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, …

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 …

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. …