On Tuesday September 20th, the Ironside Group hosted their Annual Golf Event at Shaker Hills Golf Club in Harvard, MA. Although the weather was initially ominous, it did not stop most from participating and as we were about to tee off, the rain stopped! Immediately following golf, the club house was open for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by an awards ceremony for the winning and losing groups, longest drive, and closest to the pin. Cognos 10.1.1 was the honored guest with discussions and demonstration by Ironside consultants. Prizes included; gift certificates to the Proshop, Golf Shirts, Trophies, and more. Thank you to everyone who joined us, we are already looking forward to next year’s event!
A Cognos report is only as good as its data. How that data is organized will affect performance, accuracy, and ease of authoring. There is no single solution — before you get can your data right, you need to know how it is going to be used.
Know Your Requirements
In an ideal world, databases would produce the data for any kind of report with equal speed and ease. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Business Intelligence queries, in particular, frequently push the envelope of what databases can be expected to deliver. In order to keep performance acceptable, design compromises need to be made. Usually, this means making certain types of queries faster at the cost of making all other queries slower. If the faster queries are the ones the users care about, then the compromise will be a success. Read more
It is that time of the year again! On October 23rd – 27th, IBM will be hosting its second annual Business Analytics Forum at IBM’s Information On Demand Conference in Las Vegas. This year’s docket includes over 200 Business Analytics sessions as well as 100’s of hands-on technical workshops. The topics will range from Business Analytics on the Cloud to to Business Analytics in Social Media, and much more in between. The presenters will include IBM’s best and brightest, as well as customers from organizations leading the way in Business Analytics. In addition to these presentations IBM also offers complimentary certification testing, industry specific birds-of-a-feather sessions to share experiences, and one-on-one executive visits.
The expansive content and learning opportunities at this event are very impressive. In previous years some of our customers have mentioned feeling overwhelmed and struggled to determine how to make the best use of their time. Here are a few quick tips to make the most out of this great opportunity Read more
Ironside is a data, analytics, and AI consulting and technology implementation company. We work with clients to understand their business objectives and day-to-day challenges, then employ our deep expertise in data strategy, architecture and engineering, integration, business intelligence, AI, and generative AI. We create technical solutions and practical approaches designed to drive smarter, data-driven decisions across a company and help it move further and faster toward its business goals.