My First SDK Experience

The other day, we were thinking back to our first custom SDK project. I thought it might be interesting to share how it started. And, as with many things it started with a client coming to us with a problem… The Problem: We have been engaged to develop a dashboard for a client.  One o

MicroStrategy World 2016 Brings Our Best GeoDash Offer – Ever!

Project X Ltd & Project X Labs Ltd Offering Our BEST Ever GeoDash Promotion at MicroStrategy World 2016 Show with the Release of GeoDash 3 & GeoDash 3M Make sure you come by the Project X Ltd exhibitor booth (#308) at MicroStrategy World 2016 taking place February 8-10 in Miam

Partner Sales Training At MicroStrategy HQ

Just before Halloween I had the opportunity to travel down to Tysons Corner, Virginia and attend the Partner Sales Academy at MicroStrategy headquarters. As a MicroStrategy Partner, we not only have the opportunity to promote and work with a best in class BI tool, we also get to parti

Big Data: The Next Big Thing

First a brief personal history of data warehousing time. In 1987, I started working with relational database systems when they were in their infancy.  We tried to build OLTP and OLAP systems on single relational databases, client server platforms.  It didn’t go so well.  By the

Finding the right BI and Analytics people

One of the interesting conversations we had at our recent client offsite, ConneXions, was about challenges and strategies for finding the right BI and Analytics staff.  Success, it would appear, takes strategic thinking, proactive behaviour, and creativity. The Talent Management Chall

Top BI/DW Opportunities and Challenges in 2011

I would like to share some thoughts on the top opportunity and challenges that Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing will face in 2011.   1.          Mobile BI – As with any technology or approach at its genesis, organizations often strug

Collaboration is More Than Just Talk

As most of you who follow our blog know, Project X's RapidBI Approach and Platform is linked and depends very much on Agile Development and Real Collaboration. The challenge with the word collaboration is that often it is just talk.  I have had the opportunity to work with s

CoffeeCAST – #53 – BI Governance

Michael and I sat down after a great morning of review on lessons learned and wanted to quickly chat about Business Intelligence Governance. In today’s CoffeeCAST we talk about the main four areas of focus without going too deep on any one.  They are: BI Governance committee BI

CoffeeCast – Video – MicroStrategy World – Summary

Michael and I finally had a moment to sit down and collect our thoughts after our great week in Las Vegas. Our highlights are: MicroStrategy World General Mobile BI – extending Business Intelligence Visualization – ability to garner insight Lessons learned – customer

Vendor Provided Analytical LDM

I found the following article interesting as this was something we had been discussing during a debate of Netezza vs Teradata.  One of the comments was to go with Teradata and use the vendor provided analytical LDM relevant to the clients industry.  This is a g