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Email: The Best Trade Marketing Tool You Didn’t Know You Had

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Being the first full week of 2015, it is hard not to think about resolutions. As a software developer and provider, one of mine is to help our customers get more value from their investment in our solution. As a sales professional…
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Avoid Joining the 85% of New Products that Fail in the Marketplace

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Nielsen recently announced a new statistic: 85% of new products fail in the marketplace. This startling number should get all of us thinking. We all want to be successful, and we get paid to build successful brands.  What…

SQL Pass Summit 2014 Great Success!

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MDX, aggregations, scope assignments… SQL Pass Summit 2014 was data nerd heaven in terms of having access to uber experts who you can ask and learn from. Some learn from white papers only or maybe a book. Personally, I prefer face to face…
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What is Ross EPM?

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Are you confused as to where things are going with your Ross EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) Business Intelligence solution?  If you have second guessed what you own with Aptean’s Ross EPM, what value you currently have with the…

SQL Pass continues with more exciting Power BI

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Day 2 at SQL Pass. Couple logistical things that have been a challenge. The sessions have staggered starts. Like some sessions at 10:30 and some starting at 10:45. It’s a pain for sure. Also it rains a lot in Seattle. Who knew? After an…

We are here – SQL Pass 2014!

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Hello customers… one thing that defines us at Business Impact is our commitment to stay on top of what is happening in the world of business intelligence. We can do this dozens of ways, but our largest investment comes when we attend the…

SQL Pass Demos Power BI and Power Query – looking good!

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First day coming to an end here in Seattle at SQL Pass Summit. One more session today. Lots of demos of Power Query and Power BI, and these tools continue to mature. It is hard to tell what is “about to be released” and what is actually…

Change Management: Ever a Struggle

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Like many of us, I attend a lot of conferences. At one of them I moderate an annual CIO roundtable full of bright folks that get together and share ideas and experiences. As part of our regular practice, we collect topics from…

ViewPoints 2015 Event Planning begins!

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ViewPoints, Business Impact’s bi-annual customer event, is on track for 2015.  The informative event is two and a half days of training, networking, and learning the latest information on what is happening in Business Intelligence.  The…