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Actionable Guidance for Your Company
When confronted with the complexities of enterprise analytics, you want more than information – you want guidance in the form of strategies and real-world solutions. From well-researched articles to white papers and books, our insights offer the kind of in-depth answers you need.
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Better Decision-Making With BI and Analytics
We hear the same frustrations over and over again from our clients regarding their legacy Business Intelligence and Analytics systems: We’re swimming in data, but everyone has their own opinion on what’s important. Most users just want to export data out of the system into Excel. We have lots of
How to Retain Knowledge When a Key Member of the Analytics Team Leaves
Everyone knows that change is the only constant in life. People will inevitably come and go from your analytics team. You cannot prevent it – but you can prepare for it so that personnel transitions result in minimal disruptions. The need to retain organizational knowledge is especially vital in the
Vlamis Webinar – Enterprise Analytic Warehousing with O’Reilly on October 29, 2020 9:00am – 12:00pm CDT
An analytic warehouse is designed for the explicit purpose of producing and delivering analytic results. It’s unlike most traditional data warehouses which ended up mostly just storing data. My brother Dan and I are teaching a course for O’Reilly Online Learning titled “Enterprise Analytic Warehousing: Data Warehouse Architecture and Strategy
Vlamis Rolls Out New Online Oracle Analytics Resources
Vlamis Software Solutions is not your typical analytics consulting firm. We are industry changemakers, built from the ground up to support you on your Oracle Analytics journey. We meticulously apply over three decades of experience with Oracle Analytics technology to individual client discovery so that we can cater our data-driven
Enterprise Data Visualization Class Less Than a Month Away
In less than one month, Dan and I will be teaching Enterprise Data Visualization: Executive Dashboards and Managerial Displays for O’Reilly Live Online Training (Wednesday, September 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central). The first and second deliveries of the course earlier this year attracted attendees from around the
Getting Started with Oracle Analytics – 2020 Edition
Have you ever wondered how to get started with Oracle Analytics? I have addressed this topic in the past, but in the fast-paced world of technology, last year’s information is soon outdated. Many resources on Oracle Analytics exist out there, but to get started, it helps to know where to
New to Predictive Analytics? Bet on a Process, Not on a Project
Advanced Analytics Projects Are Atypical Successful projects using data mining algorithms often have returns that are well above normal business Returns on Investment. 200%, 500% or even 1000%+ ROIs are not unheard of. So why isn’t there a rush to do more Proof of Concept projects? Having designed and pitched
A Primer on Security and Access in Oracle Analytics
If you read the Oracle documentation on Oracle Analytics with the intent of coming away with a basic understanding of how to plan and execute security, you might find yourself feeling lost. While the documentation provides a wealth of technical information, and even includes a great roadmap for implementing a
Small Is Beautiful
In the construction world, bigger is often better. For large construction projects you need large-scale machinery and spend much of your time developing a blueprint for the building that must stand with no changes to the core structure potentially for generations. Analytics consulting is very different because with the right
How to Keep Your Analytics Project On Time and On Budget
Analytics projects are notoriously complex. They bring together a team of professionals in various roles with different strengths and weaknesses. That team must satisfy the competing expectations of diverse stakeholders and users and deliver a reliable and usable solution while working with some of the most powerful, complicated technology around.
