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I recently read an article by my colleague, Paul Grill, about his top prediction for 2014. I agree with him about Affordable BI For All and wanted to add my voice...

Modern Business Intelligence (BI) platforms like SAP BusinessObjects, SQL Server Reporting Services and Yellowfin BI give organizations a wealth of reporting tools. Tools like Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports and SSRS make it easy to create attractive and valuable BI reports. Getting those reports into the hands of consumers and decision ...

This week somebody asked me “What would be your one prediction for BI in 2014?”. Yes, I have seen many of the BI analysts and vendors making their top prediction and trend lists with items like Big Data, Agile BI, Embedded Analytics, Collaboration, True Self-Service BI, Social BI, Prescriptive BI, ...

Recently we had a client approach us with a difficult requirement for distributing a webi report.  They have a single report which contains details for up to 60 customers.  They wanted to schedule the report to produce an excel spreadsheet, however, with the report split into a tab for each ...

So, I am walking through the Costa Rican jungle and my guide is pointing out plants , trees, spiders, birds, butterflies that are just amazing. I have never imagined, let alone seen, most of what he is showing me. He can see that I am dumbstruck and says to me ...

I have always traveled a lot by plane and probably have enough flying stories to fill several books. I often use airlines as a great example of the application of Business Intelligence. When fuel prices went through the roof and more than doubled in the US a few years ago, ...

Yellowfin announced the new release date of their enhancements to the integrated BI solution that will reflect in Yellowfin 7; GA is set for December 20th 2013. There are many anticipated enhancements coming in this release due to the feedback Yellowfin customers have given since the changes in 6.3.  I will ...

Exhibiting at the 2013 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) for the first time was a truly interesting experience...

InfoBurst build 123 was released November 14, 2013. The build contains a number of enhancements, including: BusinessObjects: BI 4.0 SP7 and BI 4.1 SP1 platforms are now supported. InfoBurst Dashboard Connectors: Dashboards 4 connectors now support BI Mobile conversion to HTML5 DCP: Schedule and burst DeskI in BI 4.1 using the Desktop Intelligence ...

Desktop Intelligence (DeskI) reports get a new lease on life in SAP’s Business Intelligence Platform 4.1. The Desktop Intelligence Compatibility Pack (DCP) enables DeskI users to connect their XI3 DeskI client to BI 4.1 to view and refresh DeskI reports. DCP is intended to accommodate DeskI users as they transition ...

The Greek philosopher, Plato, is attributed with first expressing that necessity drives invention...

Many exciting things came from our first annual InfoBurst® User Conference.  Getting to interact with our customers, seeing how they use the product, and hearing about the real world issues they face really help mold what InfoBurst Enterprise can become.  This year we held a User Influence Meeting where we ...

ASUG’s SAP BusinessObjects User Conference 2013 will go down in the annals of BusinessObjects history as a milestone event. While SAP is still trying to sort out how to position its ever growing portfolio of Business Intelligence tools, this conference clearly demonstrated that its customers have already figured it out ...

As business analysts, we use a lot of really great and powerful tools to visualize our valuable information.  The only problem is that the world as a whole is moving towards a more mobile environment.  And that leaves me with the question of what is going to happen to our ...

InfoBurst (Enterprise and Dash) build 122 was released September 18, 2013. The build contains a number of new features and enhancements. Enhancements include: BusinessObjects Platform Support: BI4.0 SP6 and XI3 SP6 platforms are now supported. Database Connection Summary: Create a database connection summary. The summary (PDF) contains detail information about the connection ...