A picture is worth a thousand words. While business intelligence tries to make sense of all the data that is collected every day by organizations of all types, communicating the data in a way that people can easily grasp often becomes an issue.

A picture is worth a thousand words. While business intelligence tries to make sense of all the data that is collected every day by organizations of all types, communicating the data in a way that people can easily grasp often becomes an issue. In a world where we can produce an astonishing 5.6 zettabytes of data in a year, visualization tools are critical to an organization’s success.

Please answer the following question:

Why has data visualization become a centerpiece in the business intelligence and analytics business? Is there a difference between data visualization and visual analytics?

Comment on whether you think business intelligence or data visualization is better to process and monetize the data an organization collects about its business operations.