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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.”
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.”
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.”
Qlik VP Holmer Gislason: The best data prep is done by someone else
“Because the best data preparation is data preparation done by someone else.”
Deighton: Key data insights often lie outside chosen query selections
“Oftentimes, ah, from a question perspective, the interesting insights in the data are actually found outside of your selection, ah, outside of your query.”
Deighton: Expecting one analytics platform to satisfy all customer requirements is silly
“To believe that what we're going to solve from a platform perspective is going to meet every requirement of any customer who ever walked through the door is silly.”
Deighton: Most business analytics work is storytelling rather than doing analysis
“And so much of what we do in the context of our work life isn't actually doing analysis. It's telling the story that the analysis, the results of that analysis.”
Deighton: Visual analytics apps should start with search boxes, not charts
“The idea that users start most business questions from the perspective of a search is an important requirement, one that one should think very carefully about, especially for those in the room who are practitioners who are thinking about delivering application…”
Qlik plans to integrate natural language processing without building underlying models
“So, natural language processing the simplest answer is yes. The longer answer is processing the language isn't the hard, I mean, that's the hard part. It's not one we're gonna do. Dealing with the language once you have it is something we're obviously very int…”