by johnflorio | Feb 13, 2023 | Budgeting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, OLAP, PowerExcel, Reporting, Software
Abraham Lincoln has a famous quote, “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.” Not many of us enjoy taking part in the budgeting process each year. The process is the most tedious and potentially risky task we do to...
by dfernandes | Jan 23, 2023 | Budgeting, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Management, General BI and Data Management
More than ever, CFOs are expected to look at past and present performance to formulate dynamic future growth strategies that will guide a company through the competitive landscape. They must consider revenue targets; gross margin goals; keeping costs down while...
by jackguarneri | Sep 21, 2022 | Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, Finance and Banking, General BI and Data Management, Industry Focus, PowerExcel, Software
Moving from the Messy Middle to Digital Finance Transformation While not a generally accepted best practice, it is nearly universally true that Finance (and many other) professionals do a great amount of work in Microsoft Excel and then move data to a Business...
by sazmoodley | Mar 2, 2020 | Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, Olation
Table of Contents I. What is an In-memory Database? II. Properties of In-memory Database Systems III. Advantages of In-memory Database Systems IV. Benefits of In-memory Database in Analytics V. How to Leverage In-memory Database for Analytics and Business Intelligence...
by sazmoodley | Nov 20, 2017 | Data Management, Finance and Banking, Industry Focus
It can be said that the banking industry is going through a phase of radical modernization and technological change, transforming how finance delivers value to their customers. Technology is simultaneously disrupting and enabling banking and finance at the same time....
by sazmoodley | Oct 2, 2017 | Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Ms Excel, Reporting
Data preparation can be a tedious and time consuming activity. However, it is a fundamental part of the data analysis process in order to produce accurate information that can be trusted. If you are responsible for preparing data for analytics, you have to ask...
