OctagonBI

04/19/2016

Guess where we are...

03/31/2016

Quick infographic for 8 Excel tips & tricks. Since we all know that Excel has a special place in any BI solution.

http://www.microsofttraining.net/sharing/15-8-time-saving-shortcuts-excel.html

11/16/2015

BI that can predict the likelihood of a patient's death.

[DIGEST: Science World Report, Mirror, Daily Mail, BBC, Connected Health Symposium] They say knowledge is power, but are there things we’d rather not know? Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in B…

10/07/2015

My next tagline in a presentation: "Don't be the Beaver Overthinking the Dam" :-)

HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO—Not content with functionalism, beaver Dennis Messner strives for integration-minded post-modernism.

04/20/2015

Good read. The only thing that I would add is the importance of a self service platform. That concept is in the article, but could be spelled out.

Startups are keeping head counts low, and even eliminating management positions, by replacing them with a surprising substitute for leaders and decision-makers: data.

09/17/2014

7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a BI Consultant: http://tdwi.org/articles/2014/09/16/7-Questions-to-Ask-BI-Consultant.aspx

How can you tell if the consultant you’re considering will meet your needs? This set of questions can help.

02/24/2014

"...2014 will be a critical year in which the task of making "hard types of analysis easy" for an expanded set of users..."
Nice to see that we're on the right track.

Data discovery capabilities are dominating new purchasing requirements, even for larger deployments, as alternatives to traditional BI tools. But "governed data discovery" — the ability to meet the dual demands of enterprise IT and business users — remains a challenge unmet by any one vendor.

11/28/2013

Happy Thanksgiving! (now where's that Practice Group Report?)

10/22/2013

Very Interesting:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/10/daily-chart-2?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/unlikelyresults

06/26/2013

Today's infused water flavor... watermelon!

06/25/2013

Our booth is set up and open for business. Stop on by!

06/25/2013

Time for the Keynote. Conference feels officially kicked off.