by sazmoodley | Dec 21, 2017 | General BI and Data Management, Microsoft Excel
An article from the Wall Street Journal recently stirred up a commotion in the Finance world. The article is about Microsoft Excel. Read it here: Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs A few days after, the astonished author wrote another article on all the...
by sazmoodley | Oct 2, 2017 | Data Management, General BI and Data Management, Microsoft 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...
by | Oct 18, 2016 | Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, General BI and Data Management, Microsoft Excel
Jenn Steele has done a great job of narrowing down what she thinks are the 6 top illusions or misconceptions that executives have of Big Data. People from all walks of life can throw around the term “Big Data” in a conversation, but do they really understand the...
by johnflorio | Aug 8, 2016 | Budgeting, Business Intelligence (BI), Construction, Data Analysis, General BI and Data Management, PowerOLAP
Are you trying to keep track of progress, costs, resources utilization, timeliness, “at completion” and other important KPIs? You probably rely on some standard reports obtainable from your ERP system, especially if it is tuned for project management, and maybe you...
by jessicaotero | Jul 5, 2016 | Big Data, Data Analysis, Data Management, General BI and Data Management, OLAP, PowerOLAP, Reporting
Millions of dollars and the hopes and dreams of sports fans worldwide depend on Big Data now more than ever. Collecting data, crunching numbers and generating detailed reports is now a very big part of every sports franchise. No longer does all the action take place...
by dfernandes | May 31, 2016 | Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, General BI and Data Management, Olation, PowerOLAP
With the amount of data stored by companies growing exponentially, it is no surprise that finding the right data management solution continues to show up on the priority list of Chief Information Officers (CIO). Data has to be secure and distributed efficiently for...