Let’s Speak BO

I recently attended a conference where there was a presentation about training methods, particularly for organizations.  The presenter put up a slide explaining that on-line training through self-instruction or watching videos was not really successful. They said one university had done a study looking at the brain patterns of people …

The big news last month was the release of the next version of BusinessObjects, known as BI 2025. In addition, it marks the beginning of a new cadence of future BO software releases coming every two years and named after the year that it will be release in – BI …

Join us for this interactive session where InfoSol’s Roxanne Pittman will be demonstrating some of the cool new features of BI 2025, including: New UI5 Components New left side panel New WIDX “offline” Webi report export option New additions to the Data Tab Adding widgets to Launchpad Register for this …

We would like  to invite you and your colleagues to attend the London BusinessObjects Users Meeting at the Victoria Library on May 13th running from 2:00pm to 5:00pm and learn about what’s new in the world of BusinessObjects. Registration is free, but we ask that you please REGISTER for count purposes. LOCATION Victoria Library 160 Buckingham …

It was cold and rainy in Paris, France this week but there was high energy and excitement around the SAP Paris Labs as partners from all over the world attended a 2-day workshop on the up coming new BusinessObjects release, BI 2025. While we have all been getting comfortable with …

BusinessObjects had another great year in 2024. Many organizations who planned to replace BusinessObjects decided to keep it and, in some cases, added licenses or re-purchased it again! While Microsoft PowerBI continued to eat into the Tableau base, BusinessObjects beat them both hands-down for operational and BI reporting. That was …

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 …