Gartner releases its 2017 Magic Quadrant for BI and analytics platforms

February of 2017 marked the release of a year-long expected report, the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms published by Gartner.
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February of 2017 marked the release of a year-long expected report, the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms published by Gartner.
Dan Bricklin, best known for codeveloping VisiCalc with his friend Bob Frankston, was still a student at the Harvard Business School, when he succeeded to create the first electronic spreadsheet.
In 2017, the Performance Magazine editorial team interviewed Francesco Consolati, Advisory Business Solution Manager – Risk, Fraud and Performance Management at SAS – Italy. His thoughts and views on Performance Management are detailed below.
”In my opinion, the integration of analytics in the daily activities of any organization boasting a Performance Management System should be a high priority objective.”
In 2017, the Performance Magazine editorial team interviewed Bart Geeraerts, Management Consultant and Performance Management Reporting & Projects Expert at Degroof Petercam, Belgium. His thoughts and views on Performance Management are detailed below.
“At the employee level I expect more and more companies to step away from the annual performance appraisal, as it can lead to an increase in unhealthy competition between employees.”
One of the chief tendencies of today is to “make things smarter and smarter”.