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When Big Data Meets Tablets
Big Data and mobility are converging offering mobile workers access to real time data via mobile dashboard apps. An interview published in Tech Republic with the Forerunner Group’s managing director Dwight deVera. Big Data and mobility are converging offering...
Tips for Choosing a Real-Time Business Intelligence Solution
The value of having a Business Intelligence (BI) tool in 2013 is inevitable however; many businesses may be faced with the ultimate business dilemma of having to choose the right BI tool. With every Business Intelligence solution provider claiming access to real-time...
What’s a ‘Deprecated’ Function in Excel?
Microsoft tells us that many worksheet functions are 'deprecated.' So what does that mean, exactly? Wikipedia tells us that deprecation is a status applied to a computer software feature, characteristic, or practice indicating it should be avoided, typically...
Introducing Excel’s Three Types of Spreadsheet Databases
Excel offers at least three ways to set up data so your reports and analyses can use it easily as a reliable data source. by Charley Kyd, MBA Microsoft Excel MVP Excel offers three general ways to arrange data in your spreadsheet so you can use it as a database with...
Five Really Useful Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
These keyboard shortcuts will help you to things in Excel that are difficult or time-consuming to do any other way. by Charley Kyd, MBA Microsoft Excel MVP Several years ago, I created my Complete Excel Shortcuts Workbook. It contains more that 250 keyboard shortcuts...
Business Analytics – Opposition or Proposition?
Metaphorically, belief and disbelief in business analytics as a competitive edge - and not just a passing fad - meet at a door. On one side is passion, and on the other, fear. Passion always lives with fear. Those with passion for a methodology, like embracing...
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