Power Pivot for Excel: Top Use Cases and Examples from Toptal
Editor’s Note Everyone I know uses Excel to some extent, but few (including me!) even scratch the surface of its capabilities. In this article, written by Ellen Su, Finance Expert at Toptal, the capabilities of Excel’s PowerPivor addin are demonstrated to provide a number of time saving analysis techniques. The original post can be read here. Ellen […]
Ensuring Your People Keep up with the Technology
One of the biggest challenges I see in business today, is not the implementation of technology, but the way that technology is exploited to bring about business success. Already this year, I have helped two businesses implement major new information systems, but just implementing a new system is not enough. In both these businesses the new […]
You Need a Hero: The Project Manager
This article was written by ETHAN JAMES, a freelance software engineer at TOPTAL. Editors note: Whilst this has been written from the perspective of a software developer it ably demonstrates, in a light-hearted way, the importance of having an impartial third party as a project manager. This lesson does not just apply to technology projects and can […]
How Safe is Your Data?
With cyber security hitting the headlines almost daily, many organisations are rightly concerned about the vulnerability of their data and are devoting serious time and resources to protecting this vital business asset. Traditional security methods have focused on improving the boundary defences of the organisation; aiming to prevent undesirable penetration of the network and to […]
Is Your Business Ready for the New Professional?
Change is happening within our businesses. We know it has been going on for some time, but it can be difficult to pin down. Technology is always changing but this time it is different. Professionals are getting fed up with some of the tools and processes being made available to them. Instead of complaining they […]
3 Ways to Accelerate Your Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is the latest term for the application of technology in your business. Usually this relates to improving the customer experience and/or driving down operating costs by automating processes and commoditising products and services. Every type of business uses technology differently, but there are some core tools that can be applied effectively in almost […]
Event: Digital Transformation Accelerated
Supported by Solitaire Consulting, MBS are hosting Laserfiche workshops in the Channel Islands where you’ll see how this Document and Business Process Management platform can accelerate your organisation’s Digital Transformation through: streamlining of laborious processes using Workflow and Forms; simple yet powerful integration using the Laserfiche Connector; and closing the digital loop by incorporating Digital Signatures […]
When do you Celebrate Project Success?
One of the technology projects I’m currently managing is nearing ‘go-live’ and I’m working with the client team to complete user acceptance testing and get the inevitable test issues resolved. This project has been a bit of a hard slog and the project team is feeling a bit demoralised and just want to go back to […]
Time. How do you Manage Yours?
Whether you are a manager, business leader, self-employed or even retired, time is undoubtedly your most precious resource. None of us know how much we are going to have, but on a day to day basis, time is the one thing we all have exactly the same amount of; some of us just choose to […]
Is Your Business Getting the Best out of Technology?
One of the problems with the question I have posed in the title of this post, is that ‘best’ can be very subjective. In this context, unless you know what you can achieve with technology it is impossible to know whether your business is getting the best from its technology or not. So, let’s explore that […]
