What Data Visualization Should I Use?
Raw data sets that are aggregated from corporate repositories, social media channels, company website metrics and other sources all have the potential to be of great value to an organization, but they don't actually convey meaning at a glance. This is where data...
Orbit Reporting + Analytics, and Discoverer Migration
Support for Oracle Discoverer officially ended on June 30, 2017. Users still running Oracle Discoverer as their everyday operational reporting tool within Oracle E-Business Suite should consider moving to another tool before it is too late... "No new patches for...
How Can Self-Service Business Intelligence Make Your Work Day Easier?
The average business worker uses multiple applications throughout the day for productivity purposes. In fact, by mid-2014, modern enterprises used about 508 applications in their business operations. Today, that number has most likely increased due to the...
Ad Hoc Reporting: Query, Test, Communicate, Repeat
NASA started using computers to calculate orbital paths in 1962. However, John Glenn, a respected pilot from World War II, wasn’t quite sure that he trusted the computer’s numbers. After all, he was trying to become the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn refused...
Orbit Shortlisted for the UKOUG ISV Partner of the Year Award
Orbit has been shortlisted for the UKOUG ISV Partner of the Year Award We are pleased to announce that Orbit has been shortlisted for the UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards 2017/2018. ORBIT has been nominated for the ISV Partner of the Year category, which is awarded to...
Understanding BI’s Potential: Business Intelligence for Business Users
Researchers estimate that approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated on a daily basis. At this point in time, there is exponentially more data available to us than there are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Just as humankind stares into the vacuum of...
What Are the Benefits of Cloud-Based BI?
This article will discuss those benefits in detail and provide some of the main reasons why organizations are moving towards a cloud-based BI solution. Many business decision-makers have been won over by the cloud's promises of scalability, low overhead and strong...
Why You Need Self-Service Operational Reporting
The majority of an organization's day-to-day workflows are in the hands of its lines of business. It's frustrating, then, that many legacy operational reporting tools fail to provide employees the self-service reporting capabilities they need to do their jobs well....
Best Practices for Discoverer Migration & Replacement
The June 2017 deadline for Discoverer’s end of life is rapidly nearing. With that end in sight, and budget planning well underway, the time to begin migrating reports and locking down a Discoverer replacement solution could not be better. Depending on the number of...
Top 5 Business Intelligence and Reporting Trends
As data analytics are being recognized as a central component of business operations, organizations are under increasing pressure to keep pace with the evolution of business intelligence and operational reporting tools. To do so, they'll need to chart the technology's...
How Does the Cloud Influence Enterprise Analytics?
The cloud is most often discussed in the context of its scalability, mobility and its collaborative benefits. Regarding scalability, many cloud-based services are convenient because they don't strain the existing internal IT infrastructure or require a large...
Overtime Overhaul Has Arrived: Here’s How to Prepare for It
In May 2016, a federal overtime rule that has been in the works since 2015 became official. Starting Dec. 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor will require companies to pay employees earning $47,476 or less per year over time for every extra hour of work. Not...