Business Forecasting
Articles on How to Forecast, Best Forecasting Practices, Tips and News
Infographic: 5 Signs You are in Excel Hell
Check out this cool infographic! Submitted to OLAP.com by the folks at PARIS Technologies. They’ve mapped here 5 warning signs that you and your professional team are living in Excel Hell.
Excel is Not a One-stop Shop for your Data Needs
Excel is everywhere and it has proven to be a valuable resource to every company across the globe. The problem is that many companies are using spreadsheets as their main line of communication internally. Excel is great at displaying all of the raw data you could possibly dream of, just ask any Data Analyst, who eats, sleeps and dreams of never-ending spreadsheets.
OLAP and Excel
Excel reports are just not cutting in today’s world of even larger and more complex organizations. Thankfully, there is a solution that not only gives companies the capability to access large amounts of data at the speed in which there is no “waiting around” time, but it enhances the every day use of Excel. Let’s take a look at how this is possible.
11 of the Best Practices for Business Intelligence
Dennis McCafferty of CIO Insight recently wrote an article that addresses 11 of the top practices of Business Intelligence. With Business Intelligence controlling such key factors in today's companies such as, analytics, business performance management, text mining...
BIG Data Road Blocks to Tackle
As I think most of us would agree, Big Data has made big leaps in providing the business world with a large advantage. Luc Burgelman does a great job of identifying the three hurdles that he believes are holding businesses back from reaping the most benefit from their...
Human Resources, Making BIG Strides in Business Analytics
One thing is certain, if you want to run a successful business, you need to hire the right people to help you get there. Who is in charge of recruiting and hiring your team members? "DING, DING, DING!" you guessed it, Human Resources. Human Resources is beginning to...
Big Data & Using The Right Analytics For The Business Problem
Do you agree with the phrase, "less is more?" We hear that phrase a lot, but what does it actually mean in the Business Intelligence/Big Data world? In the article, Big Data Breakdown: Use the Right Analytics for the Business Problem, the author gives a great...
Advice for CFOs: Invest in New Technology
"Top Technology Trends for Today's CFO's" is another insightful post from a blogger we frequently feature, Timo Elliott. In it he admits that the CFO relationship with the CEO and other business executives leaves something to be desired. He recommends that CFOs...
3 Reasons Everything in Business is About to Change
There are three important patterns happening in the world that will ultimately change business in fundamental ways: where it is done, how it is done, and who does it. An article from McKinsey Quarterly, Management Intuition for the Next 50 Years, documents these...
How analytics can help communities visualize the future
An urban development initiative in Austin, Texas is using enormous amounts of data pulled from various agencies to create astonishing 3D simulations of what communities would look like based on certain assumptions and inputs contributed not only by engineers and city...