White Paper – Paving the Road to Success: From Spreadsheets to Advanced Analytics
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White Paper: Self-Serve Data Preparation Provides Significant Benefit to the Enterprise
By providing sophisticated analytical features and algorithms in an easy-to-use self-serve environment, the enterprise enables business users to perform data preparation and test theories and hypotheses and prototype on their own. Rather than preparing data at the central meta-data layer, … Continued
A Balanced Scorecard Assures Your Team Will Win!
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Spread Your Data OR Pull it All Together? The Answer is Simple!
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BI and CPM. Low TCO, Fast ROI. Acronyms Have Never Looked So Good!
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Handcuff and Blindfold Your Staff? Don’t Be That Guy!
Handcuff and Blindfold Your Staff? Don’t Be That Guy! You wouldn’t blindfold and handcuff your employees and then expect them to do their job! Without access to up-to-date, relevant data, your staff may as well be handcuffed and blindfolded! Improve … Continued
Affordable, Sophisticated BI & CPM Courtesy of My Brother’s Smarter Sister
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Today’s BI Forecast: Clear Visibility
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See the Future! Psychics vs. Accurate Business Forecasting and Trend Analysis
See the Future! Psychics vs. Accurate Business Forecasting and Trend Analysis Do you have a psychic on your staff? I didn’t think so. Most of us would find it hard to justify that kind of resource to our management team. … Continued
Are You Focused on the Rule or the Exception? Hint: Throw Away the Rule Book
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BI Consulting for the Seasoned Skeptic!
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The Wise Enterprise App Vendor Understands! BI Integration Motivates Sales!
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