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evolving into a more rich and complex landscape
from various sources, enabling the use of
practical, variant data use cases. After all, the
maximum decision value is in the nodes where
traditional BI data — say, financial transactions
— and big data are melded together.
Data from external sources gives
better context
Enabling users to see a broad range of factors
contributing to their business is becoming more
important than ever. With the ability to combine
both internal and external data sources, users
now have access to more context around their
data, which ultimately leads to more insights
and better decisions. Adding socio-demographic
or location data to analysis easily and quickly
can help organisations de-risk some of their
management choices.
More data storytelling equals more
engagement
People routinely tell stories in work tasks. In fact,
when making a proposal to a group, 86% almost
always or often take time to “lay out what has
happened previously,” and 80% almost always or
often take time to “project forward or to predict
possible outcomes.”
Storytelling not only personalises the task at
hand, but it can also make it more memorable,
impactful, and relevant for those that hear it. In
2016, there will no longer be an excuse to “take
that offline.” People will use interactive storytelling
to deliver information in a more compelling way
that prompts them to take action in the moment,
when the insight emerges.
A screen in the hand is worth two on
the desk
Mobility is becoming more important than
ever for data users. This means that enabling
multi-device lensing of BI and analytics will gain
importance. For instance, 85% of respondents
from the US and 77% of respondents from the
rest of the world complete their objectives by
using multiple devices simultaneously. Having
unlimited access to their data can help users ask
“why?” any time, and find the answer quickly. BI
and visualisation solutions that don’t support
users moving from device to device, often and
at speed, will not deliver the kinds of experience
that people want.
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At a glance…
Infoblox releases its
Reporting and Analytics
solution
Infoblox has announced
Infoblox Reporting and
Analytics, a powerful solution
that unlocks the hidden
value of core network services
data. In today’s world of
increasing network complexity
and connected devices, it
is imperative for enterprises
to have a predictable
network infrastructure to stay
competitive. Infoblox helps
organizations sort through network complexity to find actionable
insights that help mitigate security threats, meet compliance
requirements, and anticipate future network overloads and failures.
Infoblox Reporting and Analytics makes it possible to create
custom reports and dashboards almost instantly, through a
simple point-and-click interface. These reports are not limited to
describing what’s already happened—they can also uniquely
predict the future. Traditional prediction methods perform poorly
in anticipating spikes or peaks, which are often the cause of
outages or the sign of an attack. Through Infoblox patent-pending
Exponential Moving Maximum (EMM) filters, peak forecasting
accuracy is improved to provide more valuable insights into
network status, resource usage, performance, and more.
Infoblox Reporting and Analytics also offers virtually unlimited data
storage through clustering; users can add more physical or virtual
Reporting Appliances as needed to increase the length of data
retention, improve query performance, and provide high availability.
This additional capacity is available on a pay-as-you-go basis
through either perpetual or subscription licenses. Capacity can be
upgraded at any time, so it’s easy to match the solution to the everchanging needs of the modern hybrid data centre.
Infoblox Reporting and Analytics enables \