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Navigating the Amazon Q Ecosystem: Amazon Q Business vs. Amazon Q in QuickSight

The introduction of Amazon Q features a powerful generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant designed to analyze business trends, assist in software development, and maximize the potential of a company’s internal data. Amazon Q connects…

Data Management

Understanding Data Governance: Tools, Documents, Processes, and People

Data governance is a common need across organizations, and can be a very challenging subject to tackle. Understanding data governance's components, what good governance looks like, and the drivers behind adopting it is essential to creating…

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Business Analytics, Data Management

3 Reasons Your Data & Analytics Roadmap Isn’t Helping You Reach Your Goals

Creating a data and analytics roadmap is an important first step in helping your organization utilize data to achieve growth, understanding, and action. But often we hear from clients that their roadmap isn't leading them to their desired destination.…

Business Analytics

Take a Value Based Approach to Your Analytics Platform Migration

Analytics platform migrations and upgrades are among Ironside's core competencies. We’ve been doing them since our inception, and we do a lot of them. Here are four common pitfalls that we’ve seen organizations from a variety of industries…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

3 Reasons to Start Your Upgrade from Cognos BI to Cognos Analytics Right Now

As we’ve mentioned before, as of April 2018 there will be limited extended support for Cognos 10.x. Sure, that sounds like a long time from now, but if there’s anything I’ve learned from my time in enterprise IT, it’s that making a change…

Business Analytics

Defining An Analytics Strategy

LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Ironside, a Boston-based data and analytics firm, just released an authoritative list of questions that they recommend business leaders try to answer now in planning for their analytics initiatives. Today,…

Business Analytics

Navigating Tableau Conference 2016: An Interview with Crystal Meyers and Katelyn Tolbert

We’re getting ready for Tableau Conference 2016 here at Ironside. With only a short time left until November 7th, our team is preparing for which parts of the conference they’re most excited to take in. And, more importantly, developing…

Awards & Recognition

Boston Data & Analytics Service Firm Names New COO

LEXINGTON, MA - Ironside, a Boston enterprise data and analytics service firm announced last week the appointment of David Michelson, Chief Operating Officer. Michelson joins the company with over 20 years of business and technical consulting…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Cognos Analytics Release 4: Most Compelling New Features

As part of the accelerated release schedule initiated with the introduction of Cognos Analytics last December, IBM made the latest release, Cognos 11.0.4 aka Cognos Analytics Release 4, available on September 16th. While each of the previous…

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Awards & Recognition, Technology Spotlight

Ironside Uncovers TM1 SSL Certificate Expiration Issue

Ironside recently reported a new issue to IBM that is now confirmed as having an impact on all TM1 sites regardless of version. The Ironside Managed Services team uncovered the issue while troubleshooting a client's environment. "In our efforts…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Top New Features in Tableau 10

Tableau 10 was released on August 15th, and it is quite an upgrade. I’ve been spending some time doing hands-on testing of the new version, and I’m excited to share some of the new features I’ve explored with you. In addition to a new…

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.

Welcome to our blog.

Navigating the Amazon Q Ecosystem: Amazon Q Business vs. Amazon Q in QuickSight

Understanding Data Governance: Tools, Documents, Processes, and People

3 Reasons Your Data & Analytics Roadmap Isn’t Helping You Reach Your Goals

Take a Value Based Approach to Your Analytics Platform Migration

3 Reasons to Start Your Upgrade from Cognos BI to Cognos Analytics Right Now

Defining An Analytics Strategy

Navigating Tableau Conference 2016: An Interview with Crystal Meyers and Katelyn Tolbert

Boston Data & Analytics Service Firm Names New COO

Cognos Analytics Release 4: Most Compelling New Features

Ironside Uncovers TM1 SSL Certificate Expiration Issue

Top New Features in Tableau 10

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