“Hey, Geoff,” people will often say as they pass me on the street, “what are the best 67 business intelligence Twitter accounts you need to follow? I simply must know!”
With a smile and a wink, I’ll reply, “If life were a musical, that would be a song cue.”*
While the following exchange has actually never happened in reality, people do actually want to know the best business intelligence twitter accounts. If you’re looking to keep up with BI news and events, here are the 67 business intelligence twitter accounts you need to follow.
*note: this never happens, ever.
If at any time you decide, “hey I just want to follow all of these awesome accounts at once!” Here’s the link to the list on Twitter!
Top Business Intelligence Twitter Accounts
1. BIME by ZenDesk
Twitter handle: bimeanalytics
Affiliated site or company: http://www.bimeanalytics.com
Bio: BIME is software that makes it easy for anyone to analyze and visualize their data. Made in France.
Followers: 4,553
2. Mark Smith
Twitter Handle: @marksmithvr
Affiliated site or company: http://www.ventanaresearch.com
Bio: CEO & Chief Research Officer at@VentanaResearch –http://www.ventanaresearch.com an Oregon Company! Outdoorsman & Scouter!
Followers: 21.1k
3. Shawn Rogers
Twitter Handle: @shawnrog
Affiliated site or company: http://analyticresponse.com/
Bio: Serial Media/Internet Entrepreneur. Big Data, Social Media and Analytics expert, habitual early adopter.
Followers: 15.5 k
4. Neil Raden
Twitter Handle: @NeilRaden
Affiliated site or company: http://hiredbrains.wordpress.com
Bio: Founder #HiredBrains Industry Analysts, consultants. #context and #advisory in#enterprise #BI #analytics. Author, Speaker, Advisor, Doer, grandfather
Followers: 15.3k
5. Lyndsay Wise
Twitter Handle: @wiseanalytics
Affiliated site or company: https://www.enterprisemanagement.com/about/team/Lyndsay_Wise.php
Bio: n/a
Followers: 7,126
6. Dan Vesset
Twitter Handle: @danvesset
Affiliated site or company: www.idc.com
Bio: IDC GVP, lead team of great analysts covering all things analytics, info mgmt, cognitive. Market researcher, advisor, consultant, presenter.
Followers: 6,869
7. Capterra Biz Intel
Twitter Handle: @CapterraBI
Affiliated site or company: https://blog.capterra.com/articles/business-intelligence/
Bio: Capterra helps organizations find the right Business Intelligence Software. Follow us for #BizIntel news & updates on #BigData & #IoT.
*Shameless self-promotion here, but we have a real scientist-turned-marketer tweeting out from this account to give everyone the most pertinent and up-to-date BI news. Check @TJDingeldein out if you don’t believe me.
8. TDWI
Twitter Handle: @TDWI
Affiliated site or company: https://tdwi.org/Home.aspx
Bio: Transforming Data with Intelligence.
Followers: 24.1 k
9. IT Business Edge
Twitter Handle: @ITBusinessEdge
Affiliated site or company: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/
Bio: Your Technology Intelligence Agent
Followers: 14.1 k
10. SAP Analytics
Twitter Handle: @SAPAnalytics
Affiliated site or company: http://blog-sap.com/analytics/
Bio: Official account for SAP BusinessObjects analytics, covering all things analytics on premise & in the #cloud / boardroom#DataViz #IoT #Predictive #BigData
Followers: 60.4 k
11. Claudia Imhoff
Twitter Handle: @Claudia_Imhoff
Affiliated site or company: www.BBBT.us
Bio: Consultant/analyst for#businessintelligence (#BI), #bigdata#analytics & the architectures supporting them. Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust (#BBBT)
Followers: 23.2k
12. Mike Ferguson
Twitter Handle: @mikeferguson1
Affiliated site or company: intelligentbusiness.biz
Bio: Independent IT industry analyst, consultant and keynote speaker specialising in business intelligence/analytics, data management and big data
Followers: 9,096
13. Anibal Goicochea
Twitter Handle: @anibalgoicochea
Affiliated site or company: https://anibalgoicochea.com/
Bio: Business Intelligence Consultant & Blogger. Specialist in BusinessObjects, MicroStrategy & SAP BPC. Interested in BI, EPM, GRC, HANA, Sustainability, Mobility..
Followers: 3,250
14. Cindi Howson
Twitter Handle: @BIScorecard
Affiliated site or company: blogs.gartner.com/cindi-howson/
Bio: Gartner VP Research, Business intelligence,data & analytics. Product insights from hands-on testing. Wine, coffee & chocolate lover. Football & swim mom.
