{"id":121,"date":"2018-05-05T18:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T18:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qlikwithfriends.com.temp.realssl.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2018-11-30T06:27:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T06:27:45","slug":"qonnections-2018-data-literacy-and-a-welcome-disruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qlikwithfriends.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/05\/qonnections-2018-data-literacy-and-a-welcome-disruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Qonnections 2018 – Data Literacy and Welcome Disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cWe do not apologize for this disruption.\u201d Those were the words on the big screen as the first general session got underway at Qonnections 2018 and Qlik announced their Data Literacy initiative. But, why is this important? Qlik pointed out in survey results earlier this year that, \u201c80% of the workforce is data-illiterate.\u201d [paraphrased] That\u2019s a significant statistic as data begins to drive everything\u2014it permeates down to the simplest interactions in business\u2014and even into our everyday interactions with information. The Qlik platform is designed\u2014as Qlik has often stated\u2014to enable everyone to analyze information everywhere, and now Qlik wants everyone to understand information everywhere. That benefits Qlik and that benefits the entire population of information consumers, whether or not they are customers. That\u2019s brilliant.<\/p>

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Around the guiding theme for the conference, there were several other areas of focus and announcements that I found interesting. The first of these was Qlik\u2019s forthcoming release enhancements in support of the Hybrid Cloud and their Big Data Index capabilities. These solidify the ability for Qlik to support installations in virtually any environment and truly enable access to big data, in-place and at its source.<\/p>

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I attended several sessions on the new Qlik Core that is being released. It enables their associative engine to be used as a separate stand-alone component\u00a0\u00a0that can run in a virtual container on almost any platform. It opens access to Qlik\u2019s core analytics capability from all types of applications and remote technologies through API functions. I\u2019d expect adoption of this in general use to be step-wise process. I think that as we see more instances of embedded analytics, we\u2019ll begin to see more use cases for this type of implementation. I was able to get some hands-on experience with the Qlik Core at one of the lab sessions and got a great understanding of how it works and how it can be applied.\u00a0<\/p>

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I\u2019ve saved what I consider to be the best, for last. A few \u201cQonnections\u201d ago, Qlik spoke about their vision of \u201cAI\u201d. The focus, as they explained, is \u201cAugmented Intelligence\u201d rather than \u201cArtificial Intelligence.\u201d In their definition, the AI that would begin to appear in Qlik Sense would focus as an \u201cintelligent advisor\u201d to augment the user\u2019s ability to understand their data and create truly meaningful analytics.<\/p>

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This year at Qonnections, Elif Tutuk, Qlik\u2019s Director of Research, gave a detailed introduction to the Insight Advisor that will be released and enhanced through the remainder of 2018 and onward. It\u2019s a new capability that users can access when creating visualizations. As explained in the presentation, it examines the associated and unassociated data in the associative database and suggests measures, KPIs, and even visualizations that the user could take advantage of. It even creates some of these visualizations that the user can then insert directly into their app, or modify. The real \u201cAI\u201d that Qlik plans to embed in this new feature is the ability to learn from what the user creates and improve its suggestions over time. This is what will make the Insight Advisor a game-changer.<\/p>

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When I first started using QlikView in 2012, I recall getting excited when I got introduced to the Qlik\u2019s associative engine. I remembered using similar types of models from my \u201cAI\u201d days and the more I learned about Qlik, the more I realized what a powerful tool it was for analytics. Well, I\u2019m excited again. I think that the Insight Advisor could be the biggest thing to happen to analytics in a long time. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how this capability evolves over the rest of 2018 and in subsequent releases.\u00a0<\/p>

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So, let\u2019s recap. Qlik has embarked on mission to make their audience data literate. They\u2019re enhancing accessibility and scalability through the Hybrid Cloud and Qlik Core. And, they\u2019ve begun to embed real assistive intelligence in their product with the Insight Advisor.<\/p>

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Nice work Qlik\u2014and no need to apologize for this disruption. I\u2019m looking forward to Qonnections next year.<\/p>

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