Sometimes BI discussions can get confusing with the amount of technospeak that occurs, subject matter terminology and the acronym du jour. Frequently we can find ourselves getting so caught up in the project that we tend to misuse terminology that can confuse other team members. I find measure and metric to fall into ...

Several years ago I worked for a yellow pages publishing company that was in the process of automating their advertising sales and production.  Being a young professional at that time I could not believe that they had not already automated this paper based, time-consuming process.  The year was 1996 and looking back at it now ...

RFC 1925.2: No matter how hard you push and no matter what the priority, you can't increase the speed of light. (2a) (corollary). No matter how hard you try, you can't make a baby in much less than 9 ...

RFC 1925.3: (3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. Every once in a while I come across a ...

Today I'm presenting to a group of  electrical cooperatives (co-ops) executives exchanging ideas and new solutions to their challenges.  The past few days I've been listening to discussions with utility co-ops and I can tell you that it is similar to being in a discussion with a stock trader on the exchange.  Sell, buy... energy!  ...

How can you go beyond the basic branding of styles and logos?  The 9.2 SAS EBI Web Applications have simplified and streamlined web applications branding , but it is still limited to style sheet type changes. Here is a basic example of how you can change the Login Page for your SAS 9.2 EBI Web Applications and enable the ...