What analytics or business intelligence tool do you think is obsolete but is still in wide use?

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Senior Director, Data & AI in Travel and Hospitality2 years ago

Excel by far!

Data Science & AI Expert in Miscellaneous2 years ago

If something is still in wide use, it can' be called obsolete. It might be only old fashioned. For example, Excel might be considered old fashioned (and not efficient) for ad hoc analysis specially if you deal with large amount of data or repetitive new data ingestion. But it is definitely not obsolete. 

CIO/CTO in Services (non-Government)2 years ago

Crystal Reports

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VP of Engineering2 years ago

MicroStrategy

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