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Transforming Enterprise Productivity with Advanced AI Assistance from Amazon Q

Technology has evolved significantly from dial-up connections to cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a result, businesses must now adopt AI solutions that push their operations beyond using traditional tools. One such solution…

Migrating from Oracle to Netezza

Many are looking to IBM Puredata System for Analytics (Netezza) but are unsure of the complexity of implementation. Is it a lift and shift? Is there redevelopment involved? The focus of this article is to describe the process for migrating from…

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Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Ironside Webinar Series: Overview of IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes

On February 18th, 2014, Ironside hosted a Cognos Dynamic Cubes webinar to introduce the capabilities of this new, powerful tool. Led by Ironside’s Michael Vollmer, Senior BI consultant, and Francois Ross, Regional Vice President, we gave attendees insights…

Business Analytics

Improving Performance by Using TIs vs Rules when Developing TM1 Planning Models

Since TM1 is a memory-based OLAP engine, one of the most important considerations in developing efficient planning models is to utilize the least amount of memory that is available on the server. As time goes on the model will likely grow…

Business Analytics

Three Sales Enablement Issues Solved with Sales Performance Management

While working as a Compensation Administrator, I used IBM Cognos ICM, a sales performance management software solution, to empower account executives to understand their compensation plan quickly, so they could get back to selling. The visualizations…

Business Analytics

Top 5 Incentive Compensation Management Pain Points Solved

Whether you are a Compensation Administrator, Account Executive, or Sales Manager, the process of paying people commissions and tracking their performance can be frustrating. I spent several years as an Administrator and worked with sales people,…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Enhanced Security in IBM Cognos BI 10.2.1 Dynamic Cubes

The IBM Cognos BI 10.2.1 release made significant enhancements to the Dynamic Cube options available in the product. One major boost to functionality is that you can now add enhanced security within Cube Designer and not have to restart the…

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Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes for Existing PowerPlay Customers

You may have heard about the new Dynamic Cubes feature available in IBM Cognos. New technology is great, but if you have a library of existing PowerPlay cubes in your environment, you need to decide if it makes sense to migrate these cubes to…

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Business Analytics

Ironside Webinar Series: IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality

The Next Step towards Predictive Maintenance Excellence IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality (PMQ) reduces operational costs, improves asset productivity, and increases process efficiency. IBM PMQ helps monitor, maintain, and optimize assets…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Ironside Tech Tip: Working with IBM Cognos BI and Microsoft Office

Using Cognos we can generate reports in Excel, Microsoft Word and Power Point. In this article we will see what components we need to produce these reports in Microsoft Office. Required Components and Installations: 1. You need to have…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Ironside Tech Tip: Capture Social Media Sentiment as It Happens

Use the SPSS Modeler Text Analytics Add-On to Monitor Social Media As channels of social media penetrate people’s daily life more extensively and intensively, bad reviews and negative opinions travel faster than ever before. Research and…

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Welcome to our blog.

Transforming Enterprise Productivity with Advanced AI Assistance from Amazon Q

Migrating from Oracle to Netezza

Ironside Webinar Series: Overview of IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes

Improving Performance by Using TIs vs Rules when Developing TM1 Planning Models

Three Sales Enablement Issues Solved with Sales Performance Management

Top 5 Incentive Compensation Management Pain Points Solved

Enhanced Security in IBM Cognos BI 10.2.1 Dynamic Cubes

IBM Cognos Dynamic Cubes for Existing PowerPlay Customers

Ironside Webinar Series: IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality

Ironside Tech Tip: Working with IBM Cognos BI and Microsoft Office

Ironside Tech Tip: Capture Social Media Sentiment as It Happens

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