Followers: 17.3 k
15. Marcus Borba
Twitter Handle: @marcusborba
Affiliated site or company: linkedin.com/in/marcusborba
Bio: Passionate about #BigData, #Analytics,#DataScience, #MachineLearning, #AI,#IoT, #BI, #DataMining &#DigitalTransformation. CTO Spark.#BBBT Member.
Followers: 20.4 k
16. Philippe Nieuwbourg
Twitter Handle: @nieuwbourg
Affiliated site or company: decideo.fr
Bio: Independent #analyst specialized in#BusinessIntelligence #BigData#DataStorytelling nieuwbourg.com
Followers: 3,740
17. Rick Sherman
Twitter Handle: @rpsherman
Affiliated site or company: www.datadoghouse.com
Bio: Business intelligence, analytics, data integration & data warehousing consulting and training. Author of the BI Guidebook – From Data Integration to Analytics.
Followers: 2,363
18. Peter James Thomas
Twitter Handle: @PeterJThomas
Affiliated site or company: www.peterjamesthomas.com
Bio: Expert in the Data to Information to Insight to Action journey / IT Leader / Erstwhile Mathematician / Tech Blogger / Rock Climber / Cricket Fan
Followers: 3,723
19. Howard Dresner
Twitter Handle: @howarddresner
Affiliated site or company: www.dresneradvisory.com
Bio: Chief Research Officer at Dresner Advisory Services, covering all things Business Intelligence, author, former Gartner Research Fellow
Followers: 19.4 k
20. Eric Kavanagh
Twitter Handle: @eric_kavanagh
Affiliated site or company: www.insideanalysis.com
Bio: @TheBloorGroup CEO, @UN eGov Consultant, @SXSW Tech Adviser, New Media Designer, Host of@dmradioonline @Briefing_Room; & HotTech with @Techopedia
Followers: 59.9 k
21. Robin Bloor
Twitter Handle: @robinbloor
Affiliated site or company: wordsyoudontknow.com
Bio: blogger, humorist, technology analyst, maverick
Followers: 32.8k
22. Darren Cunningham
Twitter Handle: @dcunni
Affiliated site or company: linkedin.com/in/dcunningham
Bio: Interested in all things cloud, analytics, integration, innovation, big data, DevOps, IoT. Opinions are my own.
Followers: 6,434
23. Smart Data Collective
Twitter Handle: @SmartDataCo
Affiliated site or company: www.smartdatacollective.com
Bio: Expert writers on analytics, BI and big data brought to you by the folks at Social Media/Today.com
Followers: 32.2k
24. Rajasekar Nonburaj
Twitter Handle: @rajasekarn
Affiliated site or company: about.me/rajasekarn
Bio: BI / Big Data Practice Head | Data Science | BIDataLabs | Photography | Chennai | Views are personal
Followers: 2,942
25. Gartner, Inc.
Twitter Handle: @Gartner_inc
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day.
Followers: 330k
26. Seth Grimes
Twitter Handle: @SethGrimes
Affiliated site or company: www.altaplana.com/sethgrimes.html
Bio: Help organizations find value in enterprise, online & social data, as a consultant & industry analyst. Run http://SentimentSymposium.com & http://LTaccelerate.com .
Followers: 11.8k
27. Bernard Marr
Twitter Handle: @BernardMarr
Affiliated site or company: ap-institute.com/index.asp
Bio: Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Strategic Performance Consultant, and Analytics, KPI & Big Data Guru
Followers: 86.1k
28. Jeff Baumes
Twitter Handle: @jeffbaumes
Affiliated site or company: http://www.kitware.com/company/team/baumes.html
Bio: An analytics and data vis guy @Kitware.
Followers: 113
29. Information Management
Twitter Handle: @infomgmt
Affiliated site or company: www.info-mgmt.com
Bio: Information Management is the leading online resource for IT and business professionals.
Followers: 11.6k
30. Cindy Bates
Twitter Handle: @Cindy_Bates
Affiliated site or company: blogs.business.microsoft.com
Bio: VP of SMB (Small-to-Midsized Business) at Microsoft. Tweeting at the intersection of small business & entrepreneurship, technology & trends.
Followers: 5,892
31. BizTech Magazine
Twitter Handle: @BizTechMagazine
Affiliated site or company: www.biztechmagazine.com
Bio: BizTech explores technology topics and issues that businesses face. Web Editor:@ricktagious / Sponsored by@CDWCorp
Followers: 14.9k
33. Tim King
Twitter Handle: Tim King, @BigData_Review
Affiliated site or company: www.solutionsreview.com
Bio: Enterprise Technology Writer and Analyst. Covering Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, Data Integration and Data Management for Solutions Review.#BigData
Followers: 6,133
34. Jonathan Corey
Twitter Handle: @JonCorey1
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-corey-87261560
Bio: Analytics Modeler @MunichRe_US#Tech, #Datascience #insuretech#fintech #Leadership #Life. This is my personal twitter account and expresses my own thoughts.
