Assessing Ten Years of the Citizen Data Scientist Approach

Ten Years Into the Citizen Data Scientist Revolution It has been a decade since Gartner first defined the role of a Citizen Data Scientist. In 2018, Forbes published an article, referencing Gartner’s updated analysis of the role and stating that, ‘And the best part is, […]

Conversational AI and NLP Expand Access to Analytics

Users LOVE Conversational AI and Intuitive Analytics Forbes Reports that Conversational AI is making autonomous agents capable of completing end-to-end workflows, so much so that Deloitte projects that 25% of businesses using GenAI will deploy AI agents in 2025 (growing to 50% in 2027). Analytics solutions represents an ever-expending […]

Mobile BI Tools Are Not Just Nice to Have, They Are A Necessity

Mobile BI Tools Support Users and a Competitive Strategy No matter the size of your business or the industry or market in which you compete, the importance of business intelligence (BI) and self-serve augmented analytics is no longer in question. Nearly every business is using […]

Case Study – Augmented Analytics for India Electrical Sector Organization Focused on Testing, R&D and Certification

The Client is a premier not-for-profit institution in India, established as an independent organization with strong government and industry backing, and widely recognized for leadership in the electrical power testing, certification, inspection, and research domain. Operating through a pan-India network of advanced laboratories and regional […]

Smarten Support Portal Updates – January – 2026!

We invite you to explore our latest knowledgebase articles and to join the Smarten user community on Smarten Support Portal. If you have not registered yet, Click Here to obtain your login credentials. Knowledgebase Articles Datasets & Cubes : Migration from Cube to Dataset Data […]

Case Study – Augmented Analytics for India-Based Municipal Corporation to Support Smart City Initiative

The Client is one of the largest municipal corporations in India, and is responsible for delivering essential civic services, i.e., water supply, sewage treatment, solid waste management, road infrastructure, public health, education, and environmental programs for an urban population of over 3.1 million citizens. Ranked […]

What I Learned Building Analytics for ISVs: Adoption Isn’t a Feature, It’s a Mindset

Why Analytics Adoption Matters More Than Features I spent the last few years Building Analytics Solutions for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). In a conversation with a partner who had integrated our platform six months prior, I was surprised to learn that User Adoption was poor. […]

Embedded BI: What Makes a User Adopt BI Tools?

Embedded BI: Productivity vs. User Needs Executives and managers may want to believe that staff and team members will always embrace and adopt new tools and processes just because they are told that these tools or processes will help the company. But this belief does […]

White Paper: Conversational AI and NLP Analytics Reduces the Dependence and Usage of Traditional BI Tools, and Improves User Adoption and Data Democratization

Conversational AI and NLP AnalyticsReduces the Dependence and Usage of Traditional BI Tools, and Improves User Adoption and Data Democratization The incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language processing (NLP) in existing business intelligence and self-serve analytics tools has had (and will continue to […]