AIGS Insights
OUR CORE EMPHASIS
IS ON PARTNERSHIP
At AIGS Insights, our core emphasis is on partnership – working closely with our partners and customers, committed to ‘making things happen’.
With a strong focus on delivering value, and with our customers and partners at the heart of all we do, we help companies create success through delivering real VALUE. We do this by delivering solutions that enable and support our partners to deliver maximum value across their customer base.
This, in combination with any required services, is all geared to enable and support our partners as we work collaboratively with them too, in turn, support their customers.
From technical support, and problem-solving to assistance with project management, if required, we are committed to helping our partners unlock maximum value for their customers.
An organisation’s ability to compete is directly linked to its ability to make the right decisions quickly!
Data – and the ability to both harness and leverage its true inherent value is key!
“Our strategic partnerships with like-valued and value driven solution partners enables us to continuously expand our offering in alignment with our goal of customising each solution to specific and detailed requirements.” – Rick Parry, Chairman & CEO, AIGS Insights
About
THE AIGS WAY
DELIVERING VALUE
Now more than ever, technology vendors must focus on delivering value. To do so, we simply cannot continue to push product features or even customer benefits – instead, we need to clearly communicate the value that our solutions deliver to our customers, our customers’ customers, and even further down the value chain. In other words, know your product’s ultimate value to end-users.
- Delivering value all the way down the “customer value chain”
- Strong focus on providing personalised service
- Help companies create real success
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Why Choose Us
THE REASON WE ARE IN
BUSINESS IS TO 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE'
Founded in mid-2018 AIGS Insights – with a core focus on its partner and customer base, has as its purpose to deliver real value.
Originally part of the overall AIGS business, increasing demand and steady growth led to the
creation of a separate company – AIGS Insights.
With a strong focus on:
Providing personalised service.
An approach that has its customers at
heart.
Help companies create real success.
Now more than ever, vendors must focus on delivering value.
“To do so, we simply cannot continue to push product features of even customer benefits. Instead, we need to clearly communicate the value that our solutions deliver to our customers, our customers’ customers, and even further down the value chain. In other words, know your product’s ultimate value to end-users,” Rick Parry, Chairman & CEO, AIGS Insights
Whatever we do is important, as for us it is how we stay in business. However, of increasing importance is the way in which we go about our business – particularly in the world of technology!
JJG ElsClient Executive
Dominic AlbrechtHead of Analytics
Louis FerreiraManaging Director, Africa
Anton GerberManaging Director
Mich MartinsCEO
FREQUENTLY ASK QUESTIONS
SUPPORT & CONSULTING
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SMTP Yellowfin setup (with 2 factor authentication)
What is SMTP?
SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a communication protocol that is used to send, receive, and relay email messages between email servers. When an email is sent, it’s transferred over the internet from one server to another using SMTP. Email clients like Outlook or Gmail for example rely on SMTP to send message from one email account to another.What is 2 Factor Authentication?
Two-factor authentication (or 2FA, for short) strengthens login security by requiring a second authentication method — a second factor beyond your username and password. The second authentication method is usually a temporary code delivered to a device in your possession, such as your mobile phone. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) uses multiple authentication factors to proves one identity.Problem Statement: Why should you have 2FA/MFA enabled on your Gmail account?
Having 2FA enabled on an email account is great in terms of security. However when that email account is used to send automated emails (as in the case with Yellowfin an many other applications), it becomes difficult to implementation a second authentication method.For this reason, many email providers have implemented its own way to bypass the second authentication method for applications. Google/Gmail for instance has implemented this by implementing Application Passwords.
Setup Process
Enabling 2FA for a Google Gmail Account More -
How to create and use Yellowfin in a Docker environment
Is it possible to have a ready made environment to quickly deploy and manage many Yellowfin instances, for - Yes indeed , it is possible.
Follow these steps to donwload and setup a dockerized instance of Yellowfin using postgresql as it's configuration database.
Step 1: Download and install docker desktop by clicking here
Step 2: Visit the Yellowfin docker repository to pull the yellowfin image at https://hub.docker.com/r/yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one and copy the pull command, run it in the Command prompt and wait for the download to finish.
e.g pull command to download an image with the latest version of yellowfin "docker pull yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one:latest"
Step 3: Start the Yellowfin instance by running a docer run statement in the command promt. e.g docker run --name YellowfinDocker -p 80:8080 yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one:latest
The default ram for the instance is 4096 , however you can give it more ram by specifying the -e APP_MEMORY parameter during start up. e.g docker run --name YellowfinDocker -p 80:8080 -e APP_MEMORY=4096 yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one:latest
Step 4: wait a few minutes for the yellowfin instance to start up and then access your yellowfin instance using the exposed port number which in our case is port 80 - e.g http://localhost:80 - (to see if your instance is running, you can monitor the logs on your Docker desktop app)
Step 5: Load your license file and start exploring your BI tool
NB: Yellowfin All-In-One
The Yellowfin All-In-One image contains the Yellowfin application and repository database.
