The ‘Big Data’ catchphrase is being bandied around like so many slogans before it to justify spending ever more on data reporting.

I recently needed to buy a car.

Mine was on it’s last legs.. well wheels anyway. I have to say, the process of finding a new one was seriously daunting. The nightmare of facing used car salesman, after used car salesman at a variety of local showrooms, dragging my kids trailing behind me, was about to become a reality for the next 2 – 3 weeks.

Or so I thought...

In most cases, the main reason it can take so long to resolve issues, is that organisations have reporting periods that can only serve up the problems long after they have happened, it can take ages to get a plan sorted and it takes even longer to find out if it actually worked!

We've decided to give you a taste of what's going to be hot in 2017 within the realm of business intelligence. All in one neat, beautiful looking infographic.

The challenge that the NHS faces today is variously described as: too much demand, too many patients, not enough resources.

This blog examines these issues identified by the systems already in place in the NHS and suggests how we can act on the performance management and BI information as part of addressing this classic dilemma: demand is clearly greater than supply.

Buckinghamshire, January 2017 – Leading Business Intelligence and Performance vendor InPhase, has won a two-year contract to provide integrated business management software for Stevenage Borough Council.

We all know how onerous it is to manage your FOIA (Freedom of information) correspondence backlog. This is one of the biggest challenges for our customers, and for the public sector in particular. There are several aspects to this which can present challenges:-

Recently several high profile companies have heavily sold the idea that a great looking, fast data visualisation the greatest business intelligence.

It is certainly great to have beautiful visualisations of data, but that is less than half the picture if you need to manage the business better.