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Investing in Information
“Information is only useful when it can be understood” – Muriel Cooper Just about everything in life benefits from having the right information at the right time. In a business context, organizations that leverage information quickly are more agile, allowing them to...
Finance Report Automation: Driving Operational Efficiency and Business Agility
Every closing period, a change in atmosphere is visible in finance departments. There is a mad dash to produce financial reports and management reports as quickly as possible. Data is being extracted from ERP silos and then manually consolidated in a spreadsheet, from...
Understanding Forecasting as a Business Tool
"I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer." ‒ Kehlog Albran, The Profit An organization must be able to plan ahead by estimating factors that can have an impact on the business in the coming 90 days, year, etc. This is the art of...
How Business Intelligence Has Evolved Since 1865
Business Intelligence in 2017 is the vehicle to analyze a company’s “Big Data” to gain a competitive advantage. It allows companies a look at the efficacy of past actions, which they can strategically use as the foundation to plot the path forward. Business...
How Do Business Intelligence and Analytics Differ and Overlap?
We have great potential in the massive amounts of data collected by our businesses, and it’s the source of every company’s revitalization and refueling for the next leg of their journey. It’s where we all stop for a moment to re-evaluate our course of action to date,...
6 Illusions of Big Data
Take a look at 6 illusions that executives have about big data. There is always a lot of buzz around the term big data and many different opinions and definitions. It is time to get to the bottom of some of the common mistaken beliefs.
PARIS in the Philadelphia Inquirer! How to use PARIS software to be more efficient
PARIS is thrilled to be featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer today In the article, How Hatboro-Horsham schools used PARIS software to be more efficient, the leaders at the school district discuss how PARIS software helped them uncover crucial information that was...
How to Choose a Real-Time Business Intelligence (BI) Software Solution
The value of having a Business Intelligence (BI) tool is inarguable at this point. The conversation nowadays is ultimately the dilemma of having to choose the right BI tool. Every Business Intelligence solution provider claims access to real-time data, and it can be...
How Does Microsoft SQL Server work with Olation?
Olation® and Microsoft SQL Server, how do they work together? In this article, we'll dig a little deeper into the details of this loving relationship. Olation is a software that lives alongside SQL Server. One of the most important technological facts about Olation is...
4 Areas of Healthcare Where Big Data is a Game Changer
Bernard Marr, a bestselling author and keynote speaker, recently wrote an article “Big Data: A Game Changer in Healthcare.” In this article, Marr brings 4 top areas of healthcare to the surface and explains how the use of Big Data and Analytics are providing vital...