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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…

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Awards & Recognition, Business Analytics, Data Science

Ironside Predictive Policing Makes IBM Award Finals

For the second year in a row, Ironside has been named one of IBM's Beacon Award finalists, this time in the category of Outstanding IBM Analytics Line-of-Business Solution. This recognition comes in honor of the compelling results that our IronShield…

Awards & Recognition, Business Analytics

Introducing Matt Barter, Industry Lead, Crime Prediction & Prevention

Ironside is excited to welcome Matt Barter into our ranks as our Industry Lead for Crime Prediction & Prevention. As a currently active police officer in an urban New England city, Matt is perfectly positioned to understand the unique…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Ironside Tech Tip: Connect to Different Data Sources by User or Group Association

Metadata packages usually connect or point to particular data sources, but what if for testing, business, or application reasons you need a package to dynamically reference a different data source based on the executing user, user job function,…

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Business Analytics

Ironside Webinar Series: IT-Driven vs. User-Driven Analytics: How to Coexist

Ironside hosted a webinar on IT-Driven vs. User-Driven Analytics: How to Coexist. Rob Minogue, Director of Advisory Services and Scott Misage, Business Analytics Practice Lead, presented on how to bridge the gap between IT-Driven analytics…

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Business Analytics

5 Ways to Drive Analytics Adoption: Engage Your Organization

Let’s go back a few years. You and your company invested significant amounts of time, effort, and capital to implement a business intelligence environment meant to serve the analytic needs of your organization and help drive insights. You…

Business Analytics

Rolling Forecast Automation: Financial Analytics Maximized

Financial analytics and performance monitoring are vital components in an organization’s success. The ability to review and quickly react to industry and market changes is a critical competitive advantage that requires agile analytics to get…

Business Analytics

Rolling Forecasting Starter Kit: 3 Essential Facts

Many organizations have adopted monthly or quarterly rolling forecasting as a primary tool for understanding their operational and financial performance. The rolling forecast is a process that includes the continuous evaluation of past results…

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Data Management

Metadata Demystified: A Bottom-Line Definition

What Is Metadata? Metadata is a broad term referring to information about data. Its purpose is to provide us with an easily understandable context for the information we use. It answers questions we're likely to ask about any source of data,…

Business Analytics, Data Management

So What Is Data Discovery Anyway? 5 Key Facts for BI

When's the last time you were talking data and analytics and someone stopped the conversation to ask what a term meant? If you're wracking your brain now, you're not alone. It's a rare situation to run into. Analytics professionals like being…

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Awards & Recognition, Business Analytics

Why Your Dashboard Sucks: Design Thinking at Gartner BI

This year at the Gartner BI & Analytics Summit in Grapevine, Texas, Ironside's own Greg Bonnette delivered a presentation that got his audience questioning just what it is that makes a good dashboard. During his talk, Why Your Dashboard…

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Welcome to our blog.

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

Ironside Predictive Policing Makes IBM Award Finals

Introducing Matt Barter, Industry Lead, Crime Prediction & Prevention

Ironside Tech Tip: Connect to Different Data Sources by User or Group Association

Ironside Webinar Series: IT-Driven vs. User-Driven Analytics: How to Coexist

5 Ways to Drive Analytics Adoption: Engage Your Organization

Rolling Forecast Automation: Financial Analytics Maximized

Rolling Forecasting Starter Kit: 3 Essential Facts

Metadata Demystified: A Bottom-Line Definition

So What Is Data Discovery Anyway? 5 Key Facts for BI

Why Your Dashboard Sucks: Design Thinking at Gartner BI

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