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Pulled this from the Chicago Tribune. This information graphic points out the financial issues the state of Illinois is in. What really needs to be added to this graphic is a percent of budget. Then you would have a clear pictures of the budget and the shortfall is. When you look...
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This is an excellent example of using maps and animation to get the point across on bank failures over time. Look at Washington Mutual up here in the Northwest. Crazy. I still believe JP Chase stole WAMU for the price… http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/info-Failed_Banks...
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Great analytical charts can tell an interesting story. Check out this article from Gizmodo on Free vs Paid applications from the mobile OS providers. Using the brand icons to represent the company is a great idea. http://gizmodo.com/5479298/android-app-store-is-57-free-compared-to-apples...
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David Lee Roth should be the new CFO at Microsoft or really any major company these days. Read this article on how he used a little statement inside their contracts to determine if the vendor they hired actually read the contract. Just awesome… http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/143/made...
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from my buddy Bruno Aziza at Microsoft. How will we make decisions in the future? Bruno Aziza, Worldwide Lead Strategist for Microsoft’s Business Intelligence group culled the wisdom of the crowd to help him peer into the future. A little less than a month ago, I asked people via multiple networks...
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Extended Results Launch Invite - BI Radio & Webinar Education Series: Jan. 20th - Building A Culture of Performance | Analytical Paradox & User Centricity WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE UNTAPPED INSIGHTS EDUCATIONAL SERIES! Companies of all sizes will benefit from this monthly interactive...
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This is a great article which I have to agree with, when I look at the new tools coming in 2010, I’m really just saying I’m getting more of the same. Coming from another MSFT insider, Marco Russo… :o) “I know, the title is provocative. It's intentional. I'd like to get...
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Just read this article about collaboration and time lost. They say a person looses over $3,300 a year looking for information. That is probably about right. Our solution Extended Outlook and Extended Excel retrieves a large portion of that lost ROI and we have proven it several...
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One thing I really like about using Excel for my business intelligence solution is the ability to create some really good looking charts (author opinion). We are all guilty of just cranking out reports using the default settings as we are just trying to get the job done, but if you spend...
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Great stuff, why can’t I have a BI tool that does this!
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I’m totally stuck on Infographics right now. Check out this video that gives lots of BI on the way to the center of the earth!
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I wanted to make sure you had picked up the announce in the press on Extended Results hosting a BI radio show starting in January here . I'm very excited about the show and would encourage all of you to tweet and blog about it. Think of the show as show creates a forum for participation...
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I’m getting kind of tired of the same old bar and line charts, so I’ve been on the hunt for new and interesting displays. Check this one out… Don’t know if I believe the numbers or not… I wonder if these numbers are from people using Mint.com as their money store. http://www...
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It is not to often you can find a good looking pie-chart, but here is a great example from the New York times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/the-american-diet-34-gigabytes-a-day/
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Bryan in our office forwarded me this web site that shows political contributions by industry/company. Check it out, presented very clearly and easy to understand. Roll over a company name to see a break out of their lobbyist efforts. http://www.goodguide.com/contributions#sector=Computer...
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We are doing a whole bunch of webinars with Bruno Aziza and Joey Fitts on Driving Business Performance: Enabling a Culture of Intelligence Execution. Visit the following link to sign up for the webinars. We’ll also be doing some customer workshops on business intelligence enabling...
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Have you ever researched how much time is being lost looking for data and reports within your company or group? How much time is lost by an analyst looking for information? How many emails have to be sent asking for information? How many phone calls are made wondering...
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We just did a Press Release on our new Microsoft Outlook add-in that puts your reporting and analytics right into the software tool you use everyday, Microsoft Outlook. It is being carried all over the world at the moment. Pretty cool to watch. Extended Results, Inc. a leading...
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Just finished reading and watching an article on Geospatial analysis using some Microsoft tools that was shown at the University of Washington. This is very cool and I think a wonderful example of taking raw data like temperatures and then taking it to some mapping technologies live maps...
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By: William Laurent The need and demand for mobile business intelligence (BI) increases with each passing month, as executive management has become less tethered to their desks and office-based PCs. The traditional workspace is now obsolete; with remote access so ubiquitous, the whole world is an office...