increase performance not the implementation of BI based on...

Customer Data Integration: A Primer
November 16, 2006 CDI has become an important initiative within organizations that prioritize a consolidated view of customer information across...