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SAP issues monthly Security Patch Day Bulletins on the second Tuesday of every month- which has been synchronized with the Security Patch Day of other major software vendors. This month’s bulletin was issued on July 14, 2026, and contains 16 new security notes. Thankfully, NONE of these notes apply to the SAP BusinessObjects Platform. However, SAP BusinessObjects customers should be …

When I was a kid, I always looked forward to my birthday because that was the one day of the year I was allowed to invite friends to my grandparents’ house where I lived and we could both play and interact outside of school. We immersed ourselves in games like “pass the parcel,” “musical chairs”, “musical statues” and “blind man’s …

I was at an archeological conference last week promoting the InfoBurst Squirrel no-code application development solution. This is the same solution that many BusinessObjects customers are using to provide write back, AI and what if scenarios in Web Intelligence. It is also an excellent solution for the archeology community because their main constraint is budget. InfoBurst Squirrel allows them to …

SAP issues monthly Security Patch Day Bulletins on the second Tuesday of every month- which has been synchronized with the Security Patch Day of other major software vendors. This month’s bulletin was issued on April 14, 2026, and contains 19 new security notes and 1 update to a previously released security note. Three (3) of these notes apply to the SAP BusinessObjects Platform and have a medium severity. …

It’s easy to get lost coming out of Newark Airport with a rental car even when you are using Google Maps. So, on a recent trip there, I decided just to follow the two cars in front of me as they seemed to know where they were going. Unfortunately, they and I ended up in a long-stay parking lot! Google …

In my last blog, I wrote of the confusion about what happened in 2025 (link at the bottom).  So, I have spent the last few weeks calling organizations about their strategy and plans for 2026. The majority have said their strategy is to be cautious and keep a close eye on costs until the economic outlook becomes clearer. I am …

Lumira, a Short History In March 1966, Twentieth Century Fox released The Sound of Music, a film adaptation of a popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The film became the highest grossing film of 1965 and in 1966 became the highest grossing film in history. This year, we celebrate the film’s 60th anniversary with special edition Blu Ray box sets and …

The end of a year is always a good time to reflect back on what happened to shape direction and strategy for the coming year. However, as I look back on 2025, I’m really confused about what happened and where we are heading. Due to the total upheaval in the global economy with on again/off again trade tariffs and political …

Just before participating in the SAP TechEd on Tour event in Sydney, Australia, I visited Featherdale Widlife Park which takes care of over 2,000 native Aussie animals representing more than 260 different species. While, for my colleagues, petting the koalas and kangaroos was the highlight, for me, it was coming face to face with the Powerful Owl. I have never …

So a couple of months ago, I find myself standing waist-deep in the Mediterranean sea on the Costa Brava in Spain. The water is a little cold and I am hesitant to dive in. It’s not just because of the shock of the cold water, it’s also because I have already spotted 2 jellyfish and I don’t particulary want to …

Day of the Dead- or Dia de los Muertos- will be celebrated in just a few days on November 1st. I was reminded about this holiday when doing some product research using Copilot, the AI panel built into Microsoft’s Edge browser. Despite the current popularity of AI, Microsoft (rightly) feels the need to add the disclaimer “AI-generated content may be incorrect” at the bottom of …

About 5 years ago, I was interviewing Santi Becerra, creator of Xcelsius and then a development VP at Tableau working on AI, at an IBIS conference. I asked him the question, “Where do you see Business Intelligence 5 years from today?”.  His answer was something along the lines of people receiving “bite-size” chunks of data on their mobile devices that …

Last month I saw the amazing new Disney Hercules Musical in London’s West End. This has always been my favorite Disney cartoon, partly because my two youngest kids must have watched the original cartoon a thousand times so I know all the songs. The live musical version did not disappoint and the Muses who sang the narration of the story …

One of my favorite Business Intelligence stories is from a fleet vehicle management company who use BI extensively to help identify anomalies in fleet vehicle costs and behavior. In one of their analyses, they identified a driver who had 12 oil changes on his vehicle in 12 months – literally one oil change a month. They could see from the …

There were so many highlights at the IBIS 2025 BusinessObjects Conference this year, it’s hard to know where to begin.  I saw a Gila Monster at the resort on the first day after we arrived, and I had not seen one of these rare beauties in over 30 years! That was a good sign that this IBIS was going to …