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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…

Why Tech-Savvy Suppliers And Distributors Have An Advantage

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The technology available in the Beverage Sales market today has created two camps that are both competing for the same sales and customers. Some companies stick to old formulas, often implemented several decades ago, and rely on…

Happy Anniversary Business Impact!

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Okay, it feels like I’m a school kid, feeling a little giddy about our 9th birthday of Business Impact. To be honest, I started the company mainly to escape a setting where I felt the skills of business intelligence were vastly underappreciated.…

How to “Go Deep” and Steal Market Share

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According to the National Restaurant Association and the U.S. Census Bureau, this summer saw Eating and Drinking Place Sales in the U.S. , an indicator of how much consumers are spending in the on-premise, grow to its highest point on record.…