Puntarenas, Costa Rica – February 3rd, 2011 Exactly one week after being in a major snow storm in Philadelphia, I find myself boarding a ferry in Puntarenas, Costa Rica in 97 degree heat. I am on my way to visit my brother who currently is in the middle of the ...
Read More »IBIS 2011 registration is now open
Registration is now open… for IBIS 2011: INSPIRED BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, June 19 – 24. We believe that Business Intelligence is changing our lives in so many amazing ways. It inspires companies, institutions and people to make timely decisions with confidence and is one of the most exciting happenings on the planet right now. ...
Read More »Comparing BI Dashboard Solutions: Hummer vs. Fit
My youngest son recently learned to drive and he now takes himself to school three times a week in my wife’s orange Honda Fit. For those not familiar with this awesome sub-compact, it is a nifty 38 mile per gallon cute little dynamo of a car. It is practical, economical, ...
Read More »Top 5 Predictions for Business Intelligence in 2011
Well 2010 saw not just a strong recovery for the I.T. sector, but some very healthy growth and, once again, Business Intelligence was right at the forefront. So what can we expect to see in 2011? BI Vendors and Industry Analysts are predicting all sorts of things for 2011 but ...
Read More »BO XI 3.1: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade?
As SAP announces the “ramp up” or controlled release for SAP BusinessObjects XI 4.0, some companies who are planning to upgrade to BO XI 3.1 are wondering if they should now wait. The simple answer is “no” and there are many good reasons to upgrade to XI 3.1 as soon ...
Read More »Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Several years ago, I saw an exhibition of surrealist paintings in Paris including works by Salvador Dali and Joan Miro. I found the Dali paintings visually stunning as well as fascinatingly compelling whereas I had a hard time understanding the Miro ones. Others, who were with me, expressed the complete ...
Read More »Missing Leo Apotheker
There was a lot of trepidation amongst the BusinessObjects community when SAP acquired Business Objects in January 2008. We had all seen how Oracle had consumed Hyperion (which had, in turn, consumed Brio) to the point of losing its identity as an independent BI solution. The question was would SAP ...
Read More »Kimono Starts to Open on BusinessObjects XI 4.0 at ASUG BO Conference
The 2010 ASUG BusinessObjects User Conference provided a lot of interest not just for the 1,100 registered attendees but also for the additional 600 attendees of the SAP Fall Focus who shared the same venue. Judging by the number of attendees in the various sessions, it appeared a large number ...
Read More »Xcelsius Will Always Be Xcelsius
So what’s in a name? Some people will tell you “everything” while others will tell you it depends on what you are naming. Some products have not only become defined by their name but have been so successful they end up defining all products of the same type like “Kleenex” ...
Read More »Winners of 2010 Best Xcelsius Dashboard Awards Announced at IBIS 2010
As Xcelsius becomes more widely used and more mature, the level of complexity and creativity in its usage in Business Intelligence applications appears to grow exponentially. This was the third year of InfoSol’s Best Xcelsius Dashboard Awards and there was no shortage of great dashboards on display at IBIS 2010 at the Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel, California.
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