In fact there is not a more suitable collection of problems than those found in IT. I’ll mention two and walk through the second – Data Quality. Use Six Sigma to squash bugs. Those are the pesky defects that litter… (READ MORE)
I started out considering MDM, but then… I truly believe that the process is going to be the big differentiator in the Data Management space in IT. The technology will just aid the process. Actually, the process can commence before… (READ MORE)
so you can report off of it. Note: I actually profile my Databases completely different than what is presented here, but this information might be useful to someone else. If you have Microsoft SSIS, then you can take advantage of… (READ MORE)
It helps to create all types of indexes in our head when studying for any particular matter. This is why songs can be easy to memorize. Likewise, printed materials are often times easier to learn than electronic ones. I searched… (READ MORE)
Nope. This post is not about Hadoop. It’s about agile – about how I learned some of agile’s key principles and about how to apply agile to the work of Business Intelligence. In 2009 I attended an agile hands-on workshop… (READ MORE)
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, the time-tested heavyweight is a low-cost solution but its mobile capabilities are lacking. I built a career around this tool, so here’s my long over-due honest review. The product has gone unchanged in the last… (READ MORE)
In late 2007, two insurance industry collegues brought me into a problem they were having with an SSRS report which listed properties. They wanted to show a count of properties as well as note information for each property. Because each… (READ MORE)
Your company could take quantum leaps toward its growth targets if some of the latest operations management science tools were brought in and applied. This does not mean a replacement of any current operations processes or personnel, but only the… (READ MORE)
In the information age, competitive advantage comes from making business sense of vast amounts of data. Departments demand Business Intelligence for specific local needs that may not be offered by a central enterprise BI team. How do we begin to… (READ MORE)
Here are some notes for connecting Power BI to Analysis Services. Thanks to Microsoft for the helpful presentation on 3/4/2015. Cloud-based BI allows businesses to start doing BI quicker with little to no overhead. One obstacle has been negotiating the… (READ MORE)
SSRS is good with parameters, various data sources, subscriptions, and linked reports. But highly responsive and interactive reports (especially on a mobile device) is not what SQL Server Reporting Services is good at. The online BI tool, Roambi, however is… (READ MORE)
Water Your Body Ease of use and adoptability were my main criteria when choosing a health app. Most of the smartphone app offerings out there, once installed, require me to type in too much information or to look through option… (READ MORE)
In Innovator’s Prescription, Clayton Christensen demonstrates how products and services evolve in a way that makes technology available to people. Granting access to technology to people who previously did not have access to it constitutes a disruption to traditional providers… (READ MORE)
I received the following email from AWS today: Dear AWS Customer, We are excited to announce the immediate availability of our new EU (Frankfurt) infrastructure region. The Frankfurt region joins Ireland as AWS’ second European location, and provides you with… (READ MORE)
I traditionally considered negotiating as a somewhat selfish act with the simple goal of maximizing what I could get out of a deal while minimizing what the other party could get. This actually may be the best one can hope… (READ MORE)
Companies traditionally maintained their own SMTP servers for company email. With Office 365, that function can be offloaded to the cloud-based email system that Microsoft fully maintains. Over the years, the cloud-based offering has matured and become very reliable. The… (READ MORE)