Anthony Deighton, CTO of Qlik, discusses adoption variation across different industry sectors for modern visual analytics software at Data Driven NYC.
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Deighton: Visual analytics value requires integrating interface and calculation engines
“And our view here is that no, in fact, the requirement here is really to bring these two worlds together, and you can't have one Without the other, or maybe slightly more generously, the real value comes when you bring the two together.”
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Deighton: Software users want identical application experiences across PC and mobile
“No one wants a mobile version. They want the same version they had on their PC to be the one that works on their mobile device, to be the one that works on their big screen like this.”
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Deighton: Users want identical software functionality on-premise and in the cloud
“No one wants a cloud version of their application. They want a version that runs on premise, and they want one that runs in the cloud, and there should really be no difference between those two.”
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Deighton: BI industry is shifting from IT-driven to user-driven
“There's a, I think, again, a kind of fundamental shift in the BI industry that's, we're really right in the midst of, ah, today. And, ah, it's really a shift away from an IT-driven industry to a user-driven industry.”
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Deighton: Vast majority of new startup data lives in cloud
“If you look at any new company today, and I bet any startup in this room, most, if, you know, if not a hundred percent, certainly the vast majority of the data that you're working with is sourced, begins, and lives in the cloud.”
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Deighton: Platform providers will ultimately win over tech stack models
“We're moving away from this kind of stack model to a platform model, and this is not, ah, this is no big insight, this is something we see in every industry, a move away, ah, and where, where ultimately platform providers, ah, are the victors.”