Scott O'Reilly

What Are SMART KPIs And Why Are They Important?

When it comes to measuring business performance and progress, not all metrics are created equal. To…

Mitigating Spreadsheet Errors: A Guide to Reliable Data Management

In the fast-paced and data-driven world of modern business, accurate and efficient data management…

Risk Management Strategies

Public health crises, geopolitical conflict, natural disasters — these are just some of the…

Competitive Intelligence Unveiled: Your Roadmap to Strategic Management Success

Competitive intelligence is analyzing competitor data, industry trends, and marketing dynamics that…

Boosting Business Growth: The Role of Customer Acquisition

One of the keys to long-term business success is customer acquisition. When companies attract and…

Introducing Spider Impact 5.6

We’re incredibly proud to announce the release of Spider Impact 5.6.

KPIs vs. Metrics vs. Measures: Unraveling the Similarities and Differences

For businesses today, having access to performance data is crucial but not enough on its own…

Unlocking Performance Insights with Data Governance

According to research from Statista, the yearly volume of data collected by businesses increased…

The Benefits of Agile Methodologies for Project Management

We all know what project management is, right? It’s the planning, organization, and execution of a…

The Science of Strategic Decision-Making: A Data-Driven Approach

When making business decisions, following your instincts is invaluable. Be careful, however. Relying…

Driving Business Innovation with Embedded Analytics

No matter the industry, effectively using data is integral to business success. Organizations often…

From Data Chaos to Data Clarity: The Benefits of Being Data Literate

The world of business data is changing at an unprecedented pace. Machine learning and generative AI…

Why Ad Hoc Analysis Matters for Your Business

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies need to make informed decisions quickly to stay…

Actionable Insights: The Key to Better Business Decisions

Are you making the most of your data? Many businesses are collecting data but aren’t sure of the…

Exploring Balanced Scorecards and Their Benefits

Most businesses look at financial metrics when evaluating their performance, but that’s just one way…

Forecast Possibilities and Drive Strategic Decisions

Today, many businesses are leveraging data analytics to improve their product offerings and become…

What is a KPI? Complete Guide to Key Performance Indicators

Are you struggling to achieve your business goals? Do you feel like you're working hard but not…

Big Data in Businesses

Companies in every sector of the economy have always collected data to help them improve. But since…

New Data Integrations Pages

The number of ways you can get your data into Spider Impact keeps growing, and we've updated our…

New 90-Second EVM Video

We've finished production on our latest explainer video, this time covering Earned Value Management…

8 Ways to Use Analytics for Enterprise Growth

Business analytics uses quantitative tools to identify patterns and trends, understand current…

Introducing Spider Impact 5.5

We’re incredibly proud to announce the release of Spider Impact 5.5.

How to Use Data to Enable a Strong Business Strategy

Since the advent of computers, organizations across nearly every industry have contemplated methods…

Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) Analysis

A SWOT analysis is a framework for understanding your enterprise and how you compete in the market…

The Difference Between Goals and Objectives in Business Planning

Every organization creates goals to help them meet their overall mission, and objectives enable…

Introducing Spider Impact 5

We’re incredibly proud to announce the release of Spider Impact 5.

Groups: Copying Groups & Editing by Organization

You have the ability to copy groups in Spider Impact.

Administration: Logging Into Spider Impact as Another User

Users with the Application Administration permission see a “Log in As” button when editing users.

Charts & Reports: Editing Multiple Scorecard Items at Once

You can edit multiple scorecards at once using the mass-edit feature that is built into the Spider…

Charts & Reports: Adding “or” filters to reports

Spider Impact has the ability to add “or” filters to reports. Let’s start with a simple example that…

Charts & Reports: Referencing Calendar Period in SQL Reports

SQL reports allow users to write SQL queries directly against the Spider Impact database. These…

How to Choose the Right KPIs for Your Business

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are crucial for any business, big or small. They provide a way to…

How To: Working with the X and Y Axes on Dashboard Charts

Over the past several weeks, out blog has been dedicated to utilizing and leveraging dashboards…

