Building an Effective BI Dashboard

July 15, 2010

In our BI manifesto whitepaper, we discuss and outline how to effectively build a dashboard and avoid common mistakes.  Dashboards have a very specific use and should not be confused with reports; this in itself is a common conceptual mistake. The following are key elements of a well-designed dashboard: Dashboards should be designed to answer [...]

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SaaS Is Not ERP, So Let’s Stop Consulting Like It Is

July 13, 2010

“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” (Yogi Berra) I want to follow-up on my previous post about the mindset of SaaS’s role in the future and how it is juxtaposed against ERP. I  recently sat through a half-day seminar targeted at SaaS consultants.  The presenter was a [...]

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Video: Starlings Flock to Rome

July 12, 2010

Amazing aerial patterns over Rome, courtesy of some 10M swarming starlings.  This is a yearly occurrence. (Via SvN)

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 7/9/2010

July 9, 2010

This week I perused the Internet in search of personal enlightenment.  Instead I got a lot of cat pictures and a bunch of stuff about this guy named LeBron James.  Plus these links, which I’m sure you’ll find as fulfilling as I did. 2010: The year Apple enters a new golden age. Novelist Nic Brown [...]

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How Powerful is IT Anymore?

July 8, 2010

In your eyes, how powerful is IT these days, especially as it relates to the bygone days of IT glory? I’m genuinely interested in your perspective.

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Hyper-realistic Human Masks

July 7, 2010

It’s like a real-world uncanny valley. (Via kottke)

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Business Intelligence and CPG/Retail

July 6, 2010

In a former life I led a national CPG (consumer packaged goods)/Retail practice focused on assisting clients with implementing their business intelligence (BI) solutions and helping them understand how to get the most value to their organizations from these systems. As with every industry vertical, there is some uniqueness to CPG/Retail market.  I am very [...]

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 7/2/10

July 2, 2010

Chances are nobody is reading this post because they are on a beach or heading up north or in the backyard setting up a homemade slip-n-slide with baby shampoo (heard that on the radio this morning), so I’ll spare you the silly prefatory babble and get right to the links that you might be able [...]

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‘The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be’

July 1, 2010

The future looks bright and innovative when you consider the latest wave in technology, which is cloud computing. But the more I learn, the more it seems like the future is what it used to be.

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Workday Named to CIO’s List of 20 Vendors Worth Watching

June 30, 2010

From CIO UK’s Martin Veitch comes quite the honor for Workday, as it lands a coveted spot on CIO’s list of vendors worth watching: Of all the newer companies delivering a pure software-as-a-service approach to applications, Workday is the one most worth watching. First, because its roots are interesting: many key staff including CEO Dave [...]

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