Followers: 2,588
35. Data Science
Twitter Handle: @eturias_org
Affiliated site or company: www.eturias.org
Bio: All about knowledge extraction from data#ml #AI #data #bigdata #datascience#socialnetworks #iothttps://www.facebook.com/eturias/ Managed by@vicegd
Followers: 769
36. Yves Mulkers
Twitter Handle: @YvesMulkers
Affiliated site or company: https://be.linkedin.com/in/yvesmulkers
Bio: #BI professional enjoying Family,#BusinessIntelligence, #Data, Music and DJ-ing, #BBBT member, Founder@7wData
Followers: 40.6k
37. John L. Myers
Twitter Handle: @johnlmyers44
Affiliated site or company: http://www.enterprisemanagement.com/about/team/John_Myers.php
Bio: Managing Research Director for EMA’s Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing practice specializing in telecom analytics and business process management
Followers: 9,725
38. Doug Henschen
Twitter Handle: @DHenschen
Affiliated site or company: www.Constellationr.com
Bio: Doug Henschen is a technology analyst@ConstellationR covering #analytics,#bigdata and the drive to use information to improve business decisions.
Followers: 8,285
39. ZDNet
Twitter Handle: @ZDNet
Affiliated site or company: www.zdnet.com
Bio: Where technology meets business
Followers: 342k
40. Andrew Brust
Twitter Handle: @andrewbrust
Affiliated site or company: www.about.me/andrewbrust
Bio: Sr. Director, Market Strategy and Intelligence at Datameer; Big Data guy at ZDNet; http://VisualStudioMagazine.com columnist; Microsoft tech influencer.
Followers: 7,535
41. Joe Caserta
Twitter Handle: @joe_caserta
Affiliated site or company: www.casertaconcepts.com
Bio: Provides big data strategy and innovative technology implementation solutions to help businesses maximize the value of their data. Founder of@CasertaConcepts.
Followers: 1,567
42. Corey Sommers
Twitter Handle: @WhiteboardSell
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysommers
Bio: Co-author of WhiteboardSelling, and#SalesEnablement leader at#Couchbase. I believe a picture is worth 1000 slides. http://amzn.to/1TVMWEd
Followers: 1,240
43. Tom Urtis/Atlas
Twitter Handle: @TomUrtis
Affiliated site or company: atlaspm.com
Bio: #Excel MVP /consulting, tips,advice for Excel/Stanford,Michigan State football fan/ #MicrosoftExcel#BusinessIntelligence #DataScience#analytics #BigData
Followers: 6,073
44. Tamara Dull
Twitter Handle: @tamaradull
Affiliated site or company: www.tamaradull.com
Bio: Just livin’ my best life in a geek’s paradise | Director of #EmergingTech:#bigdata #IoT #opensource #privacy#security | Current obsession:#2016election
Followers: 12.8k
45. UpSearch BI
Twitter Handle: @UpSearchBI
Affiliated site or company: https://upsearch.com/microsoft-sql-server-audit/
Bio: ✩ Business Intelligence news to help leaders protect, unlock & optimize data ✩ updates from @UpSearchSQL team ✩
Followers: 21.9k
46. Businessintelligence
Twitter Handle: @BIntelList
Affiliated site or company: www.businessintelligencelist.com
Bio: We track all things Business Intelligence including of course #BigData and the many tools that ride on top of that.
Followers: 536
47. Mark Beyer
Twitter Handle: @databeyer
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-beyer-b0a0161
Bio: 21st Century Data Management & Integration, DM&I in the Cloud, IoT, LDW, Data Warehouse, business intelligence, Big data.
Followers: 668
48. Ronald van Loon
Twitter handle: @Ronald_vanLoon
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-van-loon-5411a
Bio: Helping data driven companies generating value•Top10 Influencer#BigData #DataScience #IoT #Analytics#CX • DM Your Use Case! Views are my own
Followers: 56k
49. Gil Press
Twitter handle: @GilPress
Affiliated site or company: www.whatsthebigdata.com
Bio: I launched the #BigData conversation; named #1 #DataScience influencer; writing & marketing services: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/
Followers: 12.8k
50. William McKnight
Twitter handle: @williammcknight
Affiliated site or company: www.mcknightcg.com
Bio: Data strategies & implementations 2 mature data and grow business 4 Global 2000+. Industry analyst: talks/papers/benchmarks. #Analytics#BigData. Obstacle Racer
Followers: 17.9k
51. Sarah Dinsmore
Twitter handle: @SarahDinsmo
Affiliated site or company: www.acrotrend.com
Bio: Sales & Account Manager for@Acrotrend and @fast_angle. We help the world’s leading brands use their#data to provide valuable#CustomerInsights #Analytics #BI
Followers: 130
52. BusinessIntelligence
Twitter handle: @BIdotcom
Affiliated site or company: http://businesintelligence.com
Bio: Bringing to you all the latest in the world of business intelligence #BI #BigData
Followers: 26.6k
53. Nathalie Hall
Twitter handle: @hall_nathalie
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-hall-99a65111b
Bio: Senior community manager at a revolutionary self-service#DataVisualization and#DiscoveryApplication. Tweeting about#BigData #BusinessIntelligence#Analytics
Followers: 649
Gartner Business Intelligence Twitter Accounts
I’ve set off a separate section for Gartner analysts (link is paywall protected), as they’re some of the best in the business.
