#2 Software “consumerization” to give way to software “humanization” in 2014

Employee demand to have tools at work that match the intuitiveness of their experience using technology and social media in their personal lives will accelerate the evolution of BI to become more “humanized”. For example, touch technologies encourage interactivity in surprising ways – people simply enjoy working with touch and appear to be more willing to explore with a tactile interface than with a mouse-driven environment.  There is therefore a need for a BI solution that not only helps organizations to meet user demands, but is also designed around innate human abilities for search, pattern recognition, and discovery.

#3 Natural Analytics to redefine BI in 2014

Humans evolved in a world of vastly complex information, data overload and the need to make critical choices. But when it comes to data analysis we do it naturally. People have outstanding skills in pattern recognition, associative thinking, and forms of natural sense-making. Natural Analytics is a technology and design approach behind BI intended to enhance and augment these natural skills, making it easier for users to gain insights from data and make decisions from the simplest to the most complex. Natural Analytics is unique to QlikView and will continue to be the key driver for its next-generation product innovation set to be unveiled in 2014.

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