Top 5 Data Visualizations

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Visualizations enable you to explore data in new ways. They allow you to create images, diagrams or animations and communicate data in an appealing and visual way. When we can explore the data and communicate through the images, we can understand it better. Understanding the data improves your ability to make better decisions.

Looking at visualizations makes the data clear and compelling to the user, and many times easier to understand than a bunch of numbers. Depending on the data you are looking for, you will want to use a different visualization to accurately portray that data. Read More

Is There Life Beyond Reporting?

By | For Developers, Visualizations

Business intelligence and analyticsHow much of your time do you spend writing custom reports? Probably too much. It isn’t what you signed up for when you decided you wanted to be a developer. Well, leave the reporting to the end users with a self-service business intelligence platform, and start looking at other things that are much more interesting. Here are some topics to look into for 2016. Read More

What is Docker?

By | For Developers, Visualizations

Docker logoJust as you were getting used to virtual machines, the next big thing is here. Containerization of applications is the next logical step in containerizing web applications and operating systems for massively scaled distribution. Confused yet? Let’s take a look at how Docker works in comparison to a typical virtual machine and the advantages that it provides. Read More

Data Visualizations That Changed History

By | Analytics, Visualizations

Telling a Story with Data

While the existence of a massive amount of raw data can look impressive, often it takes a great visualization of that data to tell the story of what the data truly means. Graphs, pie charts and other visualizations are used regularly to elucidate important trends that might otherwise go unnoticed.

We think of data visualization as a modern phenomenon, one dependent on digital data on a computer database or in a file. But here are some famous data visualizations, most of which pre-date computing, which have also fundamentally altered history.

Description of a Slave Ship

Today it is hard to imagine an era when the trade in slaves was a hugely profitable business. But getting people to understand the deplorable conditions slaves had to endure was a daunting task in an age that had no photography to document it. Read More

Izenda Reports Runs on Linux: Windows Azure Makes it Happen

By | Izenda Reports, Microsoft, Product Updates, Visualizations

Izenda opens doors by bringing its enterprise reporting tool into the open source community.

Sept. 9, 2013 – Atlanta, GA – In response to a customer request, engineers at Izenda have successfully run Izenda Reports on Linux servers. Windows Azure VMs enabled the team to start the process quickly without acquiring additional hardware. This represents a huge leap for the company, as it takes its product into the open source world.

“Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform enables Izenda to rapidly bring new products to market,” said Scott McLeod, VP of Engineering at Izenda. “Azure gives Izenda a competitive advantage by eliminating time consuming hardware procurement and administrative IT tasks, freeing key resources to focus on Izenda’s customers and core business,” McLeod concluded.

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Izenda Reports – Version 6.6 – New Features!

By | Izenda Reports, Product Updates, Visualizations

Izenda has published the release candidate version 6.6.

Some of the great new features include:

  • EAV Support
  • Izenda Forms
  • Html Printing
  • CSS In PDFs
  • Data Source Categories
  • Column Groups
  • Auto Drill Down
  • Expressions
  • VG Hierarchy
  • Field Value
  • Equals Autocomplete
  • Equals Checkboxes
  • Equals Calendar
  • Cancel Preview Right To Left Language Support
  • Animated Gauges
  • jQuery Date Calendar
  • Dashboard Filters

This video highlights some of the new features:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xLMBikUR4z0

The latest version of Izenda can be downloaded here.

Latest release notes can always be found on the Izenda wiki.

Open Scan Partners with Izenda Reports

By | Customer Success, Visualizations

Denver, CO – June 12, 2012 – Open Scan® Technologies, Inc. announced today their partnership with Izenda, a leader in business intelligence. Open Scan’s Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Process Management solution users will benefit from greater insights into their financial supply chain data.

“It’s wonderful seeing HTML 5 technologies used in the financial sector to deliver embedded business intelligence,” said Izenda CEO & Chief Architect, Sanjay Bhatia. “Giving users access to real time data can create significant operational efficiencies that give organizations an edge.”

Izenda is a true ad hoc reporting solution that allows users to create reports on the fly without the need for IT or an understanding of underlying database architecture.

“We are excited to partner with Izenda to deliver world class reporting and dashboard capabilities,” said Open Scan® CEO Nadine Lange. “This will provide our clients insight into their financial data.”

About Izenda

Izenda is the market leader in Embedded Business Intelligence for business applications built on the Microsoft platform. The privately held Atlanta-based software company has delivered ad-hoc reporting, real-time dashboards and data visualizations to over one million users by embedding into over one thousand applications. Founded in 2002, the company applies agile software principles and HTML5 technology to give organizations better insight into their data. www.izenda.com.

About Open Scan

For more than a decade, Open Scan® Technologies Inc. has revolutionized enterprise financial workflows with industry-defining product innovations in payment capture, remittance processing, cash application, payables, and deduction management. Corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies realize unrivaled performance and efficiency as well as measurable savings and increased accuracy of data. www.openscan.com

Contact Information Open Scan Technologies, Inc. Ryan Stoops Marketing Manager 303.867.7410 rstoops@openscan.com