Posted by William on 24/12/2008 under Articles | 
Today I read this beautiful explanation from Barry (see this link for the whole discussion) about what makes Qlikview different and why it is becoming so popular:
“If this sounds like just more product hype, I apologise, but it is the way it is. QlikView uses a patented technology called Associative Query Logic (AQL). Lets first look at OLAP technology: OLAP-based Hypercubes limit users to a small number of dimensions. Measures have to be defined when the application is developed and redefinition of a measure is time-consuming. The user interface is complicated for non-IT people to understand. If you want to ask questions of a different data set, you have to look in another cube, or you have to reverse out of where you are and start again. No amount of RAM will change this fact. Read more of this article »
Posted by Gilles on under Articles |
Since a short while my employer it-eye is a partner of qlikview. We are ready to implement the whole package. It’s on purpose that it-eye has chosen for a deployment partnership. That keeps it-eye independent of license revenue, which makes that it-eye is driven by the best solution that fits the client, not the solution that delivers the most revenue for it-eye.
Sincce Qlikview has a whole lot of partners, William made a short analysis of who is what in qlikview partner country and particularly looked into the uniqueness of the proposition it-eye offers. Unfortunately it’s in Dutch, so, if you’re able to understand that you can read it here: http://www.it-eye.nl/weblog/2008/12/24/onderscheidende-rol-van-it-eye-ten-opzichte-van-andere-qlikview-partners/.
To cut it short in English: there are almost no other partners in the Netherlands with business intelligence as core business like IT-eye. Other partners of Qlikview in the Netherlands focus on a specific branche like retail or logistics, only sell licenses, deliver qlikview as an OEM application on top of their own application, or focus on a specific business concept like CRM or ERP and deliver business intelligence as an add-on service.
Posted by William on 23/12/2008 under News |
Thanks for introducing and yes I would like to tell something about myself before I start my blog life 
). First of all, like Gilles said, I’m a junior BI consultant who has the very best luck of becoming a BI professional in an age where in-memory BI solutions will have the power to answer business demands. With not much “in-depth” BI experience I have to say I was very impressed about the capabilities of Qlikview. Why? Because it’s quite amazing that someone without much experience can build a solution in just 3 days!
The purpose about me writing for this blog is to keep you informed about my experiences with qlikview and the progression I book with becoming an qlikview expert.
Posted by Gilles on under News |
Today a new blogger is born. I’d like to introduce to you: William. William is a colleague at it-eye. He’s a junior BI consultant, but had a very good implementation of Qlikview at one of our customers. He’d like to become a Qlikview expert. And he’s willing to share parts of his knowledge on this blog! Maybe he’s willing to introduce himself a bit further, but that’s up to him!
Posted by Gilles on 17/12/2008 under Articles |
Today I’ve read a really nice article. It’s about what makes Qlikview (or column based in memory databases) more valueable versus traditional OLAP/MOLAP/ROLAP. It’s almost a perfect representation from what I’m telling my (potential) customers. A little excerpt:
Salesperson: “What shipped yesterday? Ok, what’s the breakdown? Woah, what happened in that department? That markdown is too steep, who wrote that order? Which customer? What’s that rep’s extension?”
With one-second results, that analysis would have happened in the time it took you to read it. This is a competition against human nature. One-second results makes the difference between wishing you had the answer and getting it, multiplied over and over throughout the day.
You can read the excellent article from Jay Jakosky here: http://andpointsbeyond.com/2008/09/22/how-one-second-results-change-everything/
Posted by Gilles on 16/12/2008 under How To |
Yesterday I found out that Qlikview is on twitter. You can follow them here: Qlikview on Twitter.
I still don’t know what to do with twitter, but I made an account as well. You can follow me on twitter here: http://twitter.com/gillespol
Posted by Gilles on under News |
Today I was searching Youtube for video’s about QlikView. And I found a few interesting enough for mentioning here.
There’s a funny one (from deighton) about a qlikview addict: Qliview Addict
There’s one called “The uncontrollable smile” which shows a few success stories: The Uncontrollable smile
There are a few others (38 in total) which you can find here: More Qlikview video’s
Posted by Gilles on 12/12/2008 under Articles |
Yesterday I’ve read an article from Steven Swoyer about Qlikview and Anthony Deighton. Deighton is the Senior Vice President Marketing of Qliktech. The article is about Qlikviews rapid time-to-implementation improving the value of BI. Deighton pulls down the “traditional BI” vendors here and shows where he thinks a big opportunity lies for Qlikview. It’s nice to read althoug a bit arrogant and tendentious.
You can find the article here
Posted by Gilles on under News |
Today I added the “About Qlikview” page. It is a collection of stories and opinions, including my own on what Qlikview is and where it stands.
Posted by Gilles on 11/12/2008 under News |
Today I had a great Idea: start a blog about QlikView! I had a quick scan around the internet and didn’t find much blogs dedicated to QlikView. The ones I did find were mostly about tips and tricks on the technological part. I thought: “Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a central point on the internet where you should go to find all the stuff you need about QlikView”.
So that’s what we aim at, becoming a hub for QlikView news, tips & tricks, opinions, how to’s, demo’s, articles, new features, customer stories, QlikTech updates, etcetera, etcetera.
Next to that I’ll put anything here I find interesting enough for mentioning here. That’ll be at least related to QlikView, Business Intelligence or Datawarehousing
That’s all for now folks!
Gilles