Entries by Ironside Group

Hosting IBM Cognos BI on Amazon Cloud

With the growing popularity of cloud computing, hosting a BI infrastructure on the cloud is becoming an emerging trend for organizations to conveniently access a pool of scalable computing resources per an on-demand basis. This article aims to provide our fellow practitioner an overview of hosting IBM Cognos solutions on one of the most commonly […]

IBM Cognos 10 Bullet Charts

Cognos 10 marks a significant improvement in a new charting engine. Charts are without a doubt, a very powerful tool to deliver information. The chart enhancements made in IBM Cognos 10 focus on improving the effectiveness of this communication. This article discusses the Bullet Chart.

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IBM Cognos 10 Business Insight Advanced: 5 Key Features that Can Transform Your Organization

Back in October when IBM Cognos 10 was first released, I initially touted Business Insight Advanced (BIA) as the single-most important enhancement over IBM Cognos 8. After a few months of hands-on usage, I am sticking to my initial assessment. Here are five key features that I’ve identified as having the greatest potential for a positive impact on […]

What’s new in IBM Cognos 10 Framework Manager

While Framework Manager didn’t receive the dramatic changes in IBM Cognos 10 that some other areas did, there are still some interesting and useful new features, which might have slipped under the radar with the new release. The main new features are: The ability to create “Durable Models” Model Design Accelerator Dynamic […]

Linking IBM Cognos Portal Pages through Prompts

In this month’s Tech Tip we will extend the capability introduced in last month’s article “Creating IBM Cognos Portal Pages” by linking various portal pages in Cognos Connection dashboard applications. To demonstrate this technique, we will explain how to pass your prompt selections from one dashboard portlet to other report portlets within the same dashboard […]

Creating IBM Cognos Portal Pages

Overview: This month’s Tech Tip article is a two part article that will review the implementation of global filters in Cognos Connection dashboard applications. To demonstrate this technique, we will explain how to pass your prompt selections from one dashboard portlet to other report portlets within the same dashboard page. In an effort to facilitate […]

Cognos Express Case Study: Grasshopper Group

Grasshopper Group Selects IBM Cognos Express for Affordability and Rapid ROI to Help Achieve their Goal of Servicing Over One Million Entrepreneurs “Cognos Express was a solution that fit our budget, even as a small company, and we were able to get it implemented in a much faster time than I would have ever expected.” […]

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Learn How Grasshopper Group is Using IBM Cognos Express to Help Over 100K Entrepreneurs Find Success

The Ironside Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that we will be speaking with our customer, Grasshopper Group, a provider of a suite of products that entrepreneurs love to use and helps them get over some of the initial hurdles of running a business, as the keynote presentation at the December 8th Midsize Business Analytics Virtual Summit. Grasshopper will […]