How To: Using Dynamic Values in Text Widgets

In this article, we’ll review:

How To: Embedded Content Widget in Spider Impact

In this article, we’ll review Spider Impact's embedded content widget that you can choose from the…

How To: Shared Dashboard Images in Spider Impact

In this third article in our "how to" dashboard series, we will cover shared dashboard…

How To: Snap-to Alignment Options in Spider Impact

In this second article in our "how to" dashboard series, we will cover how to use the snap…

How To: Lock, Align & Distribute Dashboard Widgets in Spider Impact

Welcome to the first article in our Spider Impact "How To" series about Dashboards. In…

Spider Impact How To: System-Wide Alerts

With Spider Impact, you can ensure that you never miss a chance to improve performance by choosing…

Spider Impact How To: Subscribing to Alerts

Now that you know how to import data into Spider Impact, it's important that you understand how you…

How To: Import Spreadsheets with (S)FTP & Import Data from Files

In this blog post, we’ll cover how to import spreadsheets with (S)FTP and how to import data from…

Spider Impact How To: Import Data from Google Sheets

One great feature of Spider Impact is that users can now import KPI and initiative values from…

Spider Impact How To: Importing Scorecard Items

Did you know that users who have permission to modify scorecard structure can now import scorecard…

Announcing Scoreboard and QuickScore 3.3!

We’re incredibly excited to announce Scoreboard and QuickScore 3.3. This release includes over 7…

Editing Multiple Scorecard Items at Once in 3.2

One of the largest new features in version 3.2 is the ability to edit multiple scorecards at once…

New Owner/Updater Report in 3.2

The owner/updater report is back in version 3.2. The first step is to choose a scorecard item, and…

New Comparison Report in 3.2

The KPI/measure comparison report was a popular feature in Scoreboard and QuickScore 2, and now it’s…

Initiatives Report in 3.2

The initiatives report is back in version 3.2, and it has a similar flow to the scorecards report…

New Report Writer Flow in 3.2

We’ve redesigned the report writer flow to be more intuitive and flexible. Instead of choosing…

Indicator for Projected Initiative End Dates in 3.2

Scoreboard and QuickScore automatically predict when an initiative will be finished and what its…

Exploring the Data Behind Initiative Status Updates in 3.2

We’ve refined the Initiatives Overview tab to make it absolutely clear where each initiative’s…

Initiatives Timeline Tab in 3.2

One of the biggest new features in version 3.2 is the new Timeline tab in the Initiatives section…

Using Initiative Days Elapsed in Equations in 3.2

You can now reference in measure equations how many days have passed since an initiative started…

Using Scores in Equations in 3.2

In version 3.2 you can now use scores from any type of scorecard item in KPI equations. In the past…

Separate Tree and Time Aggregations in 3.2

Rollup KPIs are aggregated in two different ways. The rollup equation is used when aggregating…

Automatically Rolling up KPIs Across Organizations in 3.2

There is a new KPI update type called “rollup.” It automatically aggregates the KPI values from…

New Geometric Mean Aggregation Type in 3.2

There’s a new KPI aggregation type called geometric mean. It’s a way of calculating the average of…

Choosing “This” for Equations

You can now choose “this KPI” in Scoreboard or “this measure” in QuickScore when building equations…

Exploring the Data Behind KPI Calculations in 3.2

It’s now easy to see what numbers go into a calculated KPI value. Equations can be very complex, and…

Hyperlinks in Text Widgets in 3.2

You can now add hyperlinks to other websites inside of text widgets. Just select whatever text you…

Align Dashboard Widgets in 3.2

You can now select multiple widgets and then align them with top, bottom, right, left, middle…

Locking Dashboard Widgets in 3.2

In Scoreboard and QuickScore 2 there was a shared image library that was maintained in the…

Resizing Widgets to Specific Dimensions in 3.2

In Scoreboard 2 you could make dashboard widgets the same size by selecting multiple widgets and…

Custom Chart Labels in 3.2

In this example we’re showing three types of revenue for a particular month.

