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A few years ago, I had encouraged a BI Director to create a BI dashboard showing the key financial metrics of their company and to show it to the CEO. The day after he showed it, he called me to say that he was never doing that again. Apparently, the ...

On a recent trip to Egypt, I visited several of the places I had originally visited when I first went there 35 years ago. While I miss some of the nostalgia and adventure of climbing over rocks and crawling through tunnels in tombs in the dark, I am excited that ...

I travel a lot internationally and I can’t but help notice the vast differences in airport security procedures.   Some airports perform a security scan of you and your luggage before you can even get to the check-in counters. Some perform a security scan after you pick up your luggage in ...

When I was in Marrakech, Morocco last year, I stayed at a wonderful Riad in the Old Medina. The Medina is the historic walled city, centuries old and full of tiny narrow streets and passageways. It is packed with tiny shops, tanneries, ancient sites, food places and people’s homes and ...

On a recent visit to Oregon, I met with several BusinessObjects customers who have recently moved to the current BI 4.3 release. They all had stories of issues that they ran into while testing the new release and the time it took to get the issues resolved. Many of the ...

Well IBIS 2024, the BusinessObjects event of the year, was just brilliant. The sessions were outstanding, the keynotes inspiring, the interactions compelling and the BI 2025 test drives exciting. It really was the best IBIS ever! Once again, my favorite part was the compelling customer case studies, and this year ...

SAP recently announced a further extension of the BusinessObjects roadmap along with a new cadence of software releases. The next major release of BusinessObjects, BI 2025, will be the first of a new naming convention and release pattern going forward. Previous releases with BusinessObjects 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 have followed ...

I travel a lot and so I belong to a lot of frequent traveler programs . Through flights, hotels, car rentals, trains, restaurants and Starbucks, I collect a lot of miles, points and stars that save my company money and provide extra perks like upgrades and priority status. Best of ...

I got an amazing birthday gift from my wife this year. She bought tickets for the Annual World Championship Hoop Dancing competition in Phoenix. It was something I always wanted to see and I was not disappointed. I watched the entire 2 days live and enjoyed every minute of it. ...

While cleaning out the storage area at the InfoSol office recently, we came across a box of unopened Xcelsius Engage 2008 software packages. Yes, back in 2008, it was normal to deliver PC based software this way, putting it on CD’s and packaged in a nice-looking box with installation instructions ...

Last night I went to watch a Roller Derby game live on a banked track which I have not done for a long time. I loved the game especially since my team, “The Runaway Brides”, soundly defeated the “Brutal Beauties” but it also reignited my love of the sport. Both ...

As we see in another new year, it’s that time to hear about all the new strategies from software and Business Intelligence( BI) vendors for 2024. The last few years, it’s been dominated by Cloud and everyone wanting to be the number 1 in the cloud. But the last year ...

I always dread replacing my computer and try to put it off until I have absolutely no choice. It’s not that I don’t want all the great new features especially size, speed and battery life since I travel so much, it’s just that I have to go through this ever-increasingly ...

I have a had a lot of conversations about data strategy this year. With both the rise in organizations looking to move their data to the cloud and the increasing awareness of the power of BI and generative AI, data strategy has become a top priority. If the data is ...

At the SpeakBO Experience Event last month, SAP presented some excellent sessions and demonstrations on both the current and future features of BusinessObjects and one thing was very evident. Namely, they are investing heavily in enhancing the functionality of Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports.  This makes a lot of sense.  ...