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Wayne Van Sluys Promoted to Oracle ACE Director

Wayne Van Sluys Promoted to Oracle ACE Director Arlington, Texas – September 2, 2020 – The Oracle ACE Program has promoted Wayne Van Sluys from Oracle ACE to Oracle ACE Director. Oracle ACE Directors are top-tier industry advocates recognized for their significant contributions to the Oracle technology and application communities. Members of the program are technologically adept and eager to share knowledge and experience. In being named an Oracle ACE Director, Wayne was recognized for his numerous industry contributions including speaking at conferences, on educational webcasts, in product forums, and writing blog articles. Most namely, Wayne was identified as a highly esteemed thought-leader in Analytics and Data Visualization in the enterprise solution industry. “Wayne has been a leader in the EPM and BI space for many years,” said Glen Chang, chief operating officer at interRel. “And he continues to find ways to give back to the community and help make everyone smarter. We are immensely proud of Wayne for being recognized as an Oracle ACE Director today. He richly deserves this recognition, and we celebrate his amazing achievement.” Wayne has over 20 years of professional experience developing and deploying business analytics solutions. He has extensive consulting and industry expertise using Oracle…

Analytics and Data TechCasts Series: Using Animation in Oracle Analytics

WEBCAST: Using Animation in Oracle Analytics Two Data Viz Extensions allow for data to be played / looped to tell a data story through the passing of time. This session will show how to leverage animation into an Oracle Analytics project. Time: April 9, 2020 12:00 PM ET This is open to EVERYONE (Oracle Customers, Partners and Employees).   REGISTER NOW Presenter: Wayne Van Sluys Lead Consultant interRel Consulting    

COVID-19: Scenario Planning & Strategic Modeling – AICPA Public Service Webinar

AICPA Public Service Webinar: COVID-19: Scenario Planning & Strategic Modeling (CPE 1 Credit) Summary: The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants® (AICPA) is hosting a complimentary, four-part webinar series as a public service to all finance professionals, to provide expert insights on business continuity planning during the COVID-19 crisis. Part II of the series is on scenario planning and strategic modeling best practices to help companies move from crisis and continuity management to planning for recovery and resiliency in the months ahead, and features Oracle expert Marc Seewald, vice president of EPM Product Management. Attend the webinar! When: April 9th, 2020 9am PT/12pm ET Go to the AICPA COVID-19 Resource Center to view the other webinars in this series Tracy McMullen Architect interRel Consulting

Free Health & Safety Management Cloud for Current HCM Customers

Oracle just announced they are going to offer their Health & Safety Incident Management Cloud for free during this time of Coronavirus for current HCM customers. From Oracle: “Protecting the Workplace: Oracle is prepared to help. Our Health and Safety product is now free to current HCM Cloud Customers. As we continue to face increasing concerns about the Coronavirus COVID-19, many organizations are facing new challenges, without software to help them. Oracle will provide Workforce Health and Safety at no charge for the next year (or as long as required to deal with the Coronavirus crisis) to current HCM Cloud Customers in production. And we want to provide an easy way for you to get this product up and working quickly. Discover how Workforce Health and Safety can assist your organization, as well as how to quickly get the product into production and your staff members up to speed.  We hope that this will help you manage risk through this time of uncertainty and allow your staff to focus on pertinent employee matters related to COVID-19.” Other resources for you: Solution Overview and Solution Data Sheet. Tracy McMullen Architect interRel Consulting

interRel Releases State of Business Analytics Survey 2020 Webcast

Arlington, Texas – February 14, 2020 – interRel released its much-anticipated annual State of Business Analytics (SoBA) 2020 survey webcast recording. The SoBA survey is a compilation of responses of nearly 300 executive Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Analytics professionals. The valuable insights derived from the survey were showcased and presented in the webcast to our interested listeners in the EPM space. (more…)

SOBA 20 – interRel’s State of Business Analytics 2020

What is the SOBA Survey? Every year, interRel conducts a survey of enterprise-level EPM and Business Analytics professionals and we call this the State of Business Analytics Survey. This is a survey of professionals in the field.  Your insights are extremely valuable in helping us analyze and report on industry trends related to planning, reporting, analysis, consolidation and Cloud adoption. If you're reading this,  we need your participation. Please take a few minutes to complete this year’s survey.  The results will be compiled by combining your confidential answers with others to provide concrete trend information. Moreover, the survey will be released to the world on a live webcast on January 29, 2020. Thank you in advance for taking part in this important effort.  

Kscope20 Early Bird Registration Code

ODTUG Kscope20 Early Bird Registration Code Join interRel Consulting at ODTUG Kscope20 in Boston, MA in 2020 and save $100 off the cost of registration while you're at it. Step 1 Go to the ODTUG Kscope20 registration page. Step 2 Register with this Promo Code: IRC20 Step 3 Feel good that you just saved $100.

interRel Consulting Wins Oracle Excellence Awards for Global & North America Partner of the Year in Business Analytics 

interRel Consulting Wins Two Prestigious Oracle Excellence Awards for Global and North America Partner of the Year in Business Analytics  September 16, 2019 -- Today Oracle awarded interRel Consulting with two 2019 Oracle Excellence Awards for Partner of the Year:  Global in Business Analytics  North America in Business Analytics  The Oracle Excellence Awards for Global and North America Partner of the Year recognizes interRel Consulting for their outstanding work in driving customer success with Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Analytics Server. From business planning, acquisition and implementation, to connectivity, data center and integration services, Oracle partners provide the support and services needed to maximize the value of Oracle Cloud solutions for customers’ organization.  Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) offers opportunities for partners to accelerate and expand their business. Oracle would like to highlight their partners who are highly experienced and skilled in taking their customers on a successful path to the cloud.  interRel Consulting is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). interRel was presented the 2019 Oracle Excellence Award for both Global and North America Partner of the Year in Business Analytics for demonstrating an outstanding and innovative solution based on Oracle products. The Oracle Excellence Awards for Global and…

New interRel Training Page for Oracle Training

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EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization Speaker of the Year at Kscope19 is Glenn Schwartzberg

Arlington, Texas -- June 27, 2019 -- Glenn Schwartzberg was named Speaker of the Year in Kscope19’s EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization category. An Oracle ACE Director, Glenn Schwartzberg previously won Essbase Speaker of the Year at Kscope14 and Kscope15. ODTUG recognizes the top speakers at Kscope by evaluating responses from attendees during individual sessions.    “I’m honored to be named Top EPM Reporting Track Speaker,” said Glenn Schwartzberg. “The speakers in this track are all fantastic. The real winners are the people who attended sessions and gained valuable knowledge.”    “With so many great sessions competing for EPM speaking honors at Kscope19, I’m extremely proud of Glenn for winning EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization Speaker of the Year,” said interRel CEO Edward Roske. “Glenn is a great presenter, a great entertainer, and a great educator. He definitely deserves the award.”   interRel achieved several milestones during Kscope19, including participating in 18 sessions overall, more than any other partner at the event.   Glenn Schwartzberg and the rest of the interRel team look forward to attending Kscope20 in Boston, Massachusetts.   About interRel Founded in 1997, interRel Consulting is the longest-standing partner dedicated solely to implementing…