11th November 2009
With the paranormal more popular than ever, why not use it as an excuse to shoe horn a little bit of history and education into your children's half term break, with Halloween conveniently situated around most schools half term schedules they won't even ...
05th November 2009
As the nights start to draw in and the weather gets colder, many of us start to look towards cosy nights in front of warm fires and the summer fades to a distant memory. Before we start stocking up on festive wrapping paper and dusting of the mince pies t...
02nd November 2009
Trading internationally can be a great way to improve your businesses potential, by spreading the risk across a different market you can expose your products to a whole new audience and generate a new source of income. This is not something you can rush i...
30th October 2009
Exporting outside the European Union (EU) can open a massive new source of potential income for your business and you will come across many challenges before you're able to see your profits rise. A freight forwarder is a company who not only specialises i...
21st October 2009
No business can afford to be blasé when it comes to their position in the market place, you're always going to need to be aware of what your competitors are doing, what your industry regulators are doing and most importantly, what your own business is do...
19th October 2009
Business intelligence and performance management focuses on providing the tools and processes to help you make better business decisions. In order to make better business decisions you first need to understand how your business is currently performing, yo...
16th October 2009
Global warming is a hot topic at the moment and governments round the world are all trying to lower CO2 emissions. The UK government is legally obliged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 12.5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
Schemes like the Low C...
14th October 2009
Most of us have adapted to living a more eco friendly lifestyle, a few years ago we wouldn't have thought anything about the amount of plastic bags we use at the supermarket or throwing our cans out with the rest of the rubbish. Now most supermarkets offe...
22nd September 2009
When it comes to calculating the risk of data loss there are two main factors which need to be taken into consideration, the first are the financial penalties that might be imposed by regulators, such as the information commissioner's office, (there have ...
22nd September 2009
Your students have just finished high school and college and now they're sat in your lecture theater to start their university life. Its not just life away from home they've got to get used to it's a whole new way of learning too. They're going to have to...
17th September 2009
The customer relationship management (CRM) and business intelligence can sometimes conflict because your CRM tool has your customer activity from a sales perspective, and your data warehouse has you customer activity from an operational perspective in it,...
17th September 2009
It is often assumed that a data warehouse is imperative to any business, normally because IT departments don't want to report directly off their source systems and they decide they need a data warehouse.
Building a data warehouse can be a large and cos...
16th September 2009
Great Britain has some beautiful countryside and bustling cities and, being an island, there is always miles of coast just a few hours drive away offering everything from long sandy beaches to picturesque cliffs. On top of this, there is the rest of Europ...
16th September 2009
Business intelligence is about bridging the gap between the data collected and what data business people need to drive the business and improve. It's taking that data and turning it into beneficial information that can be used to help your business progre...
11th September 2009
Although losing your job can seem like the end of the world many people have been turning it to their advantage, it's given them the perfect excuse to start again. Some have taken this opportunity to try a new career, maybe go back to education; many have...
