by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Jan 16, 2014 | Technology and Trends
If you are unfamiliar to OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) technology it may sound very technical and confusing. OLAP technology is however a very cool technology that allows Businesses to do more with their data. At OLAP.com we believe analyzing data is fun so here...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Dec 20, 2013 | BI Strategy, BI System
Business Intelligence is essential for decision making since it helps businesses to do more with their data, improve productivity and efficiency. However, many business intelligence applications are often thought of as a solution that is used by larger businesses who...
by Jack Guarneri | Dec 16, 2013 | BI Strategy, Spreadsheets
Excel is pervasive in businesses, with a probably very low estimate of a couple of hundred million users around the world. Countless companies run some part of their reporting, analytics or planning systems using spreadsheets. For this good reason Excel is regarded...
by Jack Guarneri | Nov 21, 2013 | BI Strategy, BI System, Data Management
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems are widely acknowledged as a backbone software component for mid-to-large sized companies. The general idea is to create efficiencies in the way a business is run by gathering information from different functional...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Nov 19, 2013 | Big Data
We constantly hear people talking about big data as a monstrous mess. They usually describe it as a difficult problem to tackle, as though big data itself has a beginning and an end, or a neat solution. I’ve been to many conferences in the last few weeks, and over and...
by Hellen Oti-Yeboah | Nov 18, 2013 | BI Strategy, BI System
Big Data and Analytics are still a hot ticket, both in the venture community and in the IT budgets of selected verticals—including any of the e-commerce enterprises competing directly with Amazon, any of the online transaction companies voluntarily exposing their...
