Noetix customer Invacare Corporation, the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home and long-term care medical products, began a corporate-wide re-invention in 2006, including a new IT initiative which brought to light the need for a modern business intelligence (BI) system.

“When I came on board, the company was starved for information,” said David Mewes, CIO of Invacare.  “We decided we needed a good old-fashioned data warehouse, or a repository, which fit the newer model of business intelligence.” Read complete post »

Noetix Corp., a world-class provider of business intelligence (BI) software and services for enterprise applications, today announced that Jeff Kirk, director of product management for Noetix Analytics, will be featured on this week’s DM Radio program discussing ways to streamline operations with business analytics. DM Radio broadcasts programs featuring business technology trends from the Information Management website at http://www.information-management.com/dmradio/. Read complete post »

What is the toughest part about being a CFO today?

Today, more than ever, the CFO is expected to have visibility into all aspects of the business and also to determine how deep to reach into each part of the business.  This expectation is driven from the huge amount of information that is now available to business decision-makers.  This is tough!  The level of this expectation, of course, varies by organization and even varies with changes in the leaders within the organization.  Read complete post »

Collaborate in Las Vegas was a great venue to introduce NoetixViews Workbench, a new technology platform that automates the creation and management of customizations to NoetixViews^® for Oracle^® E-Business Suite.  The solution was created based on feedback from customers telling us they want all of their E-Business Suite operational reports based entirely on the Noetix framework and they also wanted an easier and more cost effective way to build and maintain their customizations.  By automating what used to be a manual process, Workbench will dramatically improve quality and turnaround time for customizations, all with a lower demand for IT resources. Read complete post »

We are interested in hearing which analyst firms you turn to for business intelligence advice. On a scale of 1-5, 1 being your most preferred firm, please answer the following poll question:

First question: What do you get when millions of humans engage with social networks, post thoughts in blogs, chat rooms, and comment fields, and tweet throughout the day?  You get BIG DATA.  And business intelligence vendors are racing to understand how to take advantage of this data in order to harness it and then transform it into useful information for business analysis. Read complete post »

Daryl Orts, VP of Engineering Technologies, answers your questions regarding BI, technology, and related products.

QUESTION:  What does it mean that NoetixViews is “Metadata Based”?

ANSWER:  When a Noetix view is initially designed by our Engineering team, it is built as a SQL query. This is identical to the process that an IT developer would follow to build a custom view. However, before the view gets added to NoetixViews, it is broken apart into its component pieces: columns, tables, where clauses, etc. Each of those pieces is stored separately in a collection of database tables. Those tables are part of the NoetixViews Metadata Repository. Read complete post »

By Susan Welton, Sr.Manager, Marketing and Creative Services at Noetix

For those of you who did not get the chance to attend Collaborate this year, we invite you to read this entertaining, first-hand account by Noetix employee, Susan Welton. Read complete post »

Collaborate 12 has gone by in a flash!  It’s been a great show so far.  This is the last day to visit Noetix in the exhibit hall, booth #1119.  There are still a few more chances to win your share of $5,000 in cold hard cash!  We’ve been handing out cash all week, so make sure you get your cut.

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 Collaborate 12 Day 1 was a success! Last night was OAUG’s Welcome Reception in the Exhibitor Showcase.  We had a flood of people and gave away decks of playing cards and lots of cash!  If you have not yet checked your deck, it’s not too late!   You may find a lucky scratch ticket!   Visit Noetix in booth #1119 and follow the Noetix Blog during the show for more chances to win your share of $5,000 in cold hard cash! Read complete post »