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by Nick Christou | Apr 7, 2020 | accounting, business strategy, data analytics
Accounting firms work with massive amounts of data on a daily basis. Without proper data management and analytic systems in place, it’s difficult for firms to accurately track the most important data. A solid understanding of key...
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by Nick Christou | Mar 31, 2020 | cloud data, cloud data warehousing
Data warehouses are valuable resources for business intelligence. Unlike Excel or other tools that might be used more for ad-hoc reporting, data warehouses give you the ability to capture significantly more data and process it for a...
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by Nick Christou | Mar 24, 2020 | business strategy, financial reporting, small business
Running a small or mid-sized company is like driving a Zodiac inflatable boat from California to Hawaii…in the middle of the night. With only a flashlight to guide you, anxiety can creep up on you in an instant and it can be hard to tell...
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by Nick Christou | Dec 3, 2019 | analytics, artificial intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, predictive modeling, statistical analysis
In this era of big data, chances are that you have heard and used terms like machine learning and predictive modeling. For the average person, these terms may actually seem interchangeable. However, in the world of data analysis, there...
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by Nick Christou | Nov 19, 2019 | analytics, data, data analytics, data driven decisions, data management, data visualization, statistical analysis
Once upon a time, spreadsheets were a holy grail and a force to be reckoned with. Spreadsheets revolutionized how business was done by offering a way to collect and organize data. Companies relied on them for almost everything in the...
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by Nick Christou | Nov 12, 2019 | analytics, business intelligence, data, data analytics, data driven decisions, data visualization, financial reporting
2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced everyday, transforming it into a visual format that is easy to understand is key to an effective presentation of critical information. Through visualization, text-based data sets that are...
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by Nick Christou | Nov 7, 2019 | accounting, data analytics, data visualization, financial reporting
Helios Company, a leading end to end analytics solutions provider for small and medium sized companies announces Accountant Analytics, a proprietary solution for accountants and bookkeepers to help their clients make better decisions with...
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by Nick Christou | Nov 1, 2019 | data analytics, halloween
The number 13 has often been associated with bad luck but it’s no more unfortunate than any other figure. Since Halloween falls on the 31st, it’s an unusual transposition of this number but that may change if some people get...
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by Nick Christou | Oct 21, 2019 | data analytics, data extraction, data pipelines
The decrease in storage costs and increase in computing power has led to the rise of big data and transformed the world into a data-driven space. Most businesses now rely on data to find out what their clients want, weigh customer...
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