It’s called having business intelligence, savvy, and it doesn’t just mean knowing the ropes or being well versed with the client. It means having an eye to the current, an intuitive ability to respond to the river of data coursing through your company, and if yours is a small business, it probably means knowing where to turn to have that information processed, organized, and returned to you in palatable “intelligence” packets. If you are operating a small business you might be missing serious opportunities if you aren’t paying attention to everything your business is telling you….

On the tail of the release of a report that showed how synthetic DNA could be used to store zettabytes of data in the palm of our hand, it’s important to understand just how much information that really is. The term “big data” is already appearing to be the most overused word of the year in 2013 and it’s only January, so grasping the size of how big it all really is makes for an interesting visualization. Search Engine Journal attacked the topic, and while they’re doing so from a search perspective, the infographic looks at it from many creative perspectives. The fact that the infographic itself is huge…

Business intelligence (BI) objectives are to support better business decision-making and to turn those decisions into strategies that give the company a competitive advantage in their industry. To analyze the information gathered from BI, companies use different types of business intelligence technologies, such as, online analytical processing, analytics, data mining, and predictive analytics. Although most businesses understand the full meaning of what BI means and use it, the rest of us do not. This infographic provides a clearer understanding of business intelligence. Click…

Since 1958, there has been an increase in the need for business intelligence. It’s nothing new, but in recent years it’s been much more important as the data is finally reaching the ability to display and track it. This graphic depicts the history as it has happened over the last 54 years. Click to enlarge. Courtesy of Las Cruces Toyota. …

The concept of business intelligence has been around for decades, but only in the last dozen or so years has it become an essential tool that businesses use to make major decisions about directions and strategies. The rise of the internet has made it the central focus of companies around the world whether they’re internet-based or not. As a result, BI’s important has continued to rise. Society is transitioning towards using mobile devices as primary tools for day-to-day life. Many of the purchases and other transactions occurring in the world are shifting towards promoting mobile interactions…