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Modernizing Your Analytics Experience

by Mike Norris | Nov 11, 2020 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cognos Analytics, Qlik, Upgrades

In this blog post, we are honored to share the knowledge from guest author and analytics expert, Mike Norris, on planning and pitfalls to avoid for your analytics modernization initiative. When considering an analytics modernization initiative, there are several...

From Excel to Qlik Sense: Our Analytics Journey in the Insurance Industry

by admin | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Qlik

In this special guest blog post, Chirag Shukla, a CITO in the insurance industry, will be our guide for all of the adventures, discoveries, and milestones his company encountered on their analytics journey. We’ll start with Excel and end at our final destination, Qlik...

Should I Stay or Should I Go – To Upgrade or Migrate your BI tool

by Lisa Zavetz | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cognos Analytics

As a small business, living in an app-based world, the number of applications we use has grown rapidly. This easily happens with cloud subscriptions and point solutions. We ended up with Hubspot for marketing, Zoho for sales, Kayako for support, Live chat, WebEx,...

Data vs. Intuition- Why is everybody in BI Talking about it?

by admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence

Last month, we discussed the benefits of self-service BI in our blog. One risk of self-service BI is that data is open to each individual’s interpretation, and therefore may be subject to opinion and bias. As our society becomes more reliant on data, where does that...

Free Form Data Analysis vs. Data Governance and how it Correlates to a Japanese Delicacy

by Lisa Zavetz | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence

Standing before the screen, I carefully reviewed my options for udon. It was my first trip to Tokyo, and the lure of the wheat noodles was too strong. I made my lunch selection, grabbed a receipt marked in Japanese, and walked inside the noodle shop. I handed a woman...

CQM to DQM – Why the Transition Isn’t as Hard as You Think

by Lisa Zavetz | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cognos Analytics, MotioCI

Transitioning from CQM to DQM. It’s a hot topic, and one we have yet to discuss. Not dissimilar to a Cognos upgrade, you are looking into switching to Dynamic Query Mode because it supports new database types, enhances performance, and is required for Cognos on the...