Item: Spotfire
Rating: 10
Author: david maw

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

i use it to make fast and accurate pricing decisions being able to live link external data for commodity pricing and overlay it with my internal sequal and terra data servers.

Pros and Cons

geo mapping
chart visualization
easy calculated columns

making it easier to make pages that use the same data set have different filtering options instead of just one that makes everything move
more youtube videos
training in python and r for spotfire related querries

Return on Investment

faster time to market
improved productivity from data analysts
accurate pricing decisions

terra data and microsoft sequal server. the impact is to have fast reliazlbe accurate and quick data in real time that is constantly updating to be able to make fast decisions and see a holistic view of your market

Alternatives Considered

Tableau Desktop

Spotfire is better for geo mapping and easier to maniuplate the data. i am not very good at Tableau anyways but that is what i have used in the past

Key Insights

Do you think Spotfire delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Spotfire's feature set?

Yes

Did Spotfire live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Spotfire go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Spotfire again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

it is most suited for internal and external data linking to keep data continuously flowing. it is less appropriate when you have small amount of data that is not organized. it should be able to make it so you can easily transition your data into a meaningful data. it is more suited for mapping as well.

Fast and Accurate Market decision making

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Spotfire