Golden Nuggets Newsletter - September 2007

THIS MONTH'S NUGGETS
» Get the Advantage: The Golden Advantage Program
» How Does Your Organization Stack Up?
» You've Never Seen a Spreadsheet Do This Before
» Training News: Reporting, BOE, Universe Design & DB2

Get the Advantage: The Golden Advantage Program

A successful Business Intelligence program doesn't just happen. Success requires planning, nurturing and strategy. Why muddle through alone when Golden is here to help?

Golden Consulting Group announces the Golden Advantage Program for Business Objects (G.A.P.), a new way for you to enhance and support your current Business Intelligence (BI) strategy. Golden has joined five ongoing components of a successful BI strategy into one cohesive support package, including annual and quarterly reviews, front line technical support, backup strategy, patch support, and training vouchers.

View the Entire Package and contact Erik Golden
at (860) 242-7704 for additional information.



How Does Your Organization Stack Up?

How mature is your business intelligence environment? Do users have trust and confidence in the data they use to make decisions? Or is information hiding in the shadows?

Find out how your BI program measures up to industry best practices and competition by taking TDWI’s BI Maturity Benchmark Survey. This online survey provides you with a quick way to objectively assess how your BI solution rates along eight key dimensions, including scope, value, funding, and architecture. Determine your organization's BI lifestage—Infant, Child, Teenager, Adult, or Sage— and how it compares to your peers. Are you heading for any common obstacles? And how does your status compare to others who’ve taken the survey from your industry, budget level, geographical location, and size? Begin the Survey



You've Never Seen a Spreadsheet Do This Before:
Steal the Show With Crystal Xcelsius


Now you can create engaging business presentations filled with dynamic charts, vibrant graphs and interactive Excel dashboards — with simple point-and-click!

Steal the Show With Crystal Xcelsius Unlike your ordinary Excel spreadsheet, Crystal Xcelsius allows you to visually analyze "what-if" scenarios, and then communicate your results via PowerPoint, Word, PDF documents and the Web.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
  How can your organization produce affordable, interactive dashboards? Find out at:
» See the Forest: BI Designed and Priced for Mid-Size Organizations
A free seminar:
  Tuesday, September 18
  8:30-11:30 am EST
  Hartford, CT

»

Crystal Reports Tips & Tricks
Our free monthly webinar
   Friday, September 21
   at 10:30 am EST
This month's topics:
» Graph Tips and Tricks
» Hyperlinks within a report
» Functions: currentfieldvalue,
  remainder, roundup

 

TRAINING


Guaranteed to run:

Crystal Reports I, II, & III
will run 9/17 - 9/21/07

BusinessObjects Enteprise — SA210R2 runs 9/17 - 9/18/07
SA310R2 runs 9/19 - 9/21/07

Universe Design - DM310R2
will run 9/24 - 9/26/07

DB2 Fundamentals
(for experienced relational DB users) runs 9/14/07


View our public class schedule

Register here or call Leslie at (860) 242-7704 x114.

 

LINKS

Golden Consulting Group

BI Solutions

Golden's Partners

Crystal Reports Support

Classroom Rentals

"Ask Golden" Forum

About Golden

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CT Technology Council

Business Objects

Insight Forum

Microsoft BI

Kronos Incorporated

IBM




ABOUT GOLDEN NUGGETS
Golden Consulting Group, LLC
is one of New England’s leading providers of technology consulting and training services. Golden’s skills and expertise help companies implement business solutions that allow them to track, manage, understand and report results on their organizations, and thus make better decisions with their newfound insight.

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