Make More Rain : business intelligence

Redwood Analytics Teams With LexisNexis University

Loretta Ruppert — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:54:00 GMT

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Redwood Analytics is teaming up with LexisNexis University to bring a solid fall 2011 training lineup that includes three sessions on reporting and business intelligence. Currently...(read more)

Free LexisNexis Webinar Roundup

Loretta Ruppert — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:44:00 GMT

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 To kick start this blog with more active content, we’d like to share our fall lineup of free webinars you can easily register to attend. If the timing doesn’t work for...(read more)

Around the Web - Business Intelligence

MichelleStPierre — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:00 GMT

Redwood's BI solution was recently mentioned in an article on Silicon.com called " Five things CFOs must do in IT after recession ." Mike Giles, financial director at international law firm SJ Berwin, a proficient user of Redwood's BI...(read more)

The Art and Science of Business Intelligence

MichelleStPierre — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT

It is not unusual today for companies to compete on analytics, as Thomas Davenport famously wrote about in the article "Competing on Analytics" for the Harvard Business Review in 2006. There are companies in the non-legal space who have built...(read more)

Pervasive Business Intelligence

MichelleStPierre — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:08:00 GMT

In a speech at Computerworld 's Business Intelligence Perspectives conference in September, Dan Vessett, an analyst at IDC (global provider of market intelligence) spoke about "pervasive Business Intelligence." He theorized that corporate...(read more)

Business Intelligence Through the Eyes of Dilbert

MichelleStPierre — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:21:00 GMT

I don't usually read comic strips - but someone pointed out today's Dilbert cartoon to me and I immediately thought of the finance and business development professionals that we work with, and the challenges they must overcome in communicating...(read more)

Business Intelligence Down on the Farm

MichelleStPierre — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 GMT

Last weekend I visited a working sheep farm in Long Valley, NJ. Valley Shepherd Creamery was founded by Eran Wajswol in 2005, after a successful career as a real-estate developer. They make some very yummy cheeses, and are known for their rotating milking parlor, which is the only one of its kind in the U.S. Valley Shepherd has a wholesaling operation, but 90% of their cheeses are sold direct to the consumer at farm markets across NY, NJ, and PA.

What I found to be unique about the farm is their use of analytics to drive the business...

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Mastering Law Firm Analysis

MichelleStPierre — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT

For those of you who have been wondering if you can be trained to think about the business of law firms the way our bloggers do - the answer is, yes you can! Redwood Analytics is offering Mastering Law Firm Analysis in Washington, DC at the end of July. And if you bring a friend or co-worker, s/he will save 50% on the registration fee!

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How BI Deployment Can Be Like a Plane Crash

MichelleStPierre — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:33:00 GMT

At Redwood, we know a lot about implementing Business Intelligence systems at law firms, as we've been involved in hundreds. We don't know much about plane crashes, but Malcolm Gladwell dedicates a whole chapter to them in his newest book, "Outliers: The Story of Success." And a lot of what he says rings true for BI deployment.

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