Enterprise performance management. Corporate performance management. Business performance management. We hear these words bandied about frequently, and you can’t peruse a business technology journal without encountering multiple advertisements touting performance management tools with apparently universal applications and benefits: “You need performance management, your organization needs performance management, and EVERYONE needs performance management,” they admonish. Driven […]
Does your organization need to own and maintain: A fleet of vehicles? A manufacturing facility? Production machinery? Heavy equipment machinery? How much time and money do you spend solving problems with these assets? How would your organization change if you could anticipate your maintenance and quality needs, and stop problems before they start? With IBM’s […]
You may not be in the banking business, but we think that a recent survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting shows results relevant to many other types of industries and organizations. 57% of the survey respondents said that the quality of data in their organization is either “adequate” or “un-integrated,” while only 42% said their data […]
IBM recently announced updates to the latest version of Cognos Workspace, version 10.2.1. There aren’t any earth-shattering developments here, but there are new features designed to improve authoring and overall usability. Here is the new feature rundown, straight from the horse’s mouth: Filter on multiple related data items in select value filter and slider filter […]
We recently read Cameron Price’s article published at Information Management and posted some thoughts about it in our article 3 V’s of Big Data. Here we revisit those ideas in a bit more depth. Price recommends focusing on 3 key principles to move forward with your big data approach: Acquisition Acquire all data from your […]
Disclosure management is one of the most important responsibilities in an organization. Sadly, many finance organizations struggle with time-consuming, manual documents that are prone to mistakes, like: Incorrect formatting Incompatible output types Rounding mistakes Footing errors Lost audit trails These mistakes, even the seemingly small ones, can snowball into glaring errors that are difficult to […]
With all the talk about big data that has swirled around lately, it’s about time that the conversation turned to assigning leaders to data quality and data governance. So does your organization need a Chief Data Officer (CDO) to lead the way? You might wonder why a Chief Data Officer could benefit your organization, especially […]
