VICTORIAN STATE GOVERNMENT FUNDING CUTS TO TAFE AND SOME GUIDANCE TO SUCCESS

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Warwick Leitch

The Victorian government has made some radical changes to TAFE’s in Victoria via the latest budget released last week. The media and TAFE’s alike are expecting huge job cuts.  This knee jerk reaction may be wrong according to Roger DalCastello from CALUMO.  Roger recently released his assessment of the changes the Victorian Government have caused TAFE’s, the effect it will have and how to be ahead of… Continue reading

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8 Budgeting pains with Excel and 11 benefits when it’s fixed

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Warwick Leitch

Excel: IT hates it!  Finance loves it!

Most large organisations use Excel for budgeting and forecasting.  In our experience it is a huge and expensive problem.

Finance sends spreadsheets to people to collect their budgets and forecast.  Initially, this makes loads of sense because Excel is the finance team’s tool of choice.  They know it and it’s quick… Continue reading

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Latest Release of CALUMO 11.9.1 Roll-up 3 is now available

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Warwick Leitch

The latest update of CALUMO (CALUMO 11.9.1 Roll-up 3) has been released.  The primary focus of this release has been fixing those pesky bugs but as usual, we can’t resist adding new functionality.

 

Mobile access to reports and dashboards is automatic and easy… Continue reading

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3 Steps to Automate your Annual Financial Report with Business Intelligence

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Warwick Leitch

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I recently met with Graeme Hoy from the University of Canberra to understand more about how CALUMO software was helping them out.  CALUMO is UC’s Finance reporting and budgeting tool.  Reports are delivered to many departments throughout the University as… Continue reading

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Right on target: choosing the best course for your needs

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Vickie Sublette

Choosing a training course can be like buying new running shoes: most importantly, you want them to be practical, make you feel comfortable, and take you the distance. You might also want to buy them from someone you trust, someone who will stand by their products, and who will care enough about you to ensure you get the… Continue reading

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11 Reasons why the big Business Intelligence vendors are making your life hard and costing you money!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Warwick Leitch

Business Intelligence tools are often likened to cars. “I have the Ferrari of BI tools” I heard once. At the time I thought, “So you paid a lot of money for a BI tool that no one can drive properly and it doesn’t tolerate common road conditions all that well like

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An exciting new course from the CALUMO Academy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Vickie Sublette

NEW from the

The CALUMO Academy

Has it been some time since you have attended the CALUMO Advanced Report Developer course?

If so, you may not be using all of the latest functionality and enhancements available in CALUMO 11.9.

In our new CALUMO Advanced – New Developments course, you will learn to master… Continue reading

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CALUMO Software Lifecycle

Posted on January 13, 2012 by James Summerton

To  ensure the continuing high quality of support CALUMO gives to its customers and help them stay up to date with the latest and greatest releases of CALUMO Software, as of January 2012, CALUMO Software versions over 2 years old will become “End of Life” on their 2nd anniversary.

The immediate impact of this will be that all versions prior to CALUMO 11.5.0 are now at their end of… Continue reading

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OneNote for iPad and iPod released

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Warwick Leitch

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A very exciting note from Microsoft about OneNote’s availability for the iPad and iPod! Here is info from Ray Fleming’s blog:

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Work/Life balance just got a little easier

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dominic Parsons

imageEarlier in 2011 I announced the collaboration between Strike and CALUMO to help you take “One small step for wo/man” to demonstrate your commitment to achieving Work Life Balance with your loved ones. I’m pleased to announce that our initial step… Continue reading

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