Paul Blogs on BI

I have noticed an interesting trend over the last 6 months as people and organizations play and try to find productive use cases for AI. While some companies went all out to encourage their staff to use AI and created leaderboards and rewards for people who burned through the most ...

I recently had a stress fracture of the tibia (shin bone) in my left leg. I called the orthopedics department of a well-known healthcare organization to make an appointment. After collecting all my personal details, the representative asked where the problem was located and I told her on the left ...

About 20 years ago, there was a movie called Mr. and Mrs. Smith starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. It starts off with them visiting with a marriage counselor trying to sort out issues in their stagnant and boring marriage. What they don’t know at the time is that they ...

Well, IBIS 2026 really was the best IBIS ever with 3 days of immersion in the best of everything BusinessObjects and the future of Business Intelligence. The conference kicked off with the Monday keynote on BusinessObjects Enters the New Kingdom where I drew a parallel between Ancient Egypt’s Golden Age ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...