Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on time management tips, predictive analytics, and more. I hope you find them useful: Predictive analytics. Making little decisions with big data As I mentioned in this article, predictive analytics is one… Continue reading »
Sep
14
Weekly recap: 6 uncomfortable questions IT teams should ask, HTML mistakes to avoid, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on HTML mistakes, data visualization, and more. I hope you find them useful: HTML tag mistakes you should really avoid If you ever edit your web application’s presentation layer at the source… Continue reading »
Jul
13
Weekly recap: Most intriguing new phones of 2012, crazy security tricks, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the most notable smartphones, crazy security tricks, ways to optimize business analytics, and more. I hope you find them useful: Mobile: The biggest change to hit retailing in 50 years This… Continue reading »
Mar
30
Weekly recap: 7 facts and myths about HTML5, analytics trends, and more…
Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on HTML5 myths, trends in analytics, javascript plugins, and more. I hope you find them useful: 12 essential javascript form plugins Forms are everywhere in business applications, but they don’t offer many… Continue reading »
Dec
31
4 IT resolutions to boost business
At the beginning of every year, millions of people make new year’s resolutions. These resolutions usually focus on goals, eliminating bad habits, or personal growth. But, what about companies? Do any companies make resolutions? After all, I’m sure most companies have goals, bad habits that need fixing, or areas for growth. With that in mind, I’ve… Continue reading »
Dec
17
What is business intelligence?
Just the other day, someone asked me this question: “What is business intelligence?” It got me thinking…I frequently write about business intelligence (BI) and why it’s important, but I’ve never really defined the term. In this post, I’d like to take a step back and give you the what, why, who, where, when, and how… Continue reading »
Nov
15
How companies fail with their data
According to Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google), we now create in two days as much information as humanity did from the beginning of recorded history until 2003 (Quote taken from this article). This growing data trend applies to business too–Gartner predicts that enterprise data in all forms will grow 650% over the next 5 years.… Continue reading »
Nov
04
Top 10 technologies for 2011
Want to save money, increase productivity, or gain a competitive advantage? Stay on top of the latest technology trends. When you keep your eye on the latest trends in the tech world, you’ll run across some new opportunities for your company. But how do you know which trends will stick and which will fade? Gartner… Continue reading »
Oct
25
Building and using Pivot Tables (explained via video)
Pivot tables are great analytical tools—they sum up large amounts of data and let you view it in just about any way possible. More importantly, they help you quickly analyze business information, discover trends, and make better and more informed decisions. Pivot tables are typically found in spreadsheet software, such as Excel. Spreadsheet-based pivot tables… Continue reading »
Sep
20
Five essential elements every Business Intelligence solution should include
Business intelligence is a confusing subject. Generally speaking, when a company realizes they need business intelligence (BI), they aren’t clear on everything a BI solution should include. Why not? BI isn’t the same across the board. As a result, comparing BI solutions is like comparing apples and oranges. Each solution contains different elements. So, how… Continue reading »
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Joe Stangarone is a 30+ year veteran of the IT industry and president of mrc—the software company behind the award winning development platform, m-Power. Joe shares his leadership and technology insights through the Cup of Joe Blog, focusing primarily on ways businesses can save time, money, and increase productivity using technology.
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