Tech Review: Mark Polson explores Novia's Report Zone

Mark Polson explores Novia's Report Zone

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Professional Adviser's technology columnist Mark Polson promised no 'zone' puns in this review on Novia's adviser reporting tool - but he didn't get to write the headline...

Our subject this week is grappling bravely - or bravely grappling depending on your preference - with one of the ‘third rails' of platform development; platform reporting. Third rail is a handy phrase, by the way, which you may use at will. I think I nicked it from an episode of The West Wing. On a railway line in the USA, you see, there are three rails. Two carry the train's wheels, the third carries all the electrical power. Touch it and you are likely to be sporting a quite spiky hairdo. In the afterlife. Anyway, the reason reporting is called the third rail in our review today is ...

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