Better Single-period Chart Labels in 3.2

In this example we’re showing book revenue, training revenue, and product revenue for four months.

Manually Setting Chart Y Axis Min and Max in 3.2

By default, charts automatically determine their Y axis scale based on the data that they’re showing…

Removing Chart X and Y Axis Labels in 3.2

You can now turn off X and/or Y axis labels on dashboard charts. This example shows the default…

Expanded Color Palate in 3.2

A popular feature in version 3.2 is the new color palate. We originally designed charts and text to…

Automatically Generated Dashboards in Scoreboard 3.2

When you create a new dashboard in Scoreboard, you now have the option to automatically add widgets…

Graphing Initiatives on Scorecard Chart Widgets in 3.2

In version 3.2 you can now add initiative data to scorecard charts. In this example we have a bar…

Initiative Timeline Widgets in 3.2

You can now add initiative timeline widgets to your dashboard, which show a Gantt-style view of your…

Initiative Chart Widgets in 3.2

Another new type of dashboard widget in QuickScore and Scoreboard 3.2 is the initiative chart. This…

Report Widgets in 3.2

You can now add reports to your dashboards as resizable widgets. Just choose an existing report in…

Note Widgets in 3.2

The new notes widget in Scoreboard and QuickScore 3.2 allows you to see the notes for a scorecard or…

Linear Gauge Widgets in 3.2

You can now add linear gauges to dashboards. Like speedometer widgets, you can configure them in all…

Strategy Map Arrows in QuickScore 3.2

In QuickScore 3.2 you can draw arrows between the objectives on your strategy maps. Just select the…

Automatically Generated Strategy Maps in QuickScore 3.2

When you create a new strategy map in QuickScore 3.2, you now have a choice between Automatic and…

New Strategy Maps Section in QuickScore 3.2

There’s an entirely new section in QuickScore 3.2 called Strategy Maps. Of course, you could build…

Announcing Scoreboard and QuickScore 3.2!

QuickScore and Scoreboard 3.2 are available today, and they're our biggest releases in 15 years of…

Welcome Message and Logo in 3.1

By default, the welcome message and logo on the welcome screen is disabled. This can be enabled in…

Prevent IDs from Displaying in 3.1

There is now a “Display IDs” administration setting that can prevent item IDs from showing up in the…

Advanced Password Controls in 3.1

System administrators have new password controls in version 3.1. They can enforce strong passwords…

Sort and Filter Groups in 3.1

When editing groups, administrators can now sort groups in reverse alphabetical order or filter…

Import Users from Spreadsheet in 3.1

Rather than manually adding users one at a time, administrators can now import multiple users at a…

New Administration Screens in 3.1

System administrators will find the four new administration screens in 3.1 very helpful. The first…

Archive Completed Initiatives in 3.1

Completed initiative items can now be archived in version 3.1. This is very helpful in maintaining…

Strict Confirmation for Deleting Organizations in 3.1

Deleting an organization is a very serious and impactful action. To avoid accidental deletions…

Promote to Top Level in Organization Tree in 3.1

Organization items can now be promoted to the top of the organization tree.

Unsaved Changes Warning in 3.1

When you navigate away from unsaved changes, the software now asks you if you want to save your…

History and Send To in briefings UI in 3.1

Briefings have a new briefing-level menu where users can view the briefing’s history or export the…

Info and History Dialogs in 3.1

There are now history buttons in the upper right corner for most screens. When you click them, you…

Indicate Stale Scores on Scorecards Overview in 3.1

When users update metrics with new values, sometimes it takes a few minutes for the software to…

Metric Historical Threshold Overwrite in 3.1

When you update a metric value, it saves not only that metric value, but also its thresholds like…

Annual Measure Data Report in 3.1

The second new report in version 3.1 is the annual measure data report. This is similar to the data…

Chart Writer Report in 3.1

There are two new reports in version 3.1. The first one is the Chart Writer. This is the same chart…

Templates in 3.1

Version 3.1 now has powerful template functionality. Most templates will be created at the…

Scorecard Item Swap on Dashboards in 3.1

Scorecard items can now be swapped on dashboards in version 3.1. This allows dashboard layouts to…

Dashboards Bubble Widget Text Align in 3.1

Dashboard bubble widgets can now have their text aligned left, right, or center.

