MicroStrategy Mobile: The Race to (the Mobile BI) Space Winner!

MicroStrategy’s Mobile History MicroStrategy is a leader in the Mobile BI space.  The first Apple iPad hit the marketplace in April 2010 and MicroStrategy unveiled their Mobile BI capabilities and application to iTunes by September 2010.  It gave them a distinct advantage in the newly forming mobile marketplace.  Many of the other big vendors struggled to … Continued

WEBI on HANA: Ad-Hoc Reporting at the Speed of Business

What is WEBI? WEBI, or Web Intelligence, is the SAP BusinessObjects tool most optimally suited for Ad-Hoc and Parameterized Reporting.  It is a great reporting tool for Non-Technical users as it has a very intuitive and visual interface.  If you can drag and drop objects, then you can build a WEBI report.  However, it also … Continued

Dashboards to the Rescue!

I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve been approached by a client who said, “I need a dashboard.” (I’d probably have enough for a nice round of golf.  ) The impetus for his/her request is not really a need for a dashboard, rather it’s a plea for a more business friendly approach … Continued

Tech lunch focus for September 2013: Amazon Web Services

Thanks to everyone who attended the Axian Tech Lunch on September 19th, 2013. Our focus was on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure. AWS is the lead cloud computing platform today. We at Axian utilize it for many of our clients in order to dramatically lower infrastructure costs, enable faster solution development, utilize innovative application … Continued

Tech Lunch Focus for August 2013: jQuery

Thanks to everyone who attended the Axian Tech Lunch on August 15th, 2013. Our focus was on jQuery. jQuery is a multi-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It has become the most popular JavaScript library in use today. We at Axian utilize it for many of our clients in order … Continued