One of my favorite organizations is the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. I love the work they do because they have figured out that the best way to help gorillas in the wild is to partner with both the local people who live closest to them and the gorilla lovers all ...
Read More »The Best Is Not Always the Biggest
I just got back from a recent trip to Egypt (my favorite place to visit) and although I was there to work on an excavation, I had 2 free days in Cairo. While I have visited the pyramids at Giza, Saqqara, Dashur many times, I had recently seen a YouTube ...
Read More »Saving the Planet with Squirrel365
I was recently in London, UK, at an international Biomass conference. It was attended by organizations both creating and supplying biomass fuels and those consuming them. The main biomass fuel used is compressed wood pellets made from parts of the tree that cannot be used for lumber. The wood comes ...
Read More »Are You a Master of Your Universe or a Slave to it?
Moving from the old Universe Design Tool (UDT) to the new Information Design Tool (IDT) is a bit like upgrading your washing machine. The new washing machines have lots of additional features and can be set to do dozens of different cycles, washes, rinses, spins – you can even change ...
Read More »Ancient Egypt and BusinessObjects – Both Light Years Ahead
One of the reasons I am so fascinated by the Ancient Egyptian culture is that it was so far ahead of its time. Not only did it thrive for almost three millennia, but the Ancient Egyptians were advanced in mathematics, architecture, construction, agriculture, astronomy, medicine, legal systems, writing, art and ...
Read More »2023 Looking to be a Busy Year for the BusinessObjects Community
When I first started raving about BusinessObjects in 1992, I would never have thought that I would still be raving about it 30 years later, let alone writing a blog on it on New Year’s Eve! But why not? 2022 turned out to be another massive year for the most ...
Read More »SpeakBO Experience Launches BO into a New Decade in a Whole New Way
Well the 2020 decade has certainly got off to an unexpected and challenging start. These are unprecedented times and we have never been more unsure about the future which is why Business Intelligence is more important than ever. As we struggle to recover, reorganize and possibly pivot our organizations and ...
Read More »Using Business Intelligence to Uncover the Past in Ancient Egypt
I have always been a huge fan of Ancient Egypt and the inside of my house has been likened to the Cairo Museum. I had been thinking for a while if there was a way to marry my passion for Ancient Egypt with my passion for Business Intelligence and about ...
Read More »Celebrating BusinessObjects for the Next Decade
Wow – here we are in a brand-new decade and it’s the 2020’s. Now if this decade turns out anything like its predecessor 100 years ago – the 1920’s – then we are in for a fun time! The “roaring 20’s”, as they were known, was a time in Western ...
Read More »The InfoSol 2019 Business Intelligence Dashboard Awards
One truly inspiring moment of IBIS 2019 was the Annual InfoSol Dashboard Awards. The InfoSol Dashboard Awards is an international competition showcasing dashboard developers and organizations innovation in business intelligence. The categories are as follows: Best Business Dashboard Award Limitless Business Intelligence Dashboard Award Most Valuable Dashboard Award Dashboards continue ...
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