Summary: Fueled by recent trends, the role of the IT department is changing. What trends are driving these changes, and how will they impact IT? In this article, we explore 5 ways that IT departments will evolve in the next 5 years.
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Category Archives: Education
Webinar Replay: Dashboards 101–How to create effective dashboards
Summary: While a business dashboard will help you make sense of your data, not all dashboards are created equal. Typical dashboards are inflexible–displaying a pre-determined set of metrics in a pre-set layout. Learn how to create flexible dashboards that your users love, while avoiding the common problems found in many modern dashboards.
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7 myths and facts you should understand about low-code development
Summary: As businesses rush to deliver solutions quickly, low-code development is growing. But, it’s a relatively new term and is still surrounded by confusion. In this article, we dispel some common myths of low-code development platforms and share some important facts.
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Webinar Replay: 5 IT challenges you can conquer with m-Power
Summary: These days, the challenges faced by the IT department are at an all time-high. Modern CIOs and IT leaders must handle more challenges than ever before. In this webinar replay, you’ll learn how you can handle many of the challenges facing IT leaders with a single platform.
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7 warning signs your Business Intelligence needs an overhaul
Summary: Every day, businesses suffer from the effects of bad or outdated Business Intelligence. These outdated BI tools/practices waste precious time, harm decision-making, and keep these companies from truly taking advantage of their data. Fortunately, bad BI tools/processes display many warning signs. These warning signs will help alert you to a problem, and keep that problem from spiraling out of control. Do you notice any of these warning signs in your business?
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Webinar Replay: Automate business processes without coding
Summary: Every day, employees at businesses across the globe waste precious time completing tasks that could (and should) be automated. The problem is, automating these business processes requires custom business rule logic–a task that requires manual coding. Business users often wait weeks or months for IT to produce the custom business logic they require to automate their manual processes. If you face this problem, check out this webinar replay to learn how you can create these business rules in hours or days–without coding!
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7 secrets of effective IT departments
Summary: As technology continues to evolve and play a larger role in business, more pressure gets placed on IT. They have an amazing opportunity to drive business and play a larger role than ever before. However, while some IT departments have embraced this role, others are still stuck in maintenance mode. They’re so caught up in putting out fires and keeping the lights on, they don’t have time for innovation. How can these IT departments become more effective? We explore a few methods in this article.
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Essential features of a good Business Intelligence solution
Summary: Over the past few years, we’ve seen an explosion in BI tools. But, with all of these available BI solutions to choose from, how do you know which options are best for your business? How do you separate the good from the bad? Here’s a paper that outlines the essential features you need in any good BI solution.
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Low-Code Development 101: Understanding the Basics
Summary: Application development has long been a problem facing both the IT department and the business units. The IT department gets overwhelmed with new application requests. They can’t possibly complete every project when the business wants it done. Meanwhile, the business users get tired of waiting, and start bypassing the IT department altogether. Today, we explore the concept of “low-code development”, and explain how it helps address this problem.
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The better alternative to expensive ERP upgrades
Summary: Are you tied to an aging enterprise system (like an ERP)? Would you like to extend your existing enterprise system with custom reporting, budgeting, mobile apps, and more? Learn how to bring modern features to your existing system, without the time and expense of replacing that system.
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