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 Blogger@olap | Apr 27, 2015 | Data Warehousing, Spreadsheets
Pivot Tables aren’t merely a way to interact with your data. You also can use them as a rich source of data for regular reports and analyses…without using the weak function, GETPIVOTDATA. by Charley Kyd, MBA Microsoft Excel MVP You can use a Pivot Table...
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 | Mar 17, 2015 | BI Solutions, BI Strategy, Big Data, Data Analysis
This article “Which Do We Need More: Big Data or Fast Data?” from Entrepreneur.com shines a light on the buzz word Big Data, and makes a reference to the Fresh Prince of Belair, which is always awesome. The article astutely points out that Big Data is not...
by Blogger@olap | Feb 23, 2015 | BI Strategy, Data Management, OLAP
OLAP technology has continued to develop, a good indicator of its broad applicability in the software solution market. And though newer doesn’t always mean improved, our opinion is that the most recent OLAP technologies are faster and (generally) better than...