Dashboards Text Widgets in 3.1

Users can now add text widgets to dashboards. Dashboard text can have various formatting and can…

Documents Section in 3.1

There is now a documents section in 3.1. Users can upload documents as well as track revisions in…

Search in 3.1

There is now a search button in the lower left corner.

Exports in 3.1

One of the biggest new enhancments in Scoreboard and QuickScore 3.1 is exports. Many screens in the…

Version 3.1 Release

We released Scoreboard and QuickScore version 3.1 a few months ago, and the response has been…

Version 3.0 Release

After almost three years of development, we are incredibly proud to announce the release of…

New Metric Comparison Report in 2.16

The latest version of the software has a brand new version of the metric comparison report. As…

Aggregate Metrics Across Organizations in 2.16

There is a new aggregation type for metrics called “Rollup”. This automatically sums metrics from…

Organization Templates in 2.16

In addition to being able to copy and paste independent organizations, there is now the ability to…

Copy and Paste Organizations in 2.16

There is now the ability to copy and paste organizations in the software. You can choose to copy an…

Report Templates in 2.16

The latest version of the software has the ability to create report templates. This matches the…

Additional Single Sign-on Options in 2.15

There are now additional single sign-on options for the software, OpenID or Okta.

Improved Delete Messages in 2.15

The delete messages in the software are now much more explicit about objects being permanently…

Percentage Metrics Default to Average Aggregation in 2.15

Percentage metrics now default to Average for their aggregation type. Sum doesn’t really make sense…

Improved Note Spacing on Dashboards in 2.15

In previous versions of the software, comments on dashboards had too much extra space when things…

Metric Equation Building Improvements in 2.15

In previous versions of the software, the input box for metric equations was sometimes too small for…

Additional Metric Value Filters in Reports in 2.15

The following options have been added to the metric value filter in Report Writer:

Relative Connect Import Dates in 2.15

Connect now has the ability to choose a relative period when importing metric values. This can be…

Override Historical Thresholds in 2.15

When a metric is created, every threshold needs a default value. This is used later when the metric…

Replaced Date Range Sliders in 2.15

In previous versions of the software, many calendar period ranges in the software were set via…

Overriding Default Thresholds and Equations in Templated Metrics in 2.15

In the latest version of the software, there is now the ability to edit metrics that are copies of…

Miscellaneous Enhancements in 2.14

To round out our coverage of version 2.14 we have several miscellaneous enhancements that make using…

Generating Demo Data to a Specific Date in 2.14

When using the “Generate Demo Data” functionality in the administration section, it is now possible…

Assigning Groups as Owners and Updaters in Administration in 2.14

In the past, only users could be assigned as owners and updaters in the Administration section. You…

Editing Image Names in 2.14

You can now edit image names in the Administration section. This is very helpful to maintain the…

Unsubscribe Links in Emails in 2.14

There is now an unsubscribe link in all emails sent by the software. When a user clicks unsubscribe…

Block Logins After Multiple Failed Attempts in 2.14

There is new configuration option in the Administration section where you can choose the number if…

Resetting Your Password via Email in 2.14

There is now a “Allow password reset via email” configuration option.

