Entries by Ironside Group

Introducing the New Ironside

Award-winning IBM Partner celebrating 15 years re-launches as comprehensive business-focused analytics solution provider Lexington, MA (May 16, 2014) – The Ironside Group, the award-winning North American business analytics consultancy founded in 1999, today re-launched their organization as simply Ironside. This change is both a reflection of their celebrated 15 year history, as well as a […]

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Heat Map Formatting using HTML

Even if you don’t have access to the RAVE visualizations available in Cognos 10.2.1, there are still some options to produce non-standard charts and simulate things such as heat maps using older Cognos versions. With some creative HTML use, you can set up a heat map that responds to various conditions in your reports. This […]

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IBM Cognos TM1 Performance Modeler and Architect: Potential Collaboration Pitfalls

IBM is encouraging developers to use Performance Modeler as the main tool for creating and maintaining TM1 server objects. Performance Modeler offers many features that Architect simply does not provide. The push toward Performance Modeler is evident in IBM’s documentation, presentations, and rapid update releases for the tool. For now, Architect will still exist and […]

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Ironside Named Boston Business Journal Pacesetter- Ranked as 7th Fastest Growing Company in the State of Massachusetts

Lexington, MA (April 17, 2014). The Ironside Group has been named a 2014 Boston Business Journal Pacesetter. The Boston Business Journal Pacesetters is an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in Massachusetts. This year’s Pacesetters list includes seventy privately held businesses that recorded the state’s fastest revenue growth from 2010 through 2013. Of the […]

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New Ironside IBM Cognos Framework Manager Curriculum Now Available

Ironside is happy to announce the release of our new, enhanced, and fully-revised Framework Manager curriculum. This update combines customer suggestions with expert insights from Ironside instructors and consultants to form the most comprehensive Framework Manager course available today. These two classes represent the current best-of-breed thinking around metadata modeling in the BI space. Built […]

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The Road to IBM Vision

Join us on The Road to IBM Vision as we prepare for IBM’s premier global conference for finance, risk management, and sales compensation professionals coming to Orlando, Florida from May 18-21! In preparation for Vision, we will be hosting two exciting webinars: TM1 Performance Modeler and Architect Comparison and Introduction to IBM Cognos Disclosure Management.

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Why Migrate from IBM Cognos Planning to TM1?

At first glance, IBM Cognos TM1 and Cognos Planning have similar features. They both leverage a multicube architecture and support complex, cross-cube calculations. The primary differentiating feature of IBM Cognos TM1 can be found in its efficient calculation engine and its method for storing data. When users enter data into most other planning applications, a […]

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Ironside Headquarters Has Moved to a New Office!

As Ironside continues to grow we are happy to announce that we moved the Boston Ironside headquarters to a new larger office on March 10th, 2014. Our old office served us well, leaving us with great memories; nonetheless we are very excited for the opportunities ahead. Please send all mail to our new address: Ironside 10 Maguire Road, […]

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