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Jon Thompson

Jon Thompson

Jon Thompson is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Margin Inc. An author and speaker, Jon sheds light on how businesses can take advantage of a revolution in business intelligence to become data-driven and accelerate their success.
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The Dirt on Big Data

There are always some phrases we use without really knowing what they mean - think "The...

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The 2nd Cause of the IN-Visible Enterprise

Information Silos. It can be argued that information is the life-blood of any company and...

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The #1 Flaw of the IN-Visible Enterprise

First, let’s consider the preeminent responsibility in running a business: defining the...

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Streaming Data Sets in Power BI Just Got Easier

Microsoft just made streaming datasets a whole lot easier in Power BI. For the past year,...

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Reaching New Business Heights with The Dashboard Effect

It's Time for Private Equity to Join the (4th Industrial) Revolution!

Data is increasingly...

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Is Excel the Next Killer App for Business Intelligence?

While companies use a variety of different business intelligence (BI) tools and...

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Private Equity Turns to Business Intelligence to Maximize Investments

Private Equity investors make investment decisions based on balance sheets and P&L...

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Power BI, Microsoft's Outlier on the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant

Power BI now outranks Tableau, Qlik, Domo, Cognos . . . heck, everyone.

For the tenth...

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Power BI Solves Seattle Bar's Operating Inefficiencies, Saves $30k/yr

What could your business do with an extra $30,000 a year? By implementing Microsoft Power BI...