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Rick Ryan

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An Innovative Approach to Modeling Complex BI Projects

October 12, 2011 by Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc.With the IBM Information On Demand (IBM IOD 2011) event in Las Vegas less than two weeks away many...

By Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc. Purpose of this blog article is to share with you the following:

By Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.The purpose of this article is to identify key metrics that administrators should monitor or pay attention to in terms of their production Cognos Content Store....

by Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.The purpose of this article is to help Cognos administrators address the need for Cognos license tracking and how best to do it. Administrators are usually the ones...

by Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc. Managers or administrators are often faced with the task of consolidating or merging Cognos BI environments. This may result because of mergers, cost savings or simply a...

by Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.At one time or another many Cognos BI managers or administrators are faced with the task of upgrading their security model. This article will focus on a best case...

by Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.A frequently asked question is whether IBM Cognos provides any tools for helping administrators manage their BI environment. The answer is both yes and no. IBM...

or The Monster that Keeps Growing

by Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc.Do you know how big your Content Store is? Do you know how fast it’s growing? And where, and why? If the answer these questions is no,...

by Gary Larsen - Envisn, Inc.If you manage an IBM Cognos environment you know that security can get complicated very quickly. By carefully organizing content in hierarchies and using security...

Cognos Metadata That Matters

by Rick Ryan on December 17, 2010

IBM Cognos: Metadata is What it’s all About

By Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.IBM Cognos 8 and Cognos 10 are a big advancement over previous versions of Cognos BI and one of the key reasons for this...