Testing Automation in Embedded BI

Congratulations, you’ve made the choice to embed a BI solution into your product line. You have thought through the implications of building it yourself and have decided you want to focus your team on what makes you money, your specific domain. Unless you sell a BI solution, you don’t want to keep up with the

By |2017-11-19T13:37:42+00:00November 19th, 2017|Embedded BI|

Strategic Partnerships

We are excited to have recently become Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Hortonworks consulting partners. In addition to our partnerships with KNIME and Yellowfin. Since the beginning of this company we have been striving to do more for our clients and faster.  New capabilities emerge for our clients with this combination of technologies, a combination

By |2017-11-14T11:43:48+00:00November 14th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Observations from KNIME Summit 2017

Any analytics project today requires data integration, cleansing, manipulation and often they require machine learning.  In order to solve these problems a hodge podge of tooling is typically required.  That usually leads to glueing technologies together that were never meant to really work with each other in the same place.   The problem is exacerbated

Calculemus!  The Confusing Vocabulary of Artificial Intelligence

You are probably the type of executive that wants to fully understand the emerging opportunities in tech, but when it comes to artificial intelligence are left wondering if the field is just full of hype. There certainly has been plenty of hype lately and combined with all of those articles about the looming threat from advances in

By |2017-10-27T16:56:31+00:00October 27th, 2017|Artificial Intelligence, data science, Machine Learning|

BI Vendor Analytics – Q4 2017

We like to use our data skills to help people. We have found that to be a quick route to trust and credibility. One of our most popular recent posts made use of research Blacklight had conducted on business intelligence tool features. Choosing a BI tool has gotten wildly complicated as the web proliferates with

By |2017-10-19T16:22:36+00:00October 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Avoid Making Your Data Ten Times More Expensive

When 83% of companies believe their revenue is affected because of data quality problems, we need to take a look at what is going wrong. Few endeavors have received the media attention, promise, and even hype as the revolution organizations today are undergoing to become data-driven. But the value from that investment and work evaporates when the data

By |2017-10-16T11:36:30+00:00October 16th, 2017|Data Practices|

Capture Your Audience with Visualizations

When you are creating insightful visualizations with data, everything depends on the right starting point.  Developing a method and having standards for your visuals is critical to building engagement from your audience.  You don't just want something that people can understand, but something that informs them in surprising ways.  Accomplishing that objective means spending time

By |2017-10-06T11:35:07+00:00October 6th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Illuminations NewsCard Q3 2017

Blacklight Solutions has named Internet entrepreneur and AI visionary Ian Clarke to lead the company’s new Machine Intelligence Practice. Clarke created and launched Freenet, the web’s first peer-to-peer, censorship resistant platform for communication, and his research in artificial intelligence has led to numerous technology ... If you are still on

By |2017-09-28T18:11:40+00:00September 28th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Blacklight Solutions Names Ian Clarke Chief Scientist

AUSTIN, TEXAS AUGUST 31, 2017 Blacklight Solutions has named Internet entrepreneur and AI visionary Ian Clarke to lead the company’s new Machine Intelligence Practice. Clarke created and launched Freenet, the web’s first peer-to-peer, censorship resistant platform for communication, and his research in artificial intelligence has led to numerous technology advances and business startups. His work has resulted in

By |2017-08-31T16:18:19+00:00August 31st, 2017|News, Products, Services|