Top 8 ways that Business Intelligence (BI) helps your business gain competitive advantage

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...

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1: AI-Driven, Smart Analytics for Your Business

IBM released Cognos Analytics 11.1 on September 29, 2018.  This all-new version allows you to instantly transform your data into relevant insights using augmented intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), pattern detection, data science and more. Unlike other analytics solutions that only show what is happening across your business, IBM Cognos Analytics goes further, using AI to gain insight on why it happened. Top Cognos Analytics...

New Release Alert! Cognos Analytics 11.0.12 is Available

New Release Alert! Cognos Analytics 11.0.12 is Available

A new release of Cognos Analytics, Release 11.0.12 (R12) is now available as of June 29, 2018. This is a small release where IBM has addressed some of the users top Request For Enhancements (RFE).  See our press release. Here are the details of some of the key capabilities: Dashboard Enhancements Multilingual support in dashboards Cognos Analytics reports have long supported report authoring for user generated content in the user’s...

NewIntelligence JDE QuickStart 3 ways

NewIntelligence JDE QuickStart 3 ways

In working to meet the analytics needs of JD Edwards (JDE) customers, NewIntelligence discovered some common pains these businesses were experiencing.  The framework provided by Oracle’s JDE (SQL Server, Oracle or AS/400) is typically unable to provide user-friendly reporting. As a result, users spend a significant amount of time creating reports in Microsoft Access and Excel. Subsequently, management of these companies has difficulty...

NewIntelligence SAP B1 QuickStart 3 Ways

NewIntelligence SAP B1 QuickStart 3 Ways

In working to meet the analytics needs of SAP Business One (SAP B1) customers, NewIntelligence discovered some common pains these businesses were experiencing.  The framework provided by SAP B1 (SQL Server version of SAP B1 8.8 and above) is typically unable to provide user-friendly reporting. As a result, users spend a significant amount of time creating reports in Microsoft Access and Excel. Subsequently, management of these...