Changing Multiple Drilldowns for Dashboard Objects in 2.14

You can now change the drilldown attribute for multiple dashboard objects at the same time. When…

Mixed Font Sizes in Dashboard Text Objects in 2.14

In the past, the spacing between lines for dashboard text objects was too much for smaller fonts…

Show N/A on dashboards in 2.14

When a metric value is “not applicable” for a particular period, it now shows as N/A on dashboards…

Choosing How to Treat Missing Metric Data in Equations in 2.14

When a metric isn’t updated, it is null. It shows up as gray in the software, and in the past it…

Aggregation Type for Calculated Metrics in 2.14

When a metric or one of its thresholds is calculated, there is now a “Calculated Aggregation Type…

Importing New Types of Data with Connect in 2.13

Connect is our data import tool that can connect to data sources and use them to import data into…

Scores in Metric Equations in 2.13

Hierarchy object scores can now be used in metric equations. The new syntax to reference a score in…

History Records for Deleted Users Are More Useful in 2.13

In the past, when a user was deleted, their audit history records were either deleted or not useful…

Reports All Use Searchable User Selection in 2.13

The scorecard owner/updater report now has a modern user select that allows you to search for users…

Dashboard Edit Windows Stay Open in 2.13

When you’re editing a dashboard, the windows now stay open until you click somewhere else. For…

Changing Multiple Dashboard Objects at Once in 2.13

If you select multiple dashboard objects of the same type, you can now change all of their settings…

Text Alignment for Performance Bubbles in 2.13

The text alignment of performance bubbles can now be changed in the latest version of the software.

Outline for Dashboard Text Boxes in 2.13

In the latest version of the software there is now the ability to specify an outline for text boxes…

Adding Initiative Objects to Dashboards in 2.13

You can now add several new types of initiative objects to dashboards. One of these is the…

Editing Templated Dashboard Copies in 2.13

In the past, the only way to have similar, but not identical, dashboards across multiple…

Other Notable Software Enhancements in 2.12

To close out our coverage of 2.12 enhancements, we have four smaller enhancements aimed at making…

More Auditing in 2.12

A large number of fields are now audited for scorecard objects that were not being audited before:

Tree in Metric Calculation Builder in 2.12

In the past, we only listed metrics when building equations, but that doesn't work well when there…

Improved Display of History Records in 2.12

There is now a label on top of history records explicitly stating the range of events being shown in…

Remapping Dashboard Report Filters in 2.12

Version 2.12 adds the ability to manually swap out scorecard object filters in reports that are…

Instant Alerts in Popups in 2.12

Version 2.12 now allows you to send instant alerts that appears to users immediately as a modal…

Usability Enhancements in 2.11

A major focus of version 2.11 was making the software easier to use. Some of the many smaller…

Gantt Chart Improvements in 2.11

We've improved the labels on Gantt charts in 2.11. The action titles now wrap to a new line if they…

Colored Action Plan Chart Axes in 2.11

In previous versions of the software the right and left axes on the action plans chart were black…

Mass-edit for Metric Equations in 2.11

You can now also edit multiple metric equations at once in the Reports section by replacing specific…

Metric Equation Filter in Reports in 2.11

There is a new filter in the Reports section called “Equation”.

Prepend for Templates in 2.11

In previous versions of the software, administrators could choose to append text to all template…

Copy and Paste Reports in 2.11

You can now copy and paste reports. If the source and destination organizations have similar…

Choosing "Current Period" in Dashboard Reports in 2.11

You used to have to choose a calendar like Monthly or Yearly when embedding reports into the…

Calendar Period Selector for Reports in 2.11

There is now a calendar period selector in the Reports section. All relative periods in reports now…

Edit Permissions Directly in Group Administration in 2.11

One of the biggest changes in 2.11 is the new way to assign view organization permissions for groups…

Usability Enhancements in 2.10

A major focus of version 2.10 was making the software easier to use. For example, there is now a…

Major Expenditures on Initiatives Overview Screen in 2.10

The Initiatives Overview now shows major expenditures if they exist.

Source Organization for Linked Objects in 2.10

In previous versions of the software it showed the source for linked objects’ Scorecard Overview…

Score and Updaters on Metrics Report in 2.10

There are now checkboxes on the Scorecard Metrics screen to be able to show updaters and scores.

Horizontal Chart Labels in 2.10

X-axis labels used to be displayed diagonally. This was easy to read, but it took up a large amount…

Overlapping Area Chart Series in 2.10

In version 2.10 you can now display overlapping area charts in addition to the existing stacked area…

Making Dashboard Objects the Same Size in 2.10

It used to be very difficult to get dashboard objects to be the same size.

