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How to create custom budgeting over your enterprise system

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EducationSummary: Enterprise systems (like ERPs) rarely provide the budgeting capabilities to precisely fit your business. As a result, budgeting becomes a time-consuming, spreadsheet-driven process. Learn how one company solved this problem, automating their budgeting process and delivering custom budgeting applications to their executives on-demand.
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5 problems that create “Unintelligent” Business Intelligence

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EducationSummary: Many businesses adopt Business Intelligence solutions with high expectations–only to be disappointed with the results. While many blame the problem on faulty software, the reality is, a successful BI project relies on a number of important factors. In this article, we explore 5 such factors that commonly hold back BI implementations.

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Web Services 101: What are web services, and how do they help your business?

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EducationSummary: Rather than build every feature into your web applications, web services let you share functions from other applications across the web. Learn more about web services, how they can help your business, and a simple way to create web applications that include web services.
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How to take your dashboards to the next level

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EducationSummary: While many organizations use business/executive dashboards, not all dashboards are created equal. Some dashboards are key business tools, while others are nothing more than charts on a page. In this article, you’ll learn a few ways your business can take your dashboards to the next level–turning them into key business drivers.

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Weekly Recap: How the FTC Cybersecurity ruling affects CIOs, the changing BI landscape, and more…

EducationSummary: In this week’s article roundup, we learn what CIOs need to know about the recent FTC Cybersecurity ruling, the growing need for a “blended” approach to mobile, and more.

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Web Development: What’s changed and where is it going?

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EducationSummary: Over the recent years, web development has changed significantly. Driven largely by the rise of recent trends (like mobile), the world of development is rapidly evolving. In this article, we’ll uncover what has changed, where development is headed, and how this effects your business.

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6 major risks of ignoring legacy modernization

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EducationSummary: Many organizations still run their business on legacy applications and systems. They don’t modernize these applications because of the risk and expense associated with modernization. But, could ignoring modernization be an even riskier choice? In this article, you’ll learn 6 major risks your business takes by postponing or ignoring legacy modernization.

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6 common misconceptions of self-service BI

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EducationSummary: Despite it’s growing popularity, many myths still surround self-service BI. These myths can lead to implementations that aren’t as successful as they could be, or flat-out fail. Learn about the common myths/misconceptions that businesses have about self-service BI, and why they’re false.

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7 reasons why you can’t afford to ignore mobile

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EducationSummary: Mobile usage has skyrocketed, and the trend shows no signs of stopping. Yet, some businesses treat mobile like a passing trend. Despite the evidence that it’s here to stay, they ignore mobile. In this article, learn why you can’t afford to ignore mobile, and the risks you face if you do.

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5 hurdles to Hadoop adoption (and how to fix them)

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EducationSummary: Hadoop has emerged as somewhat of a “poster child” for the Big Data movement. Its ability to store and process massive amounts of data on commodity hardware has caught the eye of many businesses. But, while Hadoop holds massive potential for your business, it’s not without challenges. If you plan on adopting Hadoop in the near future, here are some hurdles you must address.

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Financial reporting demo: Get instant visibility into your business

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EducationSummary: Is financial reporting a time-consuming task? Do you spend hours (or days) gathering financial data, organizing it in spreadsheets, creating reports, and distributing everything to other business leaders? Or, would you like better visibility into your financial data? Check out this demo, and see how easy financial reporting can be.
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7 (more) important IT trends of 2015 and beyond

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EducationSummary: As technology evolves at an ever-increasing pace, it brings major changes to the IT department. In this era, the IT department moves from a back-office function to a true business partner. What trends are driving this change, and how must your IT department adapt? In this article, we examine 7 more trends to watch in the near future.

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On-Demand Webinar: Run Your Legacy OLTP Applications on Hadoop

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EducationSummary: Hadoop is one of the fastest growing technologies in the enterprise IT space. It helps businesses store and process massive amounts of data without purchasing expensive hardware. But, many organizations lack the skills necessary to leverage the power of Hadoop. Watch this on-demand webinar to understand how new technologies can help you move past this hurdle and build applications over Hadoop data—using the skills you already have in-house
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Self-Service Business Intelligence 101: Understanding the Basics

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EducationSummary: As data volumes explode, more and more businesses are realizing that traditional BI practices are less effective. We’re seeing a shift in Business Intelligence–away from an IT-driven process towards a self-service approach. But, while the need for self-service BI is growing, it’s still surrounded by a fair amount of confusion. The concept of “self-service BI” means widely different things to different people. In this article, we explain the basics of self-service, and the pros/cons it delivers to businesses.
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The 6 most inefficient web development practices

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EducationSummary: As technology evolves, web application development is playing an increasingly important role in the business world. More and more, development speed directly contributes to a company’s competitive advantage. The problem: Many companies still struggle in this area. Learn which problems slow them down, and how to fix each one.
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Learn how other companies deliver custom ERP reporting

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EducationSummary: ERP systems rarely provide a perfect fit for your company’s unique reporting needs. The problem is, you’re stuck in something of a “Catch-22.” If you don’t customize the system, it won’t perfectly fit your needs. If you do customize it, you’re locked into that system. In this article, you’ll learn how other businesses are creating custom reporting over their ERP systems, without locking themselves down.
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Mobile vs. Traditional Development: 7 Key Differences

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EducationSummary: As more businesses create their own mobile apps (or mobile web apps), they’re entering uncharted territory. Many come from a background in traditional application development, and aren’t prepared for the changes that mobile development requires. In this article, we explore the key differences between the two development types, and share some mobile development tips.
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Webinar Replay: Dashboards 101–How to create effective dashboards

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EducationSummary: 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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5 important IT trends of 2015 and beyond

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EducationSummary: As technology evolves at an ever-increasing pace, it brings major changes to the IT department. In this era, the IT department moves from a back-office function to a true business partner. What trends are driving this change, and how must your IT department adapt? In this article, we examine 5 such trends to watch in the near future.

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