Business Analytics continues to drive Business Intelligence. On February 5, 2013, Gartner released their 2013 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms. Gartner has improved the accuracy of the title from simply "Business Intelligence Platforms" to "Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms". This strengthens and emphasizes the evolving role of... Continue reading

CFO Advisors has discovered a huge pothole for companies on the road to success: THEIR DATA! Most owners/managers are in the dark when it comes to what is really running their business. They don't know 1) how to access their data, 2) how to make sense of their data, or... Continue reading

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There's a new game in town: Business Intelligence. It's on everyone's lips. Google the words and you will find no less than 246,000,000 results. It can be overwhelming sifting through all the insights. How do you get in the game? Recently, the following selection was written by David Rathert for... Continue reading

Data is dirty. It is rich with massive amounts of information. Some is vital some is useless. Deciphering which data is relevant and then obtaining it in the proper form is the key to success. Data Mining can be a really dirty job. But, beneath that dirt, is the data... Continue reading

Every day, darkness comes a bit earlier. Daylight is diminishing. Schools are back in session. Memories of frolicking on the beach are fading. Gardens have been fruitful yet, for some areas, the best has been harvested. What does this mean for your business? Do you have the Business Intelligence needed... Continue reading

It's been on your calendar for weeks, sometimes months. You've prepared slide after slide. You've analyzed financial results to accurately answer questions if they arise. The room is full of colleagues. Each is there for their own reason. Can you interpret what they want to hear? Did you anticipate their... Continue reading

When you hear the word accounting, what immediately comes to mind? Is there a picture in your head that might look something like this? In this technologically advanced generation, that is the furthest image from the truth. Financial data is being mined from sources and transmitted electronically, allowing accountants to... Continue reading

"Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change – this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress." -- Bruce Barton We all want to be part of progress. In fact, most of... Continue reading

We are halfway through 2012, what trail has your business blazed? What trail would you like to blaze? In this increasingly mobile generation, companies are working diligently to capture data from every available source and more importantly, utilize that data in their decision making. Gone are the days when accounting... Continue reading

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but having new eyes.” -- Marcel Proust Questions abound regarding ways to invigorate, or even simplify, the analysis of financial statements. Does anyone do a little dance when their fund prospectus or financial statement shows up in their inbox?... Continue reading

CFO Advisors, LLC is a professional services firm providing leading edge, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and project consulting services to emerging, multi-unit, restaurant groups. Our services focus on providing strategic leadership and assisting companies streamline their financial and operational systems to dramatically improve the timeliness and quality of reporting, strengthen... Continue reading

When the alarm sounds, do you grab your mobile device to check the headlines? Check status updates on your tablet? Flip on the TV to catch the news? Check into Foursquare? Do you need a checklist for what to tackle first? If any of this rings true, you are not... Continue reading

"Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent." --Dr. Seuss The news is flooded with discussions on the topics of Data Art/Infographics versus Data Visualization. Do we understand which each one brings to the bargaining table? How do they apply to... Continue reading

Gone is the drudgery of analyzing accounting and financial data. It's time to blend Data Art and Data Visualization to provide clarity and excitement to a previously monotonous and arduous task. We provide Business Intelligence! Let's assume you are a owner/manager who oversees 2, 5, 25, 50 restaurants. How could... Continue reading

Business Intelligence (BI) is swirling all around us, consuming much of our daily interactions. Data is growing faster and exponentially. Leading us to the question: "How do I know what I think until I see what I say"? The answer lies within Data Visualization. What we do with all our... Continue reading

Everywhere we turn the words Big Data are clamoring for our attention. Clients are questioning if this is something they need to concentrate efforts towards; actually, do they even have it?? Regardless of whether they are a company with petabytes of machine data, or one with merely 750GB of scattered... Continue reading

Let's take the saying "a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" and apply it to Data Visualization. What is your financial data telling you? Can you intuitively tell with relative ease? Can you manipulate scenarios or parameters to highlight what is happening in your business? Dig deeper without becoming buried... Continue reading

Admit it .. analyzing and reading financial statements can reduce just about anyone of us to tears. Enter Data Visualization and you have a game changer. CFO Rapidfire has developed a completely new way for financial statement users to access and interact with their data. This product is so unique... Continue reading

There's a new mayor in town, and it comes in the form of the first new SimCity game in a decade! Yes, it's slated for a 2013 release (too far away!) and it will take the role of building a city to a level that you didn't think was really... Continue reading

With the Final Four now set, it appears that I will finish my worst bracket in years, thanks to my awful basketball predicting ability. It is in a situation like this that I could have utilized BI to help me out with my bracket. The sites I have linked to... Continue reading

Chances are, if you are reading this, you probably have at least a minimal interest in the concept of business intelligence (BI). And you probably have at least a minimal knowledge of business intelligence. So let me begin by explaining the website, www.cforapidfire.com. CFO Rapidfire is a new, cloud based... Continue reading