Dashboard Templates in 2.10

Version 2.10 also now has dashboard templates. These are very similar to scorecard templates and…

Scorecard Templates in 2.10

One of the most exciting features in version 2.10 is scorecard templates. This allows users to…

New Search and Replace Options in 2.9

The last things I want to show you that are new in version 2.9 are the three new search and replace…

Show Group Administrators on User Form in 2.9

Previous versions of the software listed all of a user’s group memberships, but not the groups that…

Thinner Chart Lines in in 2.9

In previous versions of the software, the charts lines were very thick when only one series was…

Send to Briefing Book in 2.9

Adding a page to a Briefing Book used to be confusing. The software would show dropdowns that weren…

Current Calendar in 2.9

In previous versions of the software, you had to choose a calendar like Monthly or Yearly when…

Dashboard Drilldown Links in 2.9

When you embed a report in a dashboard, the names of the scorecard nodes are now clickable. This…

Dashboard Notes Within Containing Box in 2.9

When you add notes to a dashboard, you choose how large to make the notes box. In previous versions…

New Dashboard Object Display Options in 2.9

You can change many more display options for dashboard objects in version 2.9. For example, this is…

Faster Calendar Period Switching in 2.9

There are now forward and backward arrows for calendar periods in the header. Using these is much…

Initiatives in Metric Equations in 2.9

Initiatives and Tasks can now be used in equations for calculated metrics, further integrating the…

Redesigned Initiatives Overview in 2.9

Version 2.9 came out a few months ago, and one of the biggest changes is that the Initiatives…

Stacked Area Combo Charts in 2.8

The last 2.8 enhancement I'd like to share is stacked area combo charts. In previous versions of the…

Actions in Metrics Report in 2.8

In 2.8 there's a new column that you can add to the metrics report that shows Initiatives and…

Sending Alerts to Group Types in 2.8

In version 2.8, administrators can now send instant alerts to all users in the system or to all…

Locking Scorecard and Note Changes in 2.8

Another great feature introduced in 2.8 is the ability to lock note changes in addition to metric…

Catch-up: Easier Dashboard Editing in 2.8

You may have noticed that things have been a little quiet over here at the Spider Strategies blog…

2015 Strategy Execution Summit

We’re excited to officially announce our second annual Strategy Execution Summit with the Balanced…

Period "to date" Equations in 2.8

In version 2.8 there's a new equation you can use for calculated metrics called “Period to Date…

Increase Dashboard Text Size in 2.8

The default dashboard text object size used to be fairly small.

Default to Current Organization when Building Dashboards

When you're adding objects to a dashboard, the first step is to select the organization of the…

User and Group Dropdowns in 2.8

Users and groups are sometimes listed in the same dropdown list. This used to be confusing because…

New Default Chart Colors in 2.8

When you create a chart, we automatically choose colors for the data series. In previous versions of…

Briefing Book Redesign in 2.8

The Spider Strategies development engine keeps pushing forward, and we’re excited to announce the…

Other Connect Enhancements

We've put a lot of work into Connect lately, as you've probably noticed from our last three blog…

Connect Unmapped Data Report

Spreadsheets and databases change over time. When you first set up a metric value import, you may…

Data Transformations in Connect

Spreadsheets and databases often contain negative or blank values, and Connect has always imported…

Multi-column Spreadsheets in Connect

Lately we've been writing a lot about new things in Scoreboard/QuickScore, but that doesn't mean we…

Calendar Period Included in Exports in 2.7

When you’re using the software, you’ve always been able to see the current period at the top of the…

Set the Default Calendar Period in 2.7

In the past, when you first log into the software you’re shown data for the most recently completed…

New Getting Started Section in 2.7

New Linked Object Options in 2.7

Linked objects can now pull additional information from their source objects. In addition to the…

Live Search in 2.7

The latest version of the software includes live search that updates your search results as you type…

