Breaking the Mold: InterWorks’ Non-Traditional Approach to Sales
Sales. It isn’t the most fun word to hear when talking about business. Often associated with words such as quotas and cold calls, it’s understandable if people cringe when they hear from salespeople. Every company needs to make sales to stay in business, but for InterWorks, it’s not how we make the sale; it’s why […]
Better, Faster, Stronger: The Power of the Cloud in BI
Two weeks ago, my fellow content connoisseur Andrea Avey sat down with InterWorks IT gurus Scott Matlock and Tim Rhymer to talk about the impact of the cloud on IT over the past ten years. That’s some serious ground to cover, and they did a wonderful job of illuminating how the cloud has improved accessibility, […]
Alter Your Analysis: Unofficial Holidays
We know what dates Halloween, Christmas, and US Independence Day are on. But what about National Dogs in Politics Day or National Raisin Day? This Alteryx Weekly Challenge starts with a list of unofficial holidays, and the goal is to put them in order from January 1 to December 31. Pretty straightforward, right? Choosing the […]
Zero to Snowflake: Secure Data Sharing
In the entire history of the world, sharing information has never been easier. This becomes obvious just by looking at social media platforms. Their technological innovations have enabled billions of users worldwide to share Instagram stories, TikTok videos, World War 3 memes, baby/yoga/kitten videos and maddening Facebook comments in ways that people dared not think […]
InterWorks Blog Roundup – January 2020
This month, we hit refresh on a new year and a new decade, aiming to breathe new life into existing solutions and reframe the way we think about and approach our work. In looking to lay a strong foundation for the year to come, we kicked things off strong on the blog with 23 posts […]
Freedom of the Press Data Viz
Data visualization, like any other tool, can serve whatever purpose we desire. Most of the time, it is a business-related purpose. However, there are thousands of cases where pointing out a gain or loss in a specific aspect can bring us—as a society—increased life expectancy, quality of life or simply closer to each other. Freedom […]
Remembering My Friend Deepak Ghodke
It was deeply troubling to hear on Monday that my good friend and professional associate Deepak Ghodke passed away on Sunday while running in a half-marathon. It’s taken me a couple of days to absorb this news. Deepak was only 47 years old. He left a wife, Grishmi, and daughter, Anura. My heart goes out […]
Why Feedback Matters: Exploring Typeform Surveys
If you’ve never heard of Typeform, don’t worry. A lot of people haven’t. However, allow me to introduce you. Typeform is a great tool that can stand in place of programs like SurveyMonkey or Qualtrics. As users take a survey, it can provide an awesome experience, which—let’s face it—can be tough to deliver at times. […]
My Epiphany About Using Tableau for Financial Reporting, Part 1
Last month, I graduated from an MBA at Strathclyde Business School. The experience was deep, vast and mind-opening. I learned an epic amount about the business landscape, including almost anything you can think of from marketing to finance—and yes, data, too! However, like the rest of my class (made up of professionals doing the course […]
What Is an API?
API stands for Application Programming Interface. Put simply, APIs are a way for a device, software or website (these are known as “clients”) to talk to a server. Think of it as a standard for how systems talk to one another. In tech lingo, this is sometimes called a communication protocol. As we move into […]