Cogent Expands QlikView Services

Following the recent announcement that Cogent Company is deepening its relationship with QlikTech, Cogent is announcing that it is expanding its services for QlikTech’s QlikView business discovery product. QlikView is a leading Business Discovery platform that enables users to explore live data, make discoveries, and solve unique problems. QlikView business users search and explore, interacting with dynamic dashboards and interactive analytics from any device.

As a Solution Provider in the QlikView Qonnect partner program, Cogent is pleased to offer a full suite of QlikView services, including:

To speak with a Cogent consultant regarding using QlikView in your organization, please email qlikview@cogentcompany.com or call us at 214.341.1004 x311.

In the Booth at SharePoint TechFest

Cogent Company, Title Sponsor of SharePoint TechFest 2012, today announced the theme and several events demonstrations that will be in their booth on the TechFest exhibition floor on Thursday, May 17, 2012. The theme for this year’s booth will be, “Are You Investing in the Past or the Future?” In addition to an exciting raffle in our booth, Cogent will highlight three solution concepts through demonstrations that will run through the day: business discovery and insights, social business processes, and innovation and idea management.

  • Business Discovery and Insights. Traditional BI solutions delivered the same thing for years: static monitoring reports that addressed only a fixed set of predetermined questions. But suddenly there’s a radical shift shaking things up, and the force behind [Read more...]

Cogent Deepens Relationship with QlikView

Today, Cogent is announcing the deepening of a growing partnership with QlikView. Cogent is continuing its relationship as a Solution Provider in the QlikView Qonnect program. In this role, Cogent will be able to not only represent QlikView in software negotiations, but continues to demonstrate its specialty in QlikView business discovery solutions.

Gartner is talking about the BI market splitting into two parts: One part is the traditional BI solution focused on delivering reports. The second is a BI solution focused on the serving the business user, which they call data discovery and QlikView calls Business Discovery. QlikView’s Business Discovery moniker reflects who actually uses the QlikView technology, what they do with it, and the value it delivers. [Read more...]

Cogent and QlikView Host Webinar on Powerful, Next Generation BI

On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Cogent Company invites its clients and prospective clients to join a webinar on QlikView’s Business Discovery approach to business intelligence, presented by QlikView’s Erica Driver, Sr. Director, Global Product Marketing. True self-service BI has finally arrived and it’s transforming businesses worldwide. QlikView’s Business Discovery approach delivers on the promise of BI by putting business users in control. Unlike traditional BI which provides pre-packaged, hardwired analytics for power users, Business Discovery enables everyone to generate unique insights.

The QlikView Business Discovery platform is recognized as a groundbreaking solution that delivers true self-service BI that empowers business users by driving innovative decision-making. With QlikView, businesses can take insight to the edges of their organization, [Read more...]

Cogent to Host Restaurant Executive Event… Right Business! Right People! Right Direction!

Let me guess… You’re swimming in data, but…

  • You don’t know which managers are helping you or hurting you… or, more importantly, which ones to hang on to
  • You have to wait until weeks after the close of a month to know your comparable food, alcohol, labor, and unit traffic numbers
  • You are struggling to identify patterns between the above comparables and other numbers in your business

And, for restaurant executives, the pressure is not just within, but there are market pressures that are worth considering as you chart your course and make decisions. At the People Report/Black Box Intelligence Best Practices Conference for the restaurant industry in November of 2011, market research showed that…

Cogent Celebrates the SQL 2012 Launch!

On March 7, 2012, Microsoft will release SQL Server 2012 during a virtual release event. Cogent will host a Virtual Launch Party for its clients, partners, and consultants at its Dallas, TX, headquarters.

Join us on March 7, 2012, at Cogent Company headquarters and be a part of the SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event. If you can’t join us live, then join at the virtual event site. You will have access to over 30+ sessions to learn about the new capabilities of SQL Server 2012 at your own pace, on your own schedule. This event brings together a who’s who of industry experts and executives to tell the SQL [Read more...]

Cogent Speakers Announced for SharePoint TechFest

Cogent Company, Title Sponsor of SharePoint TechFest 2012, today announced the consultants and topics to be presented at TechFest on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Cogent consultants will be presenting two topics at TechFest:

  • Building SharePoint UIs without Human Sacrifice… or How to Create Custom SharePoint Ribbons the Easy Way will be presented by Ty Anderson. Ty Anderson is a founding partner at Cogent Company and is in charge of the Custom Application Development and Productivity practices.  Ty is a specialist on the Microsoft technology stack and uses his knowledge to architect and build solutions for Cogent’s clients. Ty frequently speaks and writes about Microsoft products, with his work having been published on MSDN, Devx.com, DevSource.com, SimpleTalk.com and CIO.com.  Ty is also the author of two books covering [Read more...]

Cogent to Be Title Sponsor at SharePoint TechFest

Cogent Company has signed on for a second year as a title sponsor and fourth year as a sponsor for the largest SharePoint Conference in the Central Region of the United States. On Thursday, May 17, 2012, the fourth SharePoint TechFest 2012 will feature a keynote presentation and 20 break-out sessions categorized into distinct tracks:

  • Cloud Overview and Opportunities
  • SharePoint Online
  • Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
  • [Read more...]

Analytics and Visualization in Modeling and Complex Problem Solving

On Friday, February 24, 2012, Cogent Company associates, along with its guests, faculty, and other members of Center for Decision and Information Technology (“CDIT”), will attend and participate in a seminar on the application of advances in analytics and visualization to current large scale industry problem solving. This Spring’s seminar will be lead by George E. Danner, President of the Business Laboratory.

Cogent Company is pleased to continue its relationship with the CDIT in the College of Business at University of North Texas (“UNT.”) For many years, Cogent has been an active member of the CDIT, not only contributing to guidance and direction, but also participating [Read more...]

Change Your Business with Cloud, Analytics, or Mobile Solutions

Cogent Company is announcing the expansion of its QuickStart services. If your firm is ready to take advantage of solution possibilities now available in the cloud, with advanced analytics, or through mobile platforms, these offerings will help you identify how to lower product and service delivery costs, improve productivity and profitability, and improve your customer satisfaction. We are pleased today to announce the launch of three new QuickStart services for 2012:

  • Cloud QuickStart
  • Analytics QuickStart
  • Mobile QuickStart

These three solution domains are important for not only Chief Information and Technology Officers, but also for all executives to [Read more...]