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IS YOUR IBM COGNOS ENVIRONMENT SICK? |
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USER-ADOPTION: "THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION" |
Join on us May 30th as we present the key to successful implementations: User-Adoption. Register now to reserve your seat in this instructional webinar on one of the most over-looked concepts in BI delivery.
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BrightStar Partners started in 2004 by a couple of former Cognos employees as a consulting firm focused on implementations, training, architecture and best practices. In 2005 we acquired COGNOiSe.com, the world's largest independent IBM Cognos collaboration and support community, and have grown it to over 14,000 experts strong!
In 2006 the founders created BSP Software with a mission of providing implementation-based software solutions to extend the functionality of Cognos software and to streamline manual processes to achieve quick ROI.
In 2008 BSP began actively reselling Cognos software and shortly thereafter expanded to include support renewals as well.
From implementation to training, software development to solution sales, IBM Cognos license and support sales, and worldwide community ownership, BSP is uniquely positioned within the IBM Premier Business Partner community. |
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Albert Einstein allegedly made this riddle for his scholars...
A man encountered a bear in a wasteland. There was nobody else there. Both were frightened and ran away: Man to the north, bear to the west. Suddenly the man stopped, aimed his gun to the south and shot the bear. What color was the bear?
If you don't know, this may help you: if the bear ran about 3.14 times faster than the man(still westwards), the man could have shot straight in front of him, however for the booty he would have to go to the south.
Know the answer? The rules are same as last month. Did you figure out Who owns the fish(?) in May's newsletter? |
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Greetings!
Where have you seen BSP this month? Your local User-Group meeting perhaps? Technical workshop? Boston or Chicago? Madrid or London?
BSP has been on the move! We are burning rubber and logging miles presenting technical tips and tricks, our BSP Software solutions and promoting the future of BI through our hosted Business Analytics Experience Workshops!
Contact us to schedule BSP for your next user group or internal company training! Keep reading to see where BSP will be in August...you won't want to miss out!
Technical articles? Of course. Discounts on licensing and support? Always. Welcome to our May Newsletter. We've missed you! |
BSP MAKES A HUGE SPLASH IN AUGUST! |
Join us August 26th at the 30th annual Chicago Triathlon!
Last year BSP employee Charlie Peterson laid down a corporate challenge to entice fellow BSP'ers to participate in the Chicago Triathlon, the largest of its kind in the world! BSP had 12 members of the team successfully complete the challenge last year, and it was a life-changer for many. We've since seen several members of the company participate in other similar events, including one of our owners, who competed in this year's Ironman St. Croix 70.3!
This year BSP has more than 90% of our company registered in what is likely the largest company participation the event has ever seen! We would love to see you out on the course this year as either a spectator or participant. Please email us if you're interested in attending and we'll get you all the details.
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 This past month BSP has invited our listener community to share their voice and honor us with their presence!
Share your ideas in the BSP Suggestion Box and be registered for a Kindle Fire! Click here for more information.
Register for this year's Information On Demand conference with BSP's customer code and save $400, receive a BSP polo shirt, and... Click here for more information. |
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SQL BEST PRACTICES
By SJ Van Jaarsveld, Consultant
Report authors need the ability to read and develop SQL queries, to allow them to develop more efficient BI solutions, and validate these solutions against the database. The purpose of this article is to provide guidance and 'best practice' methodology to aid in the development of SQL queries. These best practices will result in queries that are maintainable, that are standard across your organization, and that will perform better.
Click here to read the full article. |
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MODELING USING STORED PROCEDURES WITH PARAMETERS
By Bryan Smith, Consultant
One challenge BI faces is syncronizing Cognos Reporting to the same version of the truth that other tools serve up data to users. The business logic that goes into creating the data presented by other tools can be extremely difficult and time consuming to recreate within Cognos. If we could only syncronize Cognos to these other tools, we could easily gain user acceptance and trust in Cognos data.
Click here to read the full article. |
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This is another super difficult riddle from Albert Enistein. Solve it,
email us the answer, and YOU have the honor of submitting our Brain Teaser for next month! We'll post the answer and the winner in our June Newsletter.
So, you tell me...what color was the bear? Click here in 2 days to see the answer! |
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