Adding Custom Charts to Izenda

by Izenda Eng September 27, 2011 Featured

We often get asked how many different types of charts we support. While there are about a hundred variations we support out of the box, our underlying Dundas API can generate pretty much any chart style or type imaginable.  If you’d like us to create a custom chart for you, just send us a picture [...]

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Optimizing SQL Server for Virtualized Environments

by SanjayBhatia September 23, 2011 Etc.

Here are some tips from a SQL Magazine Article about optimizing SQL server in a virtual environment. 1. Check CPU Usage Regularly 2. Disable Memory Balloon Drivers 3. Don’t Assume All Database Server Memory Can Be Shared 4. Get Back to the Storage Configuration Basics 5. Deduplicate Data 6. Disable the Lock Pages in Memory Option [...]

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What is Microsoft’s “single ecosystem”?

by SanjayBhatia September 21, 2011 Etc.

Ars Technica asks how this time is different.  Microsoft has been working on a unified windows platform since the late 90′s.  Will this finally come to fruition at Build? Read More

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Reporting on Salesforce.com data with SQL Server

by SanjayBhatia September 19, 2011 Tips

In a dynamic business environment, it’s often unclear what type of marketing activities achieve results or what new experiments to try. In times when the stock market changes by double digits in a month, common wisdom doesn’t always apply.  Innovative companies experiment with new approaches, but need to be able to measure the results of [...]

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We get mentioned at Idol, CRM Idol that is!

by Izenda Eng August 30, 2011 Buzz

One of our customers, bigWebApps, just got a very nice review by the judges over at the CRM Idol 2011 Competition. The judges singled out in their review of bigWebApps’ helpdesk application its Time & Expenses management module: “their time and expenses tracking is superlative, probably their best component. They are able to link the [...]

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HTML5 Replacing Silverlight, Not All .NET

by SanjayBhatia August 23, 2011 Buzz

Looks like the entire Windows application stack for Windows 8 is not completely being replaced by HTML, though it will be emphasized for consumer facing and mobile applications.  Silverlight, however, doesn’t seems to have lost it’s position for rich web applications in Microsoft’s eyes.

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Creating Time-Series Atoms Removes Quantum Uncertainty From Your SQL

by SanjayBhatia August 9, 2011 Etc.

Quantum “Atoms” of Data This article explains how to create quantum “atoms” of data to avoid a paradox of uncertainty on systems that have distributed transactions or human data entry. Banks Do It All The Time If you go to your online banking application, you’ll notice that a number of recent transactions are in a “pending” [...]

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A Simple Way to Test a Large Data Set

by SanjayBhatia August 8, 2011 Tips

Northwind is a great database for testing, but it is rather small.  Here’s a great way to create a view that contains about 40 million cells on 2.5 million records.  It’s a great way to test on a large data set. Ready to learn more? See our online demo.

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Using parameters for enhanced usability, not questionable security

by SanjayBhatia August 5, 2011 Tips

Traditional Environments, DBAs Rule and Users Drool If you want data or an update, the only option is to put in a request to your DBA.  Worse yet, it may be a committee of DBAs. The DBA would run the report and send it to you.  If your company is a bit more enlightened, you [...]

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Status Precent

by SanjayBhatia August 3, 2011 Izenda Reports

Most transactional systems have some kind of status field which is crucial to business operations and must be analyzed in a real-time manner. Here are some examples. Sales Orders Work Orders Ticket Status Technical Stock Analysis Case Management Lead Management Executives often need comparative, relative or time-series analysis in order to improve operations. They need to be able [...]

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