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 …
Read More »The BusinessObjects Tribe Gathering
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 …
Read More »View Our Upcoming Virtual BusinessObjects Training Offerings
We offer all of our most popular BusinessObjects training offerings as virtual courses with a live instructor, allowing you to attend the training from your office or home without the added time and expense of travel. All course materials and connection to the training servers are provided prior to the …
Read More »BI 2025 – Lots to Look Forward To
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 …
Read More »2024 – Another Great Year for BusinessObjects
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 …
Read More »The Art of BI Dashboard Design
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, …
Read More »Is Security Sinking the Ship?
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 …
Read More »BusinessObjects Upgrades – Sometimes You Just Need a Guide
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 …
Read More »SpeakBO – The Place to Go for Everything BusinessObjects
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 …
Read More »DashApps – the Next Big Thing?
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 …
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