by jessicaotero | Aug 31, 2015 | General BI and Data Management
A consulting colleague and I were discussing the failure of a software that advertises its strengths in Visual Analytics. He said a customer that had bought one such product had effectively wasted $50,000. His customer ultimately had a question about the visual...
by sazmoodley | Jul 13, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Software
Who is tired of bar graphs? Everyone! They are so common, it is as if there weren’t other options for displaying business data. The fact remains, people choose bar graphs because they are safe and can display a wide range of data sets in a useful way....
by sazmoodley | Jul 7, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management, OLAP, Reporting, Software
PARIS products are right for you if: You tried a Big Name solution… and you still have the original problems you were trying to address. You believe that it is time to evolve the way reporting and budgeting gets done–without throwing away what you know you can...
by sazmoodley | Apr 30, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Learning Center, Microsoft Excel, Olation, Software
The Business Intelligence market, as we see it, is the following: Problems: Disconnected Data and Applications, Repeated Manual Tasks, Slow Processes Most companies have significant problems integrating data between end-user tools such as Excel, Access,...
by sazmoodley | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Intelligence (BI), General BI and Data Management, OLAP
The two major business technologies are: OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) and OLAP (Online Analytical Processing). Despite falling in the same category of Business Intelligence tools, they are considerably different from one another. While OLTP is generalized by a...
by sazmoodley | Dec 22, 2014 | Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Olation
The future of data management lies in the fusion of database technologies. Olation has pioneered this by joining relational and multidimensional database technologies (OLTP and OLAP) to serve as a one-stop solution for all data management needs. OLAP or Online...
