The Michigan Cognos User Group is an amazing opportunity to network and collaborate with other IBM Cognos Professionals in the area. Each event is packed with informative talks and demonstrations from local organizations that highlight their own applied experiences with IBM Cognos software. Experts from the Ironside Group will be in attendance and more than happy to answer your toughest questions or help you down the path to resolving your most bothersome issues. Attendance is always free and open to the public.
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Back in October when IBM Cognos 10 was first released, I initially touted Business Insight Advanced (BIA) as the single-most important enhancement over IBM Cognos 8. After a few months of hands-on usage, I am sticking to my initial assessment. Here are five key features that I’ve identified as having the greatest potential for a positive impact on practical business intelligence within most organizations. Read more
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Ironside is now authorized to sell IBM Subscription and Support, please contact us asap to discuss your specific requirements. We can help you understand and validate your S+S bill from IBM. Our Account team has significant experience in interpreting and negotiating with IBM on your behalf, contact us today!
May 17, 2011 – Crowne Plaza
1605 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Discover how to improve business outcomes with analytics everyone can use.
How can you learn about new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how your organization makes decisions and shapes future outcomes? By attending an IBM Performance event.
June 16, 2011 - Hilton Hartford, CT
Discover how to improve business outcomes with analytics everyone can use
How can you learn about new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how your organization makes decisions and shapes future outcomes? By attending an IBM Performance event.
June 14, 2011 – Boston Hyatt Regency
One Avenue De Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
Discover how to improve business outcomes with analytics everyone can use
How can you learn about new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how your organization makes decisions and shapes future outcomes? By attending an IBM Performance event.
Whether town council or national agency, government organizations all face similar challenges: you need to optimize services and programs for citizens while demonstrating good governance. And you need to do this within budget in a climate of shrinking resources.
Attend the 8th annual IBM Business Analytics Government Forum event on May 4th and learn why thousands of public sector organizations worldwide rely on IBM Business Analytics software and services to deliver on their mission, improve operations, and ensure responsible spending gets results. Learn how to set goals, drive accountability and improve outcomes: learn how to deliver smarter government.
The New England Cognos Users Group is an amazing opportunity to network and collaborate with other IBM Cognos Professionals in the Northeast Region. Each event is packed with informative talks and demonstrations from local organizations that highlight their own applied experiences with IBM Cognos software. Experts from the Ironside Group are always in attendance more than happy to answer your toughest questions or help you down the path to resolving your most bothersome issues. Attendance is always free and open to the public. Read more
IBM Cognos on the iPAD? Of Course we can!
Recently we were approached by a new customer with requirements to deliver a Business Intelligence Prototype on a mobile device, specifically an Apple iPAD. It was an interesting experience, where we learned quite a bit about the combination of the technology, some extremely positive, and some challenging.
Editor’s Note: This blog was originally posted on April 14, 2011, and has been reviewed on October 5, 2020 to reflect Cognos analytics changes. Exporting Cognos report data in CSV is one of the most frequently used output formats, and it is very common to leverage those CSV files in other applications and tools. For example, for data integration or as data feed in other system. Thus we find that knowing how to address text encoding issue is still a very helpful topic, specifically when transfer CSV file between different operation systems, which default character set and encoding maybe different. Many populate text editor like Notepadd++, Textpad can switch encoding easily, an alternative method to convert encoding of CSV file outside Cognos. Let’s know what are the solutions or challenges in your unique scenarios. Read more
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