54. Carlie Idoine
Twitter Handle: @CarlieIdoine
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: All about making an impact with Business Intelligence & Analytics
Followers: 414
55. Jorgen Heizenberg
Twitter Handle: @jheizenb
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgenheizenberg/
Bio: Research director Gartner Data & Analytics
Followers: 959
56. Alan D. Duncan
Twitter Handle: @Alan_D_Duncan
Affiliated site or company: informationaction.blogspot.com.au
Bio: Gartner Research Director for #CDO |#Analytics | #Data | #Culture |#DataGovernance | #DataQuality. Tweets are my own point of view.
Followers: 2,715
57. Mario Faria
Twitter Handle: @mariofaria
Affiliated site or company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariofaria
Bio: Research Managing VP, Information & Analytics at Gartner
Followers: 701
58. Donald Feinberg
Twitter Handle: @Brazingo
Affiliated site or company: http://blogs.gartner.com/donald-feinberg/
Bio: Gartner IT Analyst – Everything DBMS – Big Data – noSQL / DBMS Curmudgeon / Photographer / Very Frequent Traveler
Followers: 1,550
59. Lisa Kart
Twitter Handle: @Kart_Lisa
Affiliated site or company: http://www.gartner.com/technology/about/ombudsman/omb_overview2.jsp
Gartner Ombudsman, #analytics geek.
Followers: 1,390
60. Peter Krensky
Twitter Handle: @PeterKrensky
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: Senior Research Analyst at Gartner – Business Analytics and Data Science
Followers: 1,505
61. Doug Laney
Twitter Handle: @Doug_Laney
Affiliated site or company: http://www.gartner.com/technology/topics/data-analytics.jsp
Bio: Gartner VP & Distinguished Analyst — Chief Data Officer Research & Advisory. Data & Analytics Strategy, Infonomics, Big Data & Info Innovation. 10SNE1?
Followers: 43.8k
62. Bill O’Kane
Twitter Handle: @BillOKane
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: Research Vice President at Gartner on the Data & Analytics team supporting Information Governance and Master Data Management (MDM)
Followers: 1,075
63. Drue Reeves
Twitter Handle: @dreeves1
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: VP & Distinguished Analyst @ Gartner. Covering Data, BI, IoT & Cloud. Sports fan, gym rat, husband, father of 3, disciple of Christ
Followers: 2,996
64. Merv Adrian
Twitter Handle: @merv
Affiliated site or company: http://blogs.gartner.com/merv-adrian, www.gartner.com
Bio: Gartner analyst – Microsoft Lead, Hadoop, NoSQL, DBMSs. Guitarist, husband, dad, dog lover. http://linkedin.com/in/mervadrian
Followers: 26.4k
65. Ted Friedman
Twitter handle: @ted_friedman
Affiliated site or company: gartner.com/analyst/18810
Bio: IT industry analyst at Gartner, focused on Information Management Strategy, Internet of Things, Information Governance, Data Integration and Data Quality
Followers: 7,343
66. Arun Chandrasekaran
Twitter handle: @AnalystArun
Affiliated site or company: www.gartner.com
Bio: A technology analyst with Gartner tracking Storage, Cloud Computing and Big Data. Views are personal. RTs are not endorsements.
Followers: 1,524
67. Andrew White
Twitter handle: @mdmcentral
Affiliated site or company: blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white
Bio: IT industry Analyst at Gartner, focused on Data and Analytics Strategy, Chief Data Officer, information governance, Master Data Management and EIM.
Followers: 755
Business Intelligence twitter accounts I missed?
Did I miss one you follow? Or did I miss yours?
Let me know in the comments section and I’ll consider it when I update the post!
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Comments
Comment by Bob Pepalis on
I’m rather fond of @Izenda, though I might be biased.
Comment by Geoff on
Thanks for the heads up, Mr. Bertram– already following you on Twitter!
Comment by Michael Bertram on
I miss @cfcbert 🙂
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