While there appears to be more SAP and ASUG conferences and road shows than you shake a stick at these days, there is one event that is the largest gathering of SAP BusinessObjects customers that happens every October – namely the ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference.
This is the event that attracts both BusinessObjects users and solution providers outside of the world of SAP ERP as well as those that use SAP.
InfoSol has sponsored this conference consistently over the years and this year will again be a Diamond Sponsor as it brings its unique brand of Inspired Business Intelligence to Orlando, Florida October 9 – 12.
The InfoSol booth (#405) will be buzzing for two full days discussing and demonstrating many truly inspired business intelligence solutions using both the BusinessObjects product suite and add-on solutions like InfoBurst in creative and compelling ways. This includes distributing both connected and unconnected Xcelsius dashboards to iPads, iPhones and Android mobile devices, integration with SharePoint and further write back features allowing Xcelsius input content to be written back to databases or saved to Excel.
Several Inspired InfoSol partners will also be at the InfoSol booth including GB&Smith showing their 360Plus solution for dynamic BusinessObjects security management and logical backup and restore. They will also highlight the new 360Eyes addition for auditing and impact analysis. Inovista will also be at the booth showing their really cool Xcelsius add-on components including new components designed with touch gestures for mobile devices.
Other InfoSol partners will have their own booths in the Exhibit area so be sure to check out Exxova with their new MyBI Mobile solution for using all your BO tools on iOS and Android devices, Mellmo with their stunning mobile Business Intelligence solution – RoamBI, and Centigon Solutions with their location intelligence Google maps plug-in for Xcelsius and other nifty components.
InfoSol will be participating in several of the rich array of Business Intelligence and BusinessObjects sessions being presented. These include :
Business Intelligence Mobility or Nobility | Paul Grill | 10/10/11 | 9:30AM-10:30AM
Delve into the options and considerations for deploying SAP BusinessObjects-based BI on mobile devices. If you have made significant investments in SAP Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, and Xcelsius®, how do you best leverage these on mobile devices? http://boucschedule.asug.com/Agenda/Details.aspx?SID=187
Inspired Business Intelligence | Paul Grill | 10/11/11 | 9:30AM-10:30AM
This presentation will showcase applications where SAP BusinessObjects products have been uniquely woven together to produce solutions which have resulted in significant benefits and identified valuable, previously unknown information to decision makers. http://boucschedule.asug.com/Agenda/Details.aspx?SID=184
Extraordinary Tales of Business Intelligence Dashboard and Report Delivery | Heather Sinkwitz & Bryan Baca | 10/11/11 | 2:45PM-3:45PM
Learn about a remarkable collection of case studies from SAP BusinessObjects customers needing to deliver critical business intelligence content to users which was simply not possible with the standard-delivered BusinessObjects software. These extraordinary tales of business intelligence dashboard and report delivery will clearly demonstrate how the seemingly impossible can be made possible. http://boucschedule.asug.com/Agenda/Details.aspx?SID=761
In this last presentation, Heather Sinkwitz from Rural Metro Corporation will be discussing and demonstrating a really cool Business Intelligence solution using BusinessObjects products like Data Integrator and Web Intelligence with InfoBurst and Xcelsius to provide a combination dashboard and mobile delivery of daily key performance data.
All in all, this promises to be a great event and if you stop by to see us you are sure to be inspired to create many inspired business intelligence solutions of your own.
Have to rush to catch the plane to Orlando – hope to see you there!
Paul Grill started his career in Information Technology in the U.K. in 1978, as an Executive Data Processing Trainee for Honeywell. More than thirty years later, he still has a voracious appetite for learning as Information Technology continues to advance at an ever accelerating pace. He was first introduced to the world of Business Intelligence in 1991, in France, when he saw a demonstration of an early version of BusinessObjects on Windows 2.1. He returned to the U.S. to rave about this phenomenal product, but it was many years before BusinessObjects made it into the mainstream. Paul founded InfoSol in 1997, and made Business Intelligence one of the key solutions offered by the company. Today, InfoSol is a leading SAP BusinessObjects solutions partner, known for its expert consulting, education and innovative add-on solutions. Paul is well known within the SAP BusinessObjects community for his extensive knowledge of Business Intelligence, and he has lectured and written many articles on the subject. Paul enjoys writing, running and coaching kids soccer, and is passionate about Ancient Egyptology.