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BI360 User Conference – Look Out Surf City USA, Here We Come!

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What to Expect Plus Tips to Help You Take Advantage of All Focus 2018 Has to Offer If you haven’t already registered to attend Focus 2018 (www.solverglobal.com/focus) on August 27 – 30, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort…
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Corporate Performance Management in 2018: Reporting, Budgeting, Dashboards & Data Warehousing

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This article launches the yearlong focus of this blog on leveraging the right corporate performance management (CPM) tools to manage and analyze data. The purpose of the blog this year is to provide executives, leadership teams, and those charged…
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#ThisIsSolver: Recapping 2017 and Looking Ahead to 2018

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This blog entry will discuss the achievements Solver is most proud of in 2017 – and what to look forward to from the team in 2018. Last week, Solver hosted its annual white elephant gift exchange and holiday party. Lots of laughter, plenty…
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Enabling World-class Decisions in 2018 with Innovative Corporate Performance Management Technology

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This article will discuss what’s at stake in terms of how you leverage diverse company data types to enable optimized decision-making in 2018. There is a lot going on right now: politically, culturally, and economically. There always seems…
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Coming Back from Microsoft Dynamics User Group Summit 2017: Fixin’ to Hit the Trail Running

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This article recaps the countrifried Microsoft Dynamics User Groups Summit in Nashville October 10-13, 2017. Well, if you wandered down the road to Music City this past week, you weren’t just hearing guitars, banjos, fiddles, and the trills…
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How Coaching Soccer Applies to Work

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For those that know me, it has been well known that I despise soccer. I have never enjoyed watching it or playing it. When my son Evan first started playing sports, I told him he can only play soccer until he turns 7, and he promptly quit to…
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#ThisisSolver – Innovation

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This article will discuss one of the winning ingredients for Solver as an organization and definitely one of the reasons BI360 is as successful as it is: innovation. I have worked for Solver, Inc. almost exactly three and a half years, and regardless…
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Netflix's Okja and Cloud Financial Reporting: The Parallels of Powerful Storytelling

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This article will look at the power of modern cloud financial reporting through the lens of powerful storytelling, as delivered by Netflix’s Okja. Sometimes, a movie comes along that captures a generation and perhaps even changes the culture.…
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What #ThisisSolver Means, a Spotlight on the Solver Culture

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This article takes a closer look at the company culture at Solver. In this article, I’ll be covering Solver’s culture, both internally and externally - and how that has changed the way I view work and my work ethic. In America, we work an…
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Focus 2017: Another Record-Breaker in the Books

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This article will recap all of the details from Focus 2017, the 5th annual user conference for BI360 customers and partners. And just like that, Focus 2017 has come and gone. For the planning committee at Solver, charged with the planning and…
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Focus 2017: A BI360 Family Reunion

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This article will detail what BI360 customers and partners can expect from the 5th edition of Focus, the annual user conference Solver puts on in Southern California. When I first attended Focus in 2014, I was relatively new to the corporate…
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Why Move Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to the Cloud?

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This article explores financial planning and analysis in the cloud for your CPM strategies. In the budgeting and forecasting realm, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is becoming more and more relevant. Most mid-sized and large companies…
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Excel Budgeting on Cloud for Banks

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This article will focus on Excel Budgeting on Cloud for Banks. Nothing is easier than Excel – When it comes to budgeting for a bank, it all starts with the balance sheet.  The main component of a bank’s revenue comes from the interest…
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The Importance of Training in Cloud Business Intelligence Solution Management

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In this article, we will explore the necessity of training in getting the most ROI on your Cloud Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence solutions. On this blog, we have been discussing the service packages that can come…
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Cloud-based BI Solutions for Banking

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This article will focus on Cloud-based Business Intelligence Solutions for Banking.   Why do I love my iPod Classic? – I got my 80GB iPod Classic around 2007.  I was able to load all 14,000 songs from my library onto it.  I created…
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How to Prepare for Your First Financial Reporting Implementation

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This article will discuss the process of preparing for a successful financial reporting implementation. In the modern business realm, you cannot avoid financial reporting. Whether it is a homegrown Excel process, a legacy software program,…
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Cloud Reporting for Banks

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This article will focus on Cloud Reporting for Banks. Just what is Cloud Reporting? – TechTarget defines Cloud Analytics as a service model in which the reporting and analysis process are provided through a public or private cloud.…
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What should I be looking for in a Performance Management Tool for Banks?

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This article will focus on what you will be looking for in a Performance Management Tool for Banks.   What is Performance Management?  According to the Harvard Business School, performance measurement focuses on four main areas: -Communicating…
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The Power of Good Drill-Down in Dynamics NAV Reports

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This article focuses on the importance of the drill-down function in your reporting tool. Have you looked at the summary page on your bank statement and not been able to recall a transaction you made? Or has your department made a large transaction…
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Solver Celebrates 20 Years: Executive Interview, Part 3

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At the end of 2016, we sat down with CEO Nils Rasmussen, COO Corey Barak, CIO Hadrian Knotz, and CTO Mike Applegate to discuss 20 impactful years of being a leader in the Business Intelligence (BI) industry. This is the final segment in the…
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Solver Celebrates 20 Years: Executive Interview, Part 1

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I recently sat down with the leadership team at Solver to discuss the 20th anniversary of launching the organization.  The following is the first in a series, where they talk about how the organization came about, where they have gone and been,…
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 has Accelerated the Cloud ERP Revolution, but What About Your Reporting and Budgeting Needs?

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This article discusses next steps to take for your reporting and budgeting needs regarding Dynamics 365. Microsoft unveiled their cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Dynamics 365, just a little over a month ago. As a potential…
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The Importance of Business Intelligence for All Companies and how it Impacts the Beginning of the Year

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After the Thanksgiving holiday, I sat down with Solver’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Corey Barak to talk about the importance of business intelligence (BI) for organizations. Corey is our “Chandler” from the television sitcom, Friends.…
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Things to be Thankful for in Today’s Business Intelligence Solutions for Not-For-Profit Organizations

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In this article, we discuss how business Intelligence (BI) tools have helped not-for-profit organizations focus more on their mission and less on budgeting and reporting. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we thought it would be appropriate…
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The Next Generation Cloud-based BI Tools

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  The other day, I met with Solver’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Applegate to talk about the next generation cloud-based tools. I made my way to his office, which is located right next to the kitchen - how convenient, right?…
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How to Reduce the Number of Report Writers in Your Organization

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This article will discuss the benefits of consolidating your many reporting tools. How many of us use five or more report writers across our business systems? I know it sounds absurd, but most organizations do use that many reporting tools…
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BI360 Focus 16 Conference Recap

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Solver Global came together at one location last week to host its annual Focus customer and partner conference at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines hotel in sunny San Diego, California. Solver kicked off the conference with two-day intensive…
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How to Prepare for Your First Budget Software Implementation (Budgeting Series)

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This article will focus on the process of preparing for a successful software implementation. Congratulations! You’ve finally made the first step in investing in a budgeting software. This is huge. Budgeting solutions will make a world of…
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Listen and Learn from Your Peers and Enjoy the Resort at Focus 2016

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This year, Focus 2016, August 22-25, 2016, Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, San Diego, CA gives customers more ways to share their own BI360 stories with the community. Attendees can ask questions and gain valuable tips and insights from the people…
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An Introduction to the Business Intelligence World

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This article is an introduction: I'll tell you a little bit about myself and my entry into the Business Intelligence realm, as well as my plans to blog about management solutions. My name is Hanna Kim, and I’m an Angeleno. If you…