BusinessObjects

The love for BusinessObjects was in the air at this year’s InfoSol Business Intelligence Seminar (IBIS). With attendees sharing their love for BusinessObjects, networking with others who share the same passion, and attending many hands-on training and seminar sessions to expand their knowledge. One of the highlights of IBIS was ...

I recently signed up for a sponsored bike ride and needed to buy a bike. Since I have never ridden more than 5 miles in my life before and I had signed up to ride 25 miles, my eldest son, who is an avid cyclist, told me which bike to ...

I have learned many valuable life lessons coaching kids’ soccer. Like the time my team of 10-year-old boys lost a game 12-0 and I tried to give one of my inspirational after-game pep talks. The players felt down, I felt down and as I tried to tell them the score ...

New Zealand is an extraordinary place to visit with an incredible range of natural wonders, stunning landscapes and the remarkable Maori culture. One place of many not to miss is Rotorua which has all these attributes and the Te Puia park where you can see geothermal activity like boiling mud ...

 The Americas SAP User Group (ASUG) announced last month that it was immediately terminating the Global BusinessObjects Network (GBN) Special Interest Group. This was a group set up a few years ago to represent the BusinessObjects Only community – those BusinessObjects users who did not use SAP ERP or other ...

The story of Romeo and Juliet, as portrayed by William Shakespeare, is the beautiful and tragic love story between two “star crossed lovers” from feuding families who fall madly in love. When Juliet feigns death in a desperate effort to be with Romeo, he thinks she is really dead and ...

An early notification would provide enough time for senior management to ensure the right team and support was in place to win the deal. There was only one caveat…

The superhero theme was a huge hit at this year’s InfoSol Business Intelligence Seminar (IBIS) with attendees showing off some pretty cool superhero poses and an abundance of super powers in the many hands-on training and seminar sessions. One of the top highlights was the InfoSol 2017 dashboard awards that ...

At the end of last year I did a quick improvised survey of our active BusinessObjects customers and was surprise to find that about 35% of them were also using Tableau. Most just had a few copies of Tableau desktop, but some had Tableau server too. In all cases they ...

One of the most awe-inspiring presentations at this year’s IBIS conference was about how a government ministry is driving improved healthcare for its citizens by analyzing and visualizing data and then acting on the results. Isn’t this what Business Intelligence is all about? Analyzing and visualizing data and then taking ...