This can be used for short trials and demonstrations.
This image will not persist data outside of the Docker container, and all content will be lost when the container is shutdown.
This Docker image cannot be used in a clustered environment.
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Embedding using a script
Client Server IP addresses needs to be whitelisted to allow them to retrieve Yellowfin content. (This needs to be the external ip or hostname of the client server and the port for example http://clientapp:800)
This is configured in Administration -> Configuration -> System -> General Settings
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Embedding with an iframe
Yes, it is possible to embed a single table or graph.
We have found in the past that iframes are not always the best containers to embed Yellowfin content into, below is a link addressing some of the concerns.
The simplest method of embedding content is by using “script-tag integration” (which can be used without the need for a container)
You copy the script tag from you Yellowfin content share option and use it in the client application.
View how to embed Yellowfin Content
This is just one of the integration methods supported by Yellowfin, the below link gives some information on all the available methods.
Our Team
LET'S INTRODUCE OURSELVES
Rick Parry
Chairman & CEO
A true veteran of the IT industry (as far back as 1977), Rick is by no means a conventional ‘techie’. Although possessing a deep understanding of technology (enabling him to visualise exactly how business is able to benefit from its value) Rick is, at heart, a people’s person with a deep passion for anything people-related and an eternal optimist who regards everything as an opportunity.
After 10 years as the Managing Director of the South African Progress Subsidiary, Rick founded AIGS in 2010 becoming the Progress Distributor for Sub Saharan Africa. Three years later, AIGS secured the distributorship for Yellowfin that ultimately split from the original AIGS to form AIGS Insights in 2019.
As CEO of both companies, the majority of Rick’s time is spent mentoring all members of both teams, working closely with them as they continuously explore new ways to constantly go the extra mile, thereby living the company’s core ethos of ‘Making A Difference’.
Affectionately known as the ‘wise old boss’, Rick leadership style is as strict and demanding as it is fair and compassionate, with a huge emphasis placed on individual and team wellbeing.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
Gustav Piater
Sales & Marketing Director
As Sales & Marketing Director for both AIGS and AIGS Insights, Gustav’s primary responsibility lies in building the channel business and promoting both the AIGS product range (including Progress, Corticon, Sitefinity, DataDirect and the traditional OpenEdge stack) and that of AIGS Insights (Yellowfin Business Intelligence).
Having joined the business in 2014, while his initial responsibilities focused mainly on growing the Yellowfin brand locally, the last few years has seen his role grow to include a much greater focus on the Progress/ OpenEdge business as well.
Passionate about all things IT and data, Gustav channels these passions into personal drivers and motivation as he focuses on building the business.ork.
Affectionately called ‘THOR’ by his team members, Gustav’s hope is that this is a reflection of his leadership and ability to continue pushing through...
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
Stephen van Rooyen
Chief Technology Officer
Having started with AIGS in 2013, Stephen initially split his time between the Progress and Yellowfin product range. From support analyst to solutions consultant, pre-sales consultation to research, product testing and innovation, there is literally no area Stephen has not added value to.
With a strong background in software development, coupled with his deep product knowledge and understanding, Stephen is an integral part of everyday operations. But underneath it all, Stephen simply describes himself as a problem solver … in search of his next challenge!
Promoted to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and part of the AIGS executive in April 2020, Stephen’s current role sees him involved in pre-sales and product support, proof of concept, report development, professional services and even instructor-led training.
Known as the ‘resident silent giant’, mostly to be found working quietly behind his desk, Stephen is an absolute rock, delivering enormous value to both our team and partner and customer base.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
Tshepiso Tsime
Yellowfin BI Solutions Consultant
Known as someone who is determined to make a difference
Tshepiso Tsime
Yellowfin BI Solutions Consultant
Having joined AIGS Insights at the beginning of January 2020, Tshepiso shares the honour of being one of its newest team members.
Passionate, a bit of an overthinker (in all the good ways) and driven to learn all that he can, Tshepiso has quickly settled into his role as one of the company’s Yellowfin interns.
Known as someone who is determined to make a difference, whilst giving 100% across everything he does, Tshepiso embraces each day firmly believing that ‘there is no such thing as a stupid question’.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
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