How many times have you wished that you could fire that tech savvy dork that your company uses to organize and process all of the complex data that your company gathers, generates processes and uses. He sits at his desk and plays video games most of the d...

If you are a smaller to mid sized business, now there is an option that allows you to compete with your larger competitors in the area of business intelligence. Its called web based reporting tools and it finally gives businesses that operate on smaller b...

From time to time it is necessary to evaluate employees overall performance. In truth this can be a far more difficult task then it seems due to any number of realities that can come into play. Also, effectively determining an employees overall performanc...

One of the latest tools that has become available for todays business managers is what is commonly referred to a reporting software. So, what exactly is reporting software and what does it do. Also, while it may be applicable to other businesses is it in ...

A dam Breaks and a town is wiped off the map. The towns mayor and his assistant go up to the site of the broken dam to look around. After taking in the scene, the mayors assistant turns to the mayer and proclaims that he knows what the problem was. “The...

So there you are siting at your desk with a pile of files sitting in front of you. You have been hired on by a company to head up a department that is operating in the red and it is your job to find out where the holes in the barrel are. Also, you are the...

Over the years businesses have developed and implemented many approaches to gathering and analyzing key performance indicators. Obviously, the most basic of these would be net sales and net profits but the problem with these two key performance indicators...

One thing that the latest economic down turn has made all too appearant is that for a business manager to compete in todays new cut throat environment he or she must know how to use BI tools. So, what exactly are they and what do they do? Business Inte...

What exactly is the definition of business intelligence. At first glance it might seem that one definition would be the opposite of business stupidity. However; despite the wording, business intelligence the process of gathering and processing data that w...

It is far too easy to underestimate the importance of data backup reporting tools. That is, until it is too late and your company has gone through a catastrophic incident that has resulted in the loss of crucial data that is impossible to retrieve. But by...