arc|planet 2012 Germany: Event Highlights
It's conference season at arcplan! Though we hold smaller arc|planet events in other countries, like Korea and the upcoming BeNeLux conference, the big kahuna is our annual German users conference,...
View ArticlePerks of a Good Planning Process
It's that time of year again – when quarter- and year-end obligations have finance departments frantically crunching numbers to wrap-up their annual reports and create plans for the upcoming year. Some...
View ArticleAgile BI: The Key to Increasing Business Intelligence Adoption
The business intelligence tools of yesterday were slow, expensive, difficult to use, and required long implementation times. Well…let's be honest – many of today's BI tools are still this way. I find...
View ArticleScorecard & Dashboard Development: A Detailed How-To Webinar
You're invited to our last webinar of the year! Scorecard & Dashboard Development: A Detailed How-To Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Time: 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT You'll come away with...
View ArticleMaking Chaos Comprehensible with BI
One of our blog authors, Dwight deVera – arcplan's Senior VP of Solutions Delivery – was interviewed recently by Forbes. This week, the feature piece was published and I thought I'd share it with our...
View Articlearc|planet BeNeLux 2012 Event Recap
Yes, it's another arc|planet recap – we held 3 in 2012. This time I'm spotlighting the arcplan user event we hosted in The Netherlands on November 21st. We invited arcplanners to gather at Stadskasteel...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Impressed With Your Big Data
Musings on the challenges of big data in a year of serious hype There's a reason you haven’t heard more than a handful of big data success stories in 2012. Handling big data correctly is hard, requires...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence Trends 2013: The Breakthrough of Do It Yourself BI and...
arcplan recently examined the trends that will shape the BI landscape in 2013 - self-service BI, collaboration, and mobile BI. Under the umbrella of Do It Yourself BI (DIY BI), these trends will come...
View ArticleResponsive Design + Metro Design = A Match Made In BI Heaven
With the increasing popularity of mobile devices in daily life, workers have become accustomed to switching between gadgets according to the task at hand – smartphones for calls and quick searches,...
View ArticleHappy Holidays!
We have more great articles to share with you in 2013, covering topics such as: Why customizing your BI software is a good thing Getting your data back in shape 5 ways to ensure excellent BI dashboard...
View ArticleGet Your Data Back in Shape for the New Year
Every so often I overhear interesting conversations while standing in line at a store or waiting to board a flight. Recently, I heard this one: Person 1: I literally put on 5 pounds between...
View ArticleMeet Us At CFO Magazine’s 2013 Corporate Performance Management Conference!
I'd like to extend an invite to our readers to attend CFO Magazine's CPM Conference in Philadelphia at the end of this month (January 27-29 at the Loews Hotel). Attendees will learn best practices for...
View Article“Customization” – A Dirty Word in the BI Software World?
I've heard two schools of thought on the subject of whether customization of BI software is a good or bad thing. The first says that customizing a solution essentially leaves you with custom code that...
View ArticleCustomizable BI Software: 5 Things You Can Look Forward To
In my last post, I put to rest some myths about BI software customization. Today I'd like to continue rooting for configurable business intelligence by explaining the benefits you can look forward to...
View ArticleBuilding Your BI Dashboard Foundation: A Developer’s Guide
Over the last couple of years, the growing hype around big data analytics has rekindled interest in data visualization and a long-standing BI tool – the dashboard. BI dashboards are an avenue for...
View ArticlePlanning Done Right at IMAX
Budgeting, planning and forecasting is a critical process for organizations of all sizes who want to ensure profitable operations and well, plan for the future of their business. For finance teams who...
View ArticleHow to Perform Perfect Planning
Today, arcplan put out a press release about the 4 elements of a perfect planning process – and no, it's not fire, earth, air, and water. You may have just emerged from your budgeting and planning...
View ArticleCFO Magazine CPM Conference Recap
The challenges facing today's finance leaders I returned from CFO Magazine's Corporate Performance Management Conference last week with a sense that many finance leaders are experiencing similar...
View ArticlePredictive Analytics: Examples, Advice and Shortcuts
Everyone is throwing around the term "analytics" – about as much as they're throwing around the term "big data." While I might put big data on my list of the Most Overused Phrases, analytics gets a...
View ArticleBudgeting & Planning in 2013: Webinar on February 20th
Join us Wednesday for an essential review of modern planning. Budgeting & Planning in 2013 Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Time: 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT Speaker: Dwight deVera, SVP of...
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