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Datawatch User Conference 2012, Redux

May 19, 2012

The M Resort, location of Datawatch User Conference 2012 | image by iluvcocacola

Earlier this month Datawatch revived their annual User Conference, which was last held in 2008. Well, sort of. It was held in Las Vegas at the absolutely beautiful M Resort and Casino, and I was privileged to once again get together with the Datawatch group and fellow customers. It was a bit of a shell [...]

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Focus, Specialists and Bill Gates

April 24, 2012

I was recently invited to write a post for Datawatch’s blog. Today you can read my new post on the Datawatch blog to find out what focus, specialists and Bill Gates have to do with how well your organization will succeed tomorrow based on what you do today, and how all of that impacts our [...]

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An Exclusive Interview with Datawatch CEO Michael Morrison

April 4, 2012

Interview with Datawatch CEO Michael Morrison | Image by IntelFreePress

I know that this sort of statement makes me sound old, but it’s amazing that some things in the past seem like they happened only yesterday. It was in 1991 that Monarch software (for DOS) first appeared, on two 5 ¼ inch floppy disks, or a 3 ½ inch floppy if you were able to [...]

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Where’s The Monarch Book?

March 21, 2012

No Monarch Book Here! | Image by pat7047

I feel – and understand – your frustration. Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that many visitors to ExcelWithMonarch.com have arrived by using their favorite search engines to find the elusive Monarch training book. They search for “Monarch for dummies”, “Monarch book”, “Monarch training book”, “learn Monarch guide”, and other variations of the same [...]

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R.I.P. Andreas Lipphardt

March 18, 2012

MicroCharts, formerly by BonaVista Systems

I’ve just come to learn of some very sad news. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the image for the MicroCharts product that I was linking to on the right side of my pages wasn’t appearing. I sent email off to BonaVista Systems asking if a replacement was available, but I hadn’t received [...]

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Updated Recommendations

March 1, 2012

Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve added a few books to my Recommended page. Check it out now for some new inspirations and different ways to excel with Monarch! photo credit: the bbp

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Two Important Monarch Paradigm Shifts

March 1, 2012

The future of Monarch automation? | Image by Moucha

I’ve written here previously about the moment in which new Monarch software users recognize that they’ve just discovered the tool that they’ve always been seeking. This realization changes how they see not just business reports but practically any document; suddenly everything’s a data source! Knowing that you can quickly extract data from almost anything and [...]

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