There is little hope that grocery giant Woolworths will improve sales for the second half of 2016. In March, Moody’s downgraded the grocery stores’ credit rating due to a negative economic outlook. The store lost nearly a billion dollars by making a few risky economic moves and cutting prices in an attempt to keep up … Read More
Business Intelligence for SMB
A lot of small and medium business owners have a hard time tracking numbers in their businesses. They can be easily stumped with questions about how much money a business made today, yesterday, how many customers they had and how many leads did not turn into customers. Do you have a problem in your business? … Read More
From Political Campaigns to Controlling Traffic, BI is Everywhere
A prominent political outlet called The Hill attributed the momentum of Donald Trump to tactical intelligence, but there is another intelligence at play in what may be the most memorable election since 1960. That intelligence is called business intelligence. Politicians are using business intelligence in their bid for presidency because a good BI team can … Read More
Windows 10 Update Nag Notification
If you keep getting this reminder: and you don’t want it, this is a simple way to turn it off. Use GWX Control Panel by Ultmate Outsider. Click Disable ‘Get Windows 10’ App (remove icon) [1] to stop the notification icon running and disable it [2].
Faster, leaner browsing without annoying ads
Install uBlock Origin (or uBlock if running OSX Safari) to speed up your browsing experience and to remove the more annoying pop-up/screen takeover ads. It works, it’s not a scam and it saves time and bandwidth.
JAVA SECURITY UPDATE 8U66
Oracle has released security updates for Java 8. If you must use Java it is highly recommended that you install this latest update. Use the Offline download where possible to avoid the prompter asking to install the Ask or McAfee or other adware toolbar. Consider disabling Java in your browser. If you don’t use Java … Read More