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You are a cook in a remote area with no clocks or other way of keeping time other than a four minute sandglass timer and a seven minute sandglass timer. (The kind you turn over - hourglass shaped.) You do have a stove, however, with water in a pot already boiling.
Somebody asks you for a nine-minute egg, and you know this person is a perfectionist and will be able to tell if you undercook or overcook the eggs by even a few seconds.
What is the least amount of time it will take to prepare the egg? And how will you prepare it so that it is neither undercooked nor overcooked?
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| BSP HOSTS COGNOS USERS GROUP MEETING |
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BSP is hosting the June Chicago Regional Cognos Users' Group meeting at our headquarters on June 2, 2011.
Agenda includes the following topics:
- Advanced JavaScript Techniques
- BSP Software ICS software new features
- Business Intelligence Competency Center Roundtable
- BSP Services Technical Tip
For more information,
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Our "BSP Coin Bug" travel bug has made it to Texas on its journey from Maryland to our Seattle office! So far it has traveled 1338 miles! Is it in your town?
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Welcome to this month's BSP Newsletter. We have a lot of educational content this month, along with some great tips and tricks and other IBM Cognos related information as always! And remember, we enjoy hearing your suggestions regarding the content you'd like to see. Please e-mail us at Newsletter@brightstarpartners.com if you have a topic you'd like to see discussed in future newsletters. |
BSP ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF RICHARD MANNS AS VP OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
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BrightStar Partners, a global Business Analytics consulting and software firm, is excited to announce that Richard Manns has joined the firm as Vice President of Professional Services.
In this new role, Manns will leverage more than 15 years of experience in advancing the utilization of Business Intelligence and Performance Management practices across numerous industries, to build upon the current success of the BrightStar Partners organization. Manns' responsibilities will include providing leadership to the BSP services organization, contributing to revenue generation, project oversight and delivery, and practice expansion.
See the full press release here.
Welcome Richard!
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BSP PROUDLY ANNOUNCES OUR IBM CHAMPION |
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The IBM Champion Program recognizes individuals who make outstanding contributions to the IBM communities by evangelizing and advocating IBM solutions; sharing their knowledge and expertise; and helping nurture and grow independent communities. An IBM Champion is a non-IBM developer or IT professional who leads and mentors his or her peers and helps them make best use of IBM solutions and services.
This year's nominations included several BSP employees, and we're proud to announce that our own Dustin Adkison made the cut! We would like to thank Dustin for his leadership and contributions to the Business Analytics community. He represents an elite group across all of IBM Information Management, Business Analytics and Enterprise Content Management communities to be chosen for this recognition. Congratulations!
You can find out more here. |
| METAMANAGER 3.7 RELEASED! |
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The most comprehensive solution for streamlining productivity! MetaManager offers administrators and developers the ability to gain full control over all aspects of their deployment through one intuitive, powerful user interface. Through the various product modules, users are able to save tremendous time automating manual processes while adding a wealth of capabilities to extend the value of the out-of-the-box IBM Cognos software.
The MetaManager 3.7 release has an impressive amount of new features and functionality, including the return of Transaction Manager. Users can now revert any changes that they have made within any of the supported Modules.
For more information on all the exciting new features, click here. |
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BSP SOFTWARE WEBINAR SERIES
INTEGRATED CONTROL SUITE - MAY 17, 2011 |
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BSP's Integrated Control Suite (ICS) delivers governance, risk and compliance solutions to lower IBM Cognos customers' total cost of ownership. ICS's tight integration into the IBM Cognos environment ensures transparency to users and supporting IT departments. Built from the ground up, ICS appears and behaves as part of the core IBM Cognos product suite.
Join us on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM CST to find out more. Click here to register.
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| PODCAST 3.7: CLOSER LOOK AT IBM COGNOS AUDIT AND EXTENSION PACKAGES |
Volume 3, Episode 7: Have a 9 minute peek at the IBM Cognos Audit and Extension packages.
The IBM Cognos Audit package provides valuable insight into the activity in your IBM Content Store. This package out of the box can help you as an administrator understand more about usage whether it be who's logging in or what reports are being executed. Also monitor report run times to find slow running reports. The IBM Cognos Audit Extension takes reporting on the content store to a whole new level. Spend 9 minutes with on this podcast and we'll walk you through some samples.
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INTEGRATING MAPS WITH COGNOS BI |
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By Ted Reilly, Consultant
People often ask how they can integrate maps into Cognos, like those in the sample data. The sample maps included with Cognos were generated by MapInfo from Pitney-Bowes. There are several vendors that offer maps compatible with Cognos, with this article focusing on MapInfo. Once you have your desired map in the supported format, you can decide what features or levels of the map you will utilize in Cognos Map Manager.
The basic map of the United States will deliver state, zip code areas, and markers for major cities and capitals. In Map Manager, you can customize the map to include just the layers you want to eliminate any clutter. For example, you can use Map Manager to cut out a specific region of the United States for reporting.
In order to integrate a map into a report, you will need to make your data align with the map. For instance, if your data has state names, and the map uses abbreviations, you'll want to add a data item for the abbreviation in the report.
For detailed steps for how to integrate a map into a report, as well as, tips for integrating with prompts and other report objects,
click here to read the full article.
For questions on this technique, e-mail us at Newsletter@brightstarpartners.com.
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Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth!
Here are secrets, fun facts and bits of trivia about Disneyland Resort that may surprise you:
1. Disneyland opened July 17, 1955, with 18 major attractions. Today, there are more than 60 adventures and attractions.
2. When Disneyland opened, Anaheim, Calif., had five hotels and two motels with a total of 87 rooms, and there were 34
restaurants in the city. Today, Anaheim boasts approximately 150 hotels and motels with more than 18,000 rooms, and well over 450 restaurants.
3. From groundbreaking to opening day, Disneyland was built in just 365 days.
4. Disneyland Park welcomes as many as 65,000 guests in a single day and between 10 million and 12 million each year. Well over 500 million guests have passed through the gates of Disneyland since opening day, including seven U.S. presidents and many other prominent 20th century dignitaries and celebrities.
5. Having fun is hungry and thirsty work. Every year, guests at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park consume an estimated 3 million hamburgers, 2 million hot dogs, 6.5 million orders of french fries, 1.6 million servings of popcorn, 3.2 million servings of ice cream, 1.9 million gallons of soft drinks and 2.8 million churros.
To read the complete set of secrets and fun facts, click here.
From: DisneyDestinations.MSN.com (2011)
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