Ironside is happy to announce that we have partnered with Pitney Bowes, one of the top location intelligence and data providers, to transform how our clients see, interact with, and gain insight from the location and business information to which they have access. The Pitney Bowes partnership pairs their sophisticated location intelligence technologies and comprehensive, diverse data sets with Ironside’s unrivaled analytics expertise and technical know-how to bring to market solutions that give geographic context to organizations’ historical data, provide actionable location-based intelligence in real time, and even map future trends using variables relevant to the area displayed. Read more
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On June 17th, Ironside hosted a Customer Analytics for the Informed Executive webinar exploring how advanced analytics can help businesses attract and retain customers. This webinar reviews a variety of data science methods that can utilize extensive existing data to provide guidance on many functional areas within a company. Read more
We’re excited to announce that beginning in July 2014, the Ironside Education Services division will offer a series of IBM Business Analytics public training classes in both New York City and New Jersey! Course offerings will include a variety of IBM Cognos, TM1, and SPSS training taught by some of the top instructors in the industry.
Ironside education programs provide customers with a complete and relevant education experience, incorporating instructor-led material, student-focused workshops, and hands-on demos. Ironside’s training offerings lay a solid foundation for future development in all aspects of IBM Business Analytics.
If you are interested in attending an IBM Business Analytics training course in New York, you can sign up for one of the following training sessions:
- 7/14/2014- IBM Cognos Report Studio Fundamentals and Advanced Training
- 7/28/2014- IBM Cognos Framework Manager Fundamentals & Advanced
- 8/11/2014- IBM Cognos Report Studio Fundamentals and Advanced Training
- 8/18/2014- IBM TM1 Data Modeling Course
- 8/25/2014- IBM Cognos Administration Training
- 8/28/2014- IBM Cognos Workspace & Cognos Workspace Advanced
- 9/8/2014- IBM Cognos Report Studio Fundamentals and Advanced Training
- 9/2/2014- IBM Cognos Multidimensional Report Authoring
- 9/4/2014- IBM Cognos Workspace & Cognos Workspace Advanced
If you want to see more of Ironside’s business analytics training offerings, feel free to take a look at our full public training schedule. We also offer private courses and custom courses.
Synopsis
Define the technique behind and benefits of standardizing prompt conventions in Report Studio.
Overview
Report authors can easily create automatically generated prompt page prompts for data items in a report using the question mark syntax, as shown below: Read more
Version 8.1.0 of IBM Cognos ICM, formerly Varicent, was released on Friday May 16th. It has become common practice to have approximately two major releases each year and several smaller releases between them. Updates roll out as needed between releases. The most important fact to remember is that the product is continuously improving to meet client needs. Enhancements start from two primary sources: implementers and business users requesting a product enhancement. Read more
Synopsis:
Three methodologies for documenting Report Studio reports.
Overview:
Reporting tools like IBM Cognos Report Studio do not naturally provide a means of documenting and commenting procedures like traditional programming languages do. As a result, once a report has been created, it may be difficult to follow the logic and design of the original report, modify it, or reverse-engineer how it works. Additionally, the lack of documentation makes it difficult to determine how and why a report was built and what specific techniques were used to create it. Read more
Award-winning IBM Partner celebrating 15 years re-launches as comprehensive business-focused analytics solution provider
Lexington, MA (May 16, 2014) – The Ironside Group, the award-winning North American business analytics consultancy founded in 1999, today re-launched their organization as simply Ironside. This change is both a reflection of their celebrated 15 year history, as well as a representation of their shift towards providing comprehensive solutions for organizations that are seeking to fundamentally improve performance by harnessing the power of information. The new Ironside will move toward being a one-stop shop for end-to-end analytics solutions, supporting clients from the planning phases all the way through full-scale implementations. Read more
On April 15th, Ironside hosted a TM1 Performance Modeler vs. Architect Comparison webinar covering the different features of these powerful development tools. This webinar focused on how TM1 Performance Modeler’s tools and wizards help non-technical contributors develop and maintain their own TM1 servers with minimal support from the IT department. Read more
Ironside is happy to announce the release of our new, enhanced, and fully-revised Framework Manager curriculum. This update combines customer suggestions with expert insights from Ironside instructors and consultants to form the most comprehensive Framework Manager course available today. These two classes represent the current best-of-breed thinking around metadata modeling in the BI space.
Built around the latest IBM Cognos 10.2.1 technology, these two classes (Fundamentals and Advanced) provide a cumulative 5-day program that gradually builds a complete understanding of the metadata modeling process. Each chapter contains conceptual information and hands-on, practical demos and workshops.
New Course Features
Using the original Ironside Framework Manager curriculum as a foundation, we have developed many additions to it that further flesh out the intricacies of metadata modeling and supplement the already existing content. Below are some highlights of new material included in the Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced courses:
• Overview content describing in more depth how Framework Manager fits into and interacts with Cognos as a whole.
• Detailed descriptions of different database design structures and how best to make those structures available through Framework Manager.
• Key reporting requirements and how gathering them can set your project up for success.
• Deepened explorations of the core modeling layers and the objects used within them.
• Rich new chapters investigating DMR options in Framework Manager, determinants, and security.
• Full discussions of parameter maps, session parameters, and implementing them in calculations and filters.
• Enhanced content around accessing the SQL back end that governs how data appears in Framework Manager.
• Crucial performance tips and strategies for working in multi-modeler environments.
Development Process
The top priority during the development process was to create course that provides an all-inclusive and cohesive understanding of all the Framework Manager features and functionality, promoting an understanding of the entire metadata modeling process from end to end. To achieve this, we enlisted the guidance of our technical trainers with years of Cognos and technical training experience, as well as our technical consultants, to provide real-world, practical modeling perspectives.
Course Structure
Below is a listing of the modules and topics covered in the Framework Manager curriculum.
Upcoming Framework Manager Classes
Below is a listing of several of the upcoming public Framework Manager courses.
IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training Courses- Ohio
Mon Apr 21, 2014, 8:30 AM – Fri Apr 25, 2014, 4:30 PM
Worthington, OH
IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training Courses- Detroit
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 8:30 AM – Fri May 2, 2014, 4:30 PM
Detroit, MI
IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training Courses- Miami
Mon May 12, 2014, 8:30 AM – Fri May 16, 2014, 4:30 PM
Doral, FL
IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training Courses – Atlanta
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 8:30 AM – Fri Jun 6, 2014, 4:30 PM
Atlanta, GA
IBM Cognos 10.2.1 Framework Manager Fundamentals and Advanced Training Courses – DC
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 8:30 AM – Fri Jun 20, 2014, 4:30 PM
Washington, DC
As Ironside continues to grow we are happy to announce that we moved the Boston Ironside headquarters to a new larger office on March 10th, 2014. Our old office served us well, leaving us with great memories; nonetheless we are very excited for the opportunities ahead.
Please send all mail to our new address:
Ironside
10 Maguire Road, Bldg 4
Lexington, MA 02421
Our other contact information, such as telephone, fax and, email, has remained the same.
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.