2014 Users Conference

We’re teaming up with the Balanced Scorecard Institute to create our first ever users conference…

Export and Import Scorecards in 2.7

Another popular request that is now in the software is the ability to export an entire scorecard in…

Improved Update Metrics Form in 2.7

There are several changes to the update metrics form in 2.7. At the top of the screen is now an…

Integrated Help in 2.7

In previous versions of the software, clicking on the help button brought up a dialog containing a…

Embeddable Dashboards in 2.7

Dashboards can now be embedded in webpages outside of the software. This is useful for embedding…

Redesigned User and Group Management in 2.7

With version 2.7 we've made user and group management much easier to use, especially for…

New Bulk Edits in 2.7

Another thing that's brand new in version 2.7 is the bulk edit functionality, which lets you edit…

New Scorecard Builder in 2.7

Version 2.7 is hitting beta, so let us know if you want to be a tester!

Progressive Enhancement

It's an exciting time in web development. New versions of web browsers come out all of the time…

Washington Business Journal 2012 Best Places to Work

We were just notified that we were named as one of the "Best Places to Work" by the…

Washingtonian Magazine 2011

Once again we've been named one of the "50 Great Places to Work" by Washingtonian Magazine…

Reports Now on Dashboards

Version 2.3 now offers the ability to add reports and charts from the Reports section to dashboards…

Our Report Card

We just got our Past Performance Evaluation from Dun & Bradstreet, and things are looking pretty…

Spider Strategies vs. Business Intelligence

One of the most commonly asked questions during our sales process is the difference between our…

CSS Sprites

We’re always exploring ways to make our software run faster, and in Scoreboard 2.3 we've been able…

Doing the "Right" Thing

I've been thinking a lot lately about Apple's new iPad and its lack of support for Flash graphics…

New option to turn off shiny graphics

Our new graphics in Scoreboard have been incredibly well received. Some of our defense clients…

New Linear Gauge WOB Preview

We’re busy working on all kinds of great new WOBs to include in your dashboards, and here's a…

New Speedometers in 2.1

As you can probably guess from previous posts, all of the charts and graphs are getting a complete…

New Pie Charts in CMS 2.1

With CMS 2.1 right around the corner, we've been working hard to make sure everything in the app…

Good Looking Gantt Charts

Two weeks ago I posted about how I spiced up the graphs in CMS. Well, now it's time for the gantt…

Design Advice - Look and Feel

Note: An old college friend recently asked me to critique the design of one of his web projects. I…

Good Looking Graphs

The graphs in CMS get the job done, but they're just not as attractive as they could be.

Dojo Spotlight

We were recently chosen as one of the Spotlight companies using the Dojo toolkit. We've used open…

Washington Business Journal 2008 Best Places to Work

The Washington Business Journal recently just voted us one of the "Top 50 Best Places to Work…

All automated demos done (finally!)

With the addition of the Scoreboard overview, I'm finally done with all of the automated demos. I…

New Reporting Demo

I've added a reporting automated demo to the products overview page. It's a little long, but that's…

New automated demos on website

For a little while now we've had an automated tour on our website that takes you through a quick…

Washingtonian 2007 Great Places To Work

Washingtonian magazine's 2007 "Great Places to Work" issue hit newsstands today, and we…

New Support for Smaller Browser Resolutions

A couple days ago I talked about how we made Corporate Management Suite 1.5 easier to use by moving…

New Changes to Organization and Date Selectors

We’re constantly refining the user interface of our Corporate Management Suite software based on…

New Product Tour

Fresh on the heels of our CMS 1.4 product release announcement, we have just put up a new automated…

Networking with Virtual PC 2007

I wrote a post last month about how impressed I was with Virtual PC 2007 and how it has changed the…

DHTML Dialogs vs. Popups

There are all kinds of situations in web applications were you need to collect information from the…

Smart JavaScript Caching

Like many web-based software companies, a significant part of our frontend logic is dependent on…

Getting Real and paying development debt

We've recently stumbled onto a book by 37signals (the people behind Ruby on Rails) that has gotten…