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Cognos Enterprise v.s. Cognos Express
Did you know that IBM has two offerings for organizations looking for a complete Business Intelligence and Planning solution? The first and more well-known is IBM Enterprise and the other is the lesser-known and more cost-effective IBM Express. 

Like many companies emerging from the pandemic, you are probably reevaluating your organization's spending and searching for...

The latest version of Cognos 11.2 has been launched, and a lot has changed. The UI has been redesigned and it is the most obvious and biggest difference. Other notable changes include improved navigation, mobile app access, a significant enhancement to dashboard performance, and new data visualizations.

There’s a lot to discover, so we’ll just go over a few of our favorites. To learn more about "What's...

As any good builder knows, having the right tool for the job is invaluable. Just ask someone who’s used a screwdriver to assemble a certain Swedish companies’ furniture how much they would pay for a power drill.

Hint – It's everything, and the same notion holds true for working with data.

Today, companies want to dive into buzzword-heavy data projects like machine learning, artificial intelligence...

In part two of this series, we discussed how to plan like a champion and avoid a lack of buy-in and input from owners and how to sustain it in your forecasting process. In part three we will cover how embracing continuous planning, reporting, and dashboards can improve the efficiency of your planning process while minimizing errors, and increasing the accuracy of your forecasts.

In a recent report from Radius...

In part one of this series, we discussed how to improve your forecasting process by embracing integration and automation. In part two we will discuss how to plan like a champion and avoid a lack of buy-in and input from owners and how to sustain it in your forecasting process. 

This past Sunday Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl while taking the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to their second conference championship...

What makes a forecast, budget, or plan the “best?” If you said accuracy, you’d be wrong. The best plan is one that provides a business with actionable options in the face of dynamic market conditions.

Discover how Costpoint 8 not only delivers a modern update on the most trusted platform by Government Contractors but also extends the capabilities that customers need to keep a competitive edge.

Do you know the trends that are currently shaping the Government Contracting space in 2020 and beyond? No worries, every year Deltek surveys industry leaders within the government contracting space, asking for a review of their business performance, goals, and challenges from the previous year. Next, Deltek reviews all the data collected and creates a comprehensive report. The Clarity report is the ultimate tool...

It all begins with a plan. Whether it’s the overall strategic plan or a detailed operational plan, this step is usually part of the overall enterprise performance management strategy, which encompasses financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Planning is in a unique position compared to the other analytics groups because it relies on outputs of all the other steps.

Even today spreadsheets remain one...

The days of CEOs waiting for the delivery of a physical report are long gone. Today, many forward-thinking executives are making use of data visuals and dashboards to gain insight into their company, rather than relying on IT.

There are many benefits of CEO dashboards with a connected interface, including the ability to track performance and monitor data, profits, balances, revenues and forecasts all in...

Long gone are the days when annual budget steered business decisions, with only predictable, minimal changes. With increasing competition and a volatile economic environment, companies need a better way to predict the future. As a result, new forecasting techniques have emerged to help anticipate changes and drive better informed strategic decisions.

Traditional forecasts take a structured approach to...

For most organizations, the annual budget process is a painful, distracting, on-going exercise in futility that consumes a tremendous amount of resources and time, then quickly becomes so outdated that it is often deemed irrelevant for management purposes. The traditional budgeting process generates numerous issues and challenges that impair organization’s planning, forecasting, and performance management...