Inside the Domosphere

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Musings, insights and creative solutions from the team at Domo.

Thursday
February 2, 2012

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

A Litmus Test for SaaS

Getting their arms around software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions once again ranks as a top-three priority for CIOs, according to Gartner's most recent CIO survey. Some are even suggesting 2012 will be a year of "explosive" growth for …

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Tuesday
January 31, 2012

Thamina Christensen

Thamina Christensen

Marketing Project Manager

What the Classroom Taught Me About Dashboard Design

Before working at Domo, I taught middle and high school. When I first started teaching, I was hounded with advice. “It’s okay to use worksheets.” “Don’t feel bad about assigning the chapter and questions.” “Feel free to copy exactly what I’m doing.” Though these suggestions were appreciated and sounded like an easy way to teach, I realized …

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Wednesday
January 25, 2012

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

Are You Still Using Spreadsheets? (Unfortunately, You’re Not Alone.)

I loved this recent post on The Data Doghouse, which underscores why "spreadsheets from hell" are still the most pervasive BI tool for business users. Last year's TDWI study on Visual Reporting agrees. That survey found that nearly two-thirds of BI users are …

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Wednesday
January 18, 2012

Dan Roden

Dan Roden

Senior Consultant, Strategic Accounts

Moneyball: Baseball Intelligence

I am sure you are thinking, "I get it. Moneyball. Stats. Business intelligence. We should all be looking for new ways to measure our business instead of the standard metrics we have always used." Right? Certainly a good discussion to be sure, but that is not where I want to go with this …

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Thursday
January 5, 2012

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

Infographic: The Future of BI

There's a storm comin'. Well, figuratively anyway. Out here in Utah, it's been dry as a bone. We even had to cancel our family's annual holiday break sledding trip (in related news, my back is doing great) …

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Thursday
December 8, 2011

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

Mobile BI Meets ROI

Ok. You already know that mobility is kind of a big deal in business intelligence. A recent survey from TechTarget shows that while only 9% of companies currently have a mobile BI solution, that number is projected to grow to 48% in the next year …

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Tuesday
November 22, 2011

Julie Kehoe

Julie Kehoe

VP of Communications

It’s About the Money, Honey

How do you make the enterprise more intelligent? That question was posed to Josh James, Domo founder and CEO, and Godfrey Sullivan, CEO of Splunk, at the Dow Jones VentureWire FASTech Conference in Redwood City, California …

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Wednesday
November 16, 2011

Chris Wintermeyer

Chris Wintermeyer

Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions

Ensuring a Smooth Ride in the BI Fast Lane

As you may know from my previous blog post I've been on the hunt for a new vehicle. After driving several different models and comparing amenities and performance, I chose the vehicle that's right for me. Now, being in sales, comes the fun part for me …

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Tuesday
November 8, 2011

Shawn Dickerson

Shawn Dickerson

Director of Marketing

Get Off of My Cloud…?

What's your take on the cloud? For me, clouds have been infinitely cool ever since Cloud City Administrator Lando Calrissian decided to doublecross Vader in order to save his old friend. ("There's still a chance to save Han! At the east [various choking noises] platform!") It's just a bonus that the cloud is also …

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Thursday
October 13, 2011

Chris Wintermeyer

Chris Wintermeyer

Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions

Change is Scary

Recently, I was a guest speaker in a webinar that Domo and the Aberdeen Group hosted on the topic of Business Intelligence for C-level executives. Given that I’ve spent two decades …

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