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Quick infographic for 8 Excel tips & tricks. Since we all know that Excel has a special place in any BI solution.

http://www.microsofttraining.net/sharing/15-8-time-saving-shortcuts-excel.html

BI that can predict the likelihood of a patient's death.

This Hospital Supercomputer Can Predict A Patient’s Death [DIGEST: Science World Report, Mirror, Daily Mail, BBC, Connected Health Symposium] They say knowledge is power, but are there things we’d rather not know? Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in B…

My next tagline in a presentation: "Don't be the Beaver Overthinking the Dam" :-)

Beaver Overthinking Dam HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO—Not content with functionalism, beaver Dennis Messner strives for integration-minded post-modernism.

Good read. The only thing that I would add is the importance of a self service platform. That concept is in the article, but could be spelled out.

Data Is the New Middle Manager Startups are keeping head counts low, and even eliminating management positions, by replacing them with a surprising substitute for leaders and decision-makers: data.

7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a BI Consultant: http://tdwi.org/articles/2014/09/16/7-Questions-to-Ask-BI-Consultant.aspx

7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a BI Consultant -- TDWI -The Data Warehousing Institute How can you tell if the consultant you’re considering will meet your needs? This set of questions can help.

"...2014 will be a critical year in which the task of making "hard types of analysis easy" for an expanded set of users..."
Nice to see that we're on the right track.

Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms Data discovery capabilities are dominating new purchasing requirements, even for larger deployments, as alternatives to traditional BI tools. But "governed data discovery" — the ability to meet the dual demands of enterprise IT and business users — remains a challenge unmet by any one vendor.

Happy Thanksgiving! (now where's that Practice Group Report?)

Very Interesting:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/10/daily-chart-2?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/unlikelyresults

Today's infused water flavor... watermelon!

Our booth is set up and open for business. Stop on by!

Time for the Keynote. Conference feels officially kicked off.