Most of us have experienced the strange but fundamentally human urge to linger at the scene of a disaster. It’s natural – we want to understand what has happened so that we can avoid any future such disasters taking a toll on us personally. With this fundamental urge… Continue reading
Author Archives: Dominic Parsons
Ugly Annual Budget stories
The Annual Budget is dead. Long live the Annual Budget?
Annual Budget or Continuous Forecasting – which side are you on? I wanted to share a solid article I read in the CFO Magazine from September 2012, in case you missed it. Freed from the Budget is a re-focus on the value or otherwise of the annual budget… Continue reading
What’s New: April 2013
What’s new? Well, plenty. Among the many other things we’ve been up to recently, we hope you’re enjoying the new look and feel of the newsletter. It’s an early peek at our new home on the web which we’ll be releasing between now and June.
As you’ll read, in recent months CALUMO HQ… Continue reading
Oh the PAIN! It’s budget time again :(
It’s that time of year again when plans and budgets are under way – and the crowd roars Yeah… wait… No?
No I don’t mean the execution of plans well laid and clearly productive. I mean the long drawn out boring, energy sapping, life-robbing process of preparing the annual corporate budget. It’s not this way for everyone but it… Continue reading
Big Data and Business Intelligence
The stand out talking point of 2012 was surely the rise and rise of interest in “Big Data”.
So what is Big Data?
According to Wikipedia:
In information technology, big data[1][2] is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications.
Over the last couple of months I’ve given a few presentations to Finance people about emerging trends in Business Intelligence. As a former finance guy, I want to give you guys a reality check.… Continue reading
The fallacy of buying for the Big Brand Balance sheet
- A recent QLD Government case raises doubt over the usefulness of a Big Vendor Balance Sheet
- Even Governments won’t take on IBM over failed projects
- Court-room grade documentation does not improve project outcomes and is
Does anyone actually use Business Intelligence to make more money?
When you get past the snazzy charts, analytic epiphanies and one versions of the truth, the single key to successful Business Intelligence is adoption. That means as many people as possible in your organisation getting at-will access to the information that they need to be successful in making your organisation successful. That’s access to reliable and secure information… Continue reading
Work/Life balance just got a little easier
Earlier 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 (a 10% discount for corporate bookings) was well received and we’re now… Continue reading
Work Life Balance
What do these things have in common? Keep reading to find out – and note that there are some tangible takeaways at the bottom of this post.
Have a great week end. Continue reading
Do you love your BI this much ?
I absolutely LOVE talking to our clients and hearing from them about how they use CALUMO. It’s like an energy boost for me. Don’t get me wrong, occasionally we have issues we have to work through together but overwhelmingly I am left energised. Continue reading
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