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Press releases Press releases 20. February 2017 Partner program of Bissantz for the BI software DeltaMaster on the road to success At the end of 2016, Bissantz & Company launched a new partner program for the [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 26. September 2014 Are trends the successes of others? We recently received an open letter about the possibilities and limitations of software from Eberhard Heins, the editor in chief of a German journal for Business Intelligence. Here is a rough translation [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 29. August 2014 Serve and return We got mail – from “is report”, a German monthly journal about Business Intelligence. In each issue, the magazine’s editor in chief Eberhard Heins publishes an open letter to someone in the industry [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 25. October 2013 The electronic boss (2) A person’s facial expression sends very strong signals. Can we leverage this knowledge with the help of software to fill the notorious motivational deficits among employees? Can an animated version [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 10. May 2013 Rationality needs emotional signals Wow! The German news magazine “Der Spiegel” mocks business economists because they believe in human rationality. The international controller organization ICV says that controllers defend the rationality [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 28. September 2012 You still can’t wrap a fish in an iPad Does BI need the iPad? Form and content shape the substance of things. If the question of form, however, is degraded to a question of which platform, content will suffer as a consequence. Is that something [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 18. January 2008 Death to business charts! Obese visualizations are bad, but anorexic content is even worse. Lean-looking reports that are packed with information are ideal. All you need is a sharp scalpel and…the death of the business chart [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 21. December 2007 The best soccer charts come from Nuremberg Even though they still have a shred of hope in the UEFA Cup, it is no secret that Nuremberg does not have the best soccer players in the German Bundesliga. The best soccer charts, however, do come from [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 30. November 2007 Management accountants should be good jugglers Management accounting is a real balancing act. One shouldn’t make decisions for the senior management but is expected to be a consultant, an IT expert, and much more. How can management accountants [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 2. November 2007 Which way to paradise? Awards are very flattering. Innovation awards are even more so, because not every innovation is appreciated. Sometimes, it is important to differentiate between innovation and success. After all, being [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 21. September 2007 Can we steer banks like cars? Sachsen LB could have at least tried to. Their board of directors trusted a few traffic lights. They were usually green, but now all German taxpayers see is red. The unexpected sale of Sachsen LB must [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 27. July 2007 Suitable vs. foolproof reporting Although managers have a tremendous need for suitable reporting, they rarely get what they want. The fact is: busy executives don’t want to spend more time studying a computer screen than they would [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 22. June 2007 Statistical thinking vs. statistical rituals, Part I The following charts show revenues for margarine in three stores of a supermarket chain on consecutive days. While Supermarket 1, our control, did not do any special marketing promotions, Supermarket [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders Bissantz ponders 9. March 2007 Art and Data Analysis I Data analysis is a true art form. To present your results effectively, you need craftsmanship, creativity and drive. Appropriately, I find that exhibitions and books about art are a source of inspiration [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 23. February 2007 OLAP - a 10 year workaround? Dr. Nicolas Bissantz has been designing analytical applications for more than twelve years; he is the founder and CEO of Bissantz & Company. His partner, Dipl.-Inf. Michael Westphal has been developing [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 12. January 2007 When purchasing gets cloudy… Measuring the return on your software investment is not always easy. This phenomenon equally applies for financial software – much to the ethical dismay of many controllers. Purchasing, however, is [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 12. December 2006 Trends aren’t productive Here is a good example of information density to the extreme! Professor Dr. Peter Mertens, who was the first professor for information systems in Germany in 1968, created 5 printed pages of knowledge [...] Read more
Bissantz ponders 6. November 2006 Good reporting is boring Appearance is not everything – in information design, at least. Forget multiple colors, 3D views, speedometers and hyperactive interfaces. It’s the content that makes reports really exiting, especially [...] Read more