[DM-MUG] Apples in the Enterprise

[Chris Van Cleve]

Look into Cognos. It's the best BI enterprise reporting tool in 
existence, IMNSHO. The front end is 100% web based and works fine on a 
Mac. Most reporting can be done from the web interface with their new 
reportNet architecture. Only reports that need to be prettified require 
Windows for the Impromptu thick client, and future versions are 
supposed to eliminate that as well.

We are killing off Crystal ReportSmith and other reporting tools in 
favor of Cognos. It's simply better than the rest.

Chris

On Apr 13, 2005, at 10:36 PM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:

> Unauthorized! LOL
>
> You'd be surprised at the acceptance it's received. My boss, and his 
> boss, and his boss have all stopped by to oooh and aahh. They kinda 
> like that I use my down-time (waiting on a data warehouse query to 
> return or a load to complete) to work on my shareware and keep my C++ 
> in the forefront of my mind, even if it is Carbon. Others would use 
> this time surfing or ...
>
> Of course, I still can't plug it into the company network, but it's a 
> short walk to the Kaleidoscope WiFi zone.
>
> I gotta wonder...is there a Mac equivalent of some of the BI tools we 
> use (Brio/BO/Crystal)? Is there an opportunity for an enterprising 
> developer here?
>
>
> Chris
>
> On Apr 13, 2005, at 7:30 PM, kcrouch wrote:
>
>> Correction Chris. Beside your unauthorized iBook, there are 20 Macs 
>> riding on the stagecoach (marketing and such). And just a few months 
>> ago they were all running a different version of Mac OS. The 
>> 'Powers-that-be' are now allowing those few Mac users to standardize 
>> on one version of OS. Only 20 Macs in a sea of thousands of PCs.
>>
>> And quit knocking the $2500/seat software. Some of us need WebSphere. 
>> Even though Eclipse is basically the same thing for free.
>>
>> Kendall
>>
>> -------Original Message-------
>>> From: cdtyrrell@mchsi.com
>>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Apples in the Enterprise
>>> Sent: 13 Apr 2005 18:09:31
>>>
>>>> I'm curious how many of us are using Macs at work, make our living 
>>>> with
>>>> Macs, and/or are using Enterprise level Macs (XServe, XServe RAID,
>>>> Oracle Server, etc.)
>>>
>>>  No Macs here "on the stagecoach" (you guess who the company is). 
>>> Like other
>>>  big corporations, they'd rather buy $400 machines to save money up 
>>> front.
>>>  It amuses and frustrates me how quickly they'll approve some 
>>> enterprise
>>>  software @ $2500/seat. They keep their Wintel admin costs low by 
>>> locking the
>>>  machines down so tight that a typical user can't even change the 
>>> date/time.
>>>
>>>  Hmm. I'm just ranting here. I'll shut up now. ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>  Chris
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> Cheers,
> Chris
>
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