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GreatVines Makes Promotion Optimization Institute’s 2016 Vendor Panorama

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The POI Analysis Evaluates Leading Software Solutions for Retail Execution St. Helena, CA – Monday, July 7, 2016 – GreatVines was included in the Promotion Optimization Institute’s (POI) 2016 Retail Execution…
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Unified Business Intelligence takes off at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

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The breadth of stuff to see and experience at Unified can be intimidating. Hundreds of exhibitors from bottling to field sensors, engineers to reporters, corks to dorks. Having to have one message for such a varied audience was difficult as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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What Happens in GreatVines Stays in GreatVines

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“The key to this business is personal relationships” — Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) quoting famous (but fictional) sports agent Dicky Fox We live and work in a relationship-driven business. The key drivers are not merely…
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Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Makes an Impression

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Wow!! That’s some show. Having worked in the wine industry for more than eight years, I’ve seen the number of details that contribute to a beautiful glass of wine. Just not all in one GIANT room. Unified Wine & Grape Symposium sure makes…