Market Segmentation and Placing New Customers Using R
Setting Up the Problem In a study called “Multidimensional Segmentation at Work,” IBM asked marketing departments in various industries to rank their most difficult marketing challenges. Of the top four challenges, two were “identifying when a customer has migrated between segments” and “finding ‘real’ customers that fall into segments.” Suppose we have a set of […]
Exchange Online with Directory Sync Email Address Update Error
So, you’ve got an Exchange Online setup working with Active Directory synchronization, possibly an Exchange Hybrid setup going mid-migration, you now need to adjust alternate email addresses for a user who has a mailbox hosted with Exchange Online, and you receive this error message: “The operation on mailbox failed “John Smith” because it’s out of […]
March Madness Brackets Visualized in Tableau
(Cues Music) “It’s the most wonderful time, of the year …” No, it’s not Christmas or New Years – it’s March 20. That can only mean one thing: The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. For the past four days, people everywhere have been filling out their brackets feverishly in hopes of snagging a cool $1 Billion from Warren […]
One Weird Trick for Smarter Map Labels in Tableau
Tableau is great at mapping, but sometimes labels don’t show up where you want them. Labels on marks that are too close to each other are hidden by default to prevent overlapping text. That’s a good thing. When you have several in a small area though, it’s important to show the one with the highest […]
ActiveSync Failing When testexchangeconnectivity.com Passes?
I came across this issue recently, where we migrated from a hosted Exchange 2010 server to an on-site Exchange 2013 server and Autodiscover would not fill out the server information on ActiveSync devices. Setup is as follows: Single Exchange 2013 combined CAS/Mailbox/Front/Backend server Standard SonicWALL with normal NAT configured to the Exchange via it’s own […]
URL Parameters in Tableau
Why would you need to use URL parameters in Tableau Server? Below is an example of a list of order dates.Thanks to Tableau’s massive amount of built in date functions we can do just about anything with them but what if we want to find the number of orders that were being processed on a […]
vSphere 5.5: Enable Access to vSphere Client
When ESXi and vSphere 5.5 were released, VMware made a strong push towards using the vSphere Web Client. By default, the vSphere Client no longer worked with any users except the administrator@vsphere.local account. If a user that previously had access tried to log into the vSphere Client, a warning would pop up, stating that “The […]
Installing ESXi 5.1 on Dell PowerEdge VRTX
Recently, Dell released the PowerEdge VRTX – a complete solution platform for small to medium businesses. You can read more at http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-vrtx/pd. Currently, the PowerEdge VRTX does not support ESXi version 5.5. If you are planning on upgrading to this in the future using the VSphere Update Manager, it is necessary to install VMware’s image as instances […]
InterWorks and Alteryx Team Up for Training, Peanut Butter and Jelly Said to Be Jealous
What happens when you install Alteryx on 15 machines, fill the room with data experts from a variety of industries and add an excellent trainer? You get the Alteryx Fundamentals Public Course. Not only do you gain perspective from other classmates, but the trainer is there to expertly guide you through the program and answers […]
InterWorks Unveils New Brand
InterWorks continues to experience incredible opportunities in the world of information technology, big data, business intelligence and development, allowing us to evolve into the global company we are today. Our original branding has served us well over the years, but it’s time for a new brand that is the first step in our next phase of […]