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Is It Mine? Open-Source Development and IP in the Age of AI

Is It Mine? Open-Source Development and IP in the Age of AI The story is familiar. A key employee leaves your company and there is a concern that the employee […]

Silicon Valley Bank’s Gambling with KPI’s Led to its Collapse

Silicon Valley Bank’s Gambling with KPI’s Led to its Collapse The importance of change management and proper oversight Everyone is analyzing the aftermath of the recent Silicon Valley Bank failure. […]

AI: Pandora’s Box or Innovation

AI: Pandora’s Box or Innovation Finding a balance between solving the new questions AI raises and the benefits of innovation There are two huge issues related to AI and intellectual […]

The Gamification Of Life

The Gamification of Life Can it improve data literacy and help organizations make better decisions? I was a Cub scout. Fred Hudson’s mom was the den mother. We would sit […]

Motio, Inc.® Acquires QSDA Pro

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Motio, Inc.® Acquires QSDA Pro Adding Testing Capabilities to the Qlik Sense® DevOps Process PLANO, Texas – 02 May, 2023 – On the heels of QlikWorld 2023, […]

Swish or Miss: The Role of Data Bias in NCAA Basketball Predictions

Swish or Miss: The Role of Data Bias in NCAA Basketball Predictions The 2023 college basketball season has crowned two unexpected champions, with the LSU women’s and UConn men’s teams […]

Two In A Box – Configuration Management

Two in a box (if you can) and everyone in documentation (always). In an IT context, “two in a box” refers to two servers or components that are designed to […]

Harnessing GPT-n For Enhanced Qlik Development Process

As you may know, my team and I have brought to the Qlik community a browser extension that integrates Qlik and Git to save dashboard versions seamlessly, making thumbnails for […]

Whats Behind the Cloud, and Why is it Important?

What’s Behind the Cloud, and Why is that Important? Cloud Computing has been one of the most profoundly evolutionary advances for tech spaces around the world. Among other things, it […]

Three Steps To A Successful IBM Cognos Upgrade

Three Steps to a Successful IBM Cognos Upgrade Priceless advice for the executive managing an upgrade Recently, we thought our kitchen needed updating. First we hired an architect to draw […]

MotioCI Tips And Tricks

MotioCI Tips and Tricks The favorite features of those who bring you MotioCI We asked Motio’s developers, software engineers, support specialists, implementation team, QA testers, sales and management what their […]

MotioCI Purpose-Built Reports

MotioCI Reporting Reports Designed with a Purpose – To Help Answer the Specific Questions Users Have Background All of the MotioCI reports were recently redesigned with one goal in mind […]

Cognos Deployment Proven Practices

How to make the most of MotioCI in supporting proven practices MotioCI has integrated plugins for Cognos Analytics report authoring. You lock the report that you’re working on. Then, when […]

5 Hidden Costs Of The Cloud

When organizations budget expenses related to a new implementation of cloud services for their organization, they often fail to accurately estimate hidden expenses associated with the setup and maintenance of […]

CI For Qlik Sense

Agile Workflow for Qlik Sense Motio has been leading the adoption of Continuous Integration for agile development of Analytics and Business Intelligence for over 15 years. Continuous Integration[1]is a methodology […]

Is AI Smarter than a Five-Year-Old?

As it turns out, yes, but just barely AI is ubiquitous. One of the most common places for AI in the home these days is the smartphone, smart homes and […]

Motio, Inc. Delivers Real-Time Version Control for the Cognos Analytics Cloud

PLANO, Texas – 22 September 2022 – Motio, Inc., the software company that helps you sustain your analytics advantage by making your business intelligence and analytics software better, today announced […]

Hallmarks Of A Data-Driven Organization

Hallmarks of a Data-Driven Organization Questions businesses and candidates should ask to assess the data culture   Courting the Right Fit When you’re job hunting, you bring a set of […]

How To Tell Your Boss They’re Wrong (With Data Of Course)

How do you tell your boss they’re wrong? Sooner or later, you’re going to disagree with your manager.   Imagine that you’re in a “data driven” company.  It has 3 or […]

Analytics Lie

Analytics Lie The Bias of Analysis   Mark Twain debatably said something like, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and analytics.”  We take for granted that analytics […]