For our regular readers at Yellowfin, the role of self-service analytics in today’s organization is more than clear. This type of analytics is aimed at helping more people across the company access, analyze and understand their business data, so they can make data-led decisions.

Consumer privacy has increasingly become important for businesses and individuals alike. As data is becoming more and more widespread, people are more worried about where their data is going, how it’s being used, and how it’s facilitated. This has made data security paramount and front-of-mind for many organizations.

The best and most desired outcome for your unique analytical application is that it delivers commercial returns, makes it is easy for your sales team to sell, and even easier for your customers to buy. To achieve these outcomes, you have to get the pricing right. There are many ways that you can price an analytics application, but the most important analytics pricing consideration is always finding the approach that makes the most sense for your unique use cases and business requirements.

With updates to our installer user interface (UI), advanced functions, filters and more, Yellowfin 9.9 is a must-have update to streamline and improve your analytics experience. The latest release brings a fresh look for the Yellowfin installer to make it easier to install and upgrade Yellowfin, along with additional enhancements added for existing parts of the suite, including new Custom Advanced Functions, predefined filters and Bookmarks.

Microsoft Power BI is a ubiquitous and cheap to start with business intelligence (BI) tool that can create a good foundation for analytics capabilities at any company. Similar to Tableau, the objective is to create broad adoption within an organization and replace Excel with a more powerful and structured tool.