by Blogger@olap | Sep 16, 2015 | BI Solutions, BI Strategy, BI System, OLAP and Excel, PARIS Tech blog, Spreadsheets, Technology and Trends
“Excel is one of those applications that the business world cannot live without.” So says one of 27 Excel experts commenting on Microsoft’s Power BI Suite and its effect on the great wide world of spreadsheet users. As Excel lovers, we couldn’t agree more! There’s a...
by Jack Guarneri | Sep 8, 2015 | Application/Data Integration, BI Solutions, BI Strategy, BI System, Data Management, PARIS Tech blog, Technology and Trends
A recent post on the PARIS Tech Blog, The Problem in the BI Market, highlights a few key facts/issues in the BI market. Some of these include disconnected applications, disconnected IT and front-end users, and slow processing times. Most interesting is the emphasis...
by Blogger@olap | Jul 13, 2015 | BI Solutions, BI Strategy, BI Studies, BI System, Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Budgeting, Business Forecasting, Business Planning, Business Reporting, Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics, Technology and Trends
“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...
by Tom Kosko | Jun 15, 2015 | Application/Data Integration, BI Solutions, BI Strategy, BI Studies, BI System, Business Intelligence Suite, Data Analysis, Technology and Trends
Business data and BI software are currently beginning a new phase of evolution. In this new phase, users of business data will be able to collaborate and connect with other colleagues and team members without multiple spreadsheets and laborious processes. The BI user...
by Blogger@olap | Mar 31, 2015 | Application/Data Integration, BI Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, Data Management, Technology and Trends
In this Forbes.com article, Making Big Data Fast, Howard Baldwin makes a great point about data needing to be FAST in order to deliver value. Big data has a historical focus, whereas Fast Data seeks to enable action. For us at OLAP.com, we have seen...
by Blogger@olap | Jan 26, 2015 | BI Strategy, Business Reporting, Data Visualization, OLAP, OLAP and Excel, Strategic Dashboards, Technology and Trends
The article, The File-less Organization: Why Excel Isn’t Enough for Businesses, from Dataversity.net is quite astute in the way it identifies Excel as a problem–noting that each manager gathers his or her own version of the numbers to bring to a meeting. And so...
