IBM released its newest version of Cognos Analytics 11.1.3 in July of this summer (see our press release).  The new release includes enhancements to reporting, authoring, dashboarding, data exploration, and its natural language AI assistant, all with the goal of making it easier for non-specialist users to take advantage of self-service business analytics.  Some of the new enhancements to the report authoring capabilities in R3 of...

NewIntelligence has created a Financial Reporting module to add on to its proprietary SAP B1 QuickStart solution. Consult our press release for more details. NewIntelligence developed their SAP B1 Quickstart in 2017 to help SAP Business One customers better understand, anticipate and shape business outcomes. NI’s SAP QuickStart is an out-of-the-box fixed cost solution offered at an affordable price that takes just 2-3 weeks to...

In our last blog, we explained what dashboards are and the purpose of a dashboard for visualization.  As a continuation on the topic of dashboards, here is an outline of how easy it is for business users, even those who are new to analytics software and have had no prior training. To build a dashboard in IBM Cognos Analytics, you start off by going into the Cognos portal.  At the bottom left of your screen, you will see a ‘New’ button...

Many small-to-medium businesses we speak to initially think they don’t ‘need’ dashboarding an tend to feel that it would be a ‘nice-to-have.  These companies typically don’t think of dashboarding as something worth investing time and money in.  Some of these companies tend to focus more on reporting and do use tools like Excel to extract and report on their data.  However, these businesses seem to place little importance on...

Being in the data analytics business for several years now, we’ve talked to a lot of companies.  Most organizations, regardless of their size, generate a deluge of data every day.  Data that they need to make critical decisions about their business that they struggle to access, for various reasons.  So, a lot of the companies we speak to often need a data analytics solution and they don’t even know it yet.  This leads to the...

With the huge phenomenon online shopping has become, many small businesses find themselves competing more and more with large corporations and online retailers that can offer reduced prices. To make better decisions, you need a clear picture of your company’s operational and financial situation. Having ‘one version of the truth’ not only empowers you to make strategic decisions on how to avoid wasteful spending but in turn increases...