From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Monarch Beats Access at its own Game

May 14, 2008

This week I spent more than a few hours fighting with a report in an Access database, trying to achieve a specific layout in terms of sorting values and grouping of data. It seemed like it should have been a simple task to accomplish. But the task was described to me as unexpectedly difficult, and [...]

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Datawatch User Conference 2008: Day Three

May 7, 2008

Ah yes, the good news and the bad news. The bad news: it’s over already, and I may not see my new and old friends for at least another year. It was a privilege to be in your company, and I wish you all, both Datawatch staff and my fellow conference attendees, the very best.
The [...]

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Datawatch User Conference 2008: Day Two

May 6, 2008

The second day of the conference started with a presentation by Microsoft Excel MVP Curtis Frye, who gave us a run through of some of the best features available in Excel 2007 for developing dashboard reports. Not only did Curtis demonstrate the techniques that he recommends, he also was careful to point out the pitfalls [...]

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Datawatch User Conference 2008: Day One

May 5, 2008

It was a busy day today here in beautiful and warm Phoenix Arizona as the 2008 Datawatch User Conference got underway (after a nice reception poolside last night).
Chief Marketing Officer John Kitchen led the welcome address. He discussed the new look of the Datawatch web site, which was introduced last week, which includes the new [...]

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