When my friend returned from his tour of Afghanistan with a light-infantry regiment, one of the things that..

When I started at Phocas and was asked what I did, I said I worked in ‘business intelligence software’. I..

IT departments long to be freed from the tedious task of continuous report generation. Moreover, many..

The pandemic has been a catalyst for change across businesses. And while managers are still determining their 

We are constantly talking with companies about if and how they are using business intelligence. More often..

We live in a sharing era. As consumers, it has never been easier to post an opinion, or capture an image or..

 2018 has been another great year for the Phocas Software blog with many new subscribers reading about data..

With Phocas Software, Medical Supply Company can run queries and produce reports better and faster,..

"Organizations are drowning in data, but starving for information," said Gary Corkins, analytics-based..

Business Intelligence (BI) has become an established resource for executive decision-making. Companies often..

Data visualization is a powerful asset when used properly. If you’re like me, you get excited about..

Thank you for supporting our Business Intelligence Blog in 2017. Blog views are up 33% year-on-year and..

An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system will provide you with a view of your business from an..

To gain and maintain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced economy, it has never been more crucial to make..

As we are about to enter a new financial year in some markets, it is an opportune time for businesses to..

Business intelligence software gives you the information you need, and gives it to you in a way that’s..

“The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.”..

The terms Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) appear to be interchangeable. So what does..

In 2016, Phocas Software's Business Intelligence Blog soared to new heights. Thanks for joining us on the..

Advances in big data and analytics have allowed executives, sales managers, and IT professionals to collect..

In the words of digital marketing expert Mark Egan, “it’s life 2.0". We wake up in the morning and check our..

In the digital, instantaneous world we live in, customers have a voice – a very, very loud one at that.

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A leading business intelligence (BI) tool can bring many 'business benefits'. In this blog, we discuss the..

In parts one and two, we explored the past and present of business intelligence. Today in part three, we..

In this three part series, we discuss the Past, Present and Future of Business Intelligence. In part one, we..

Back in the 1980’s, they used to refer to Business Intelligence (BI) as EIS (Executive Information Systems)..

Organizations are redefining business intelligence (BI) based on how it improves and aligns with their model..

There seems to be a little confusion between reporting and how it compares to analysing data in a slice and..

Business intelligence provides companies with the opportunity to analyze massive amounts of data in..

We’ve sat on your side of the desk – Phocas Sales and Operations staff have years of B2B and Retail industry..

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Remember the early 90s? That’s about when ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning software) hit the scene. We were..

Your company typically has multiple projects running to achieve specific outcomes to further improve your..

The rate of adoption of Business Intelligence in Australia is slow, to say the least. For some organisations,..