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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 …

Do you have an exciting project or a compelling case study involving BusinessObjects? Now’s your chance to shine at the premier BusinessObjects event of the year—IBIS 2025! We’re seeking presentations in the following categories: Excelling with BusinessObjects: Share your BusinessObjects tips, advice and best practices. Creative BusinessObjects Case Studies: Showcase …

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 …

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. …

The latest version of BusinessObjects, BI 4.3 SP4 has some awesome new features including the ability to profile, merge and even transform data sources in Web Intelligence in ways never before possible. The next release of BusinessObjects, BI 2025, will have even more amazing new functionality as the most used …

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 and, …