As 2022 comes to a close, Arbor Solutions wanted to share with you the highlights of IBM’s recent survey within the IBMi marketplace. If you are interested in reading the full published survey, you can find it here. SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS: A look at the overall conclusions from this year’s survey: IBM i IN THE DATA…
Uncover hidden insights in your data – IBM Cognos Analytics
One BI solution can do it all: clean and connect your data, create stunning data visualizations, and show you where your business is today while helping predict what will happen tomorrow. Drive certainty in your decision-making with AI-powered analytics. IBM offers an industry-leading BI solution that empowers users to execute smarter data discovery and tell the story of…
Watson Analytics – Watson for the Rest of Us
A lot of my conversations lately revolve around business analytics and Watson Analytics usually comes up. The question I usually get is – What is Watson Analytics? My simplest, most straightforward answer: Watson is a desktop, subscription-based, easy to use, cloud-based analytics tool. Watson is intuitive and fast and is designed to give you answers…
Application Modernization – A Conversation
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post dealing with the specifics of application modernization on the IBM i platform. This inspired a conversation I had with a customer. Our conversation was not focused on any one computing platform but was more of a general industry conversation. At the heart of our conversation were…
The 2017 Running of the Indianapolis 500 in Four Charts
Now that the 2017 running of the greatest spectacle is behind us, let’s have a look at what happened with a few visualizations. The Starting field: This chart has a lot of information about the starting grid. Along the X axis, we have the starting position. On the left end, are the cars up front,…