IBM Cognos TM1 Streamlines Finance Activities at Rayonier
IBM Cognos TM1 streamlines finance activities for our client, Rayonier, when they transitioned from traditional, spreadsheet-based financial planning and reporting processes. But the company also realized some unexpected benefits of using TM1. Rayonier is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and one…
July 30, 2017
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms
Gartner recently issued its Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms, formerly the Magi Quadrant for Advanced Analytics. Gartner defines a data science platform as “a cohesive software application that offers a mixture of basic building blocks essential for creating all kinds of…
April 28, 2017
Understanding Gartner’s Magic Quadrants, Part 2
In a recent blog post we talked about Gartner’s view on the Corporate Performance Management market, and why they retired the Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites in favor of two magic quadrants. They are the Magic Quadrant for Financial Corporate…
October 4, 2016
How will Brexit Impact your Financial Planning & Analysis
It’s been several weeks since the historic and disruptive Brexit vote, where the UK voted yes to a referendum deciding to leave the European Union. Stock markets around the world immediately had a knee-jerk reaction, and there has been speculation that banks—particularly…
August 23, 2016
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Roundtable Recap: The Most Important Things to Know Before, During and After a TM1 Implementation
One of our clients, Orchard Brands, recently participated in an IBM virtual roundtable, and we thought it would be useful to share our recap of the major themes and notable points that each panelist had to offer. The panel included four different…
July 10, 2015
Revelwood’s BPM Suite Named Best FP&A Technology Tool
We’re pleased to share that yesterday the Revelwood BPM Suite (now called Lightspeed) was named Best FP&A Technology Tool at the Financial Forecasting & Planning Innovation Conference! The BPM Suite is an out-of-the box implementation accelerator for mid-market and enterprise financial planning, reporting and…
September 11, 2013
IBM’s Mark Enslin on Revelwood’s IBM Gold TM1 Accreditation
Mark Enslin, business analytics accreditation program manager for IBM, sat down with us to talk about the IBM Software Practice Accelerator and how Revelwood became the first IBM Business Partner to earn IBM Cognos TM1 Gold Accreditation Q: Can you give us…
August 13, 2013
The ROI of Analytics
The Oakland Athletics general manager, Billy Beane, proved the ROI of analytics and shared it in the wildly popular book and movie, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. Nucleus Research has proved that analytics delivers for business as well; the…