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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, …

Last night I went to watch a Roller Derby game live on a banked track which I have not done for a long time. I loved the game especially since my team, “The Runaway Brides”, soundly defeated the “Brutal Beauties” but it also reignited my love of the sport. Both …

Your Chance to Test Drive BI 2025 Do not miss a unique opportunity to test drive an early version of the next exciting BusinessObjects release, BI 2025. This new release promises to be revolutionary in terms of its advanced visualizations and new functionality. There will be 5 sessions at IBIS …

As we see in another new year, it’s that time to hear about all the new strategies from software and Business Intelligence( BI) vendors for 2024. The last few years, it’s been dominated by Cloud and everyone wanting to be the number 1 in the cloud. But the last year …

I always dread replacing my computer and try to put it off until I have absolutely no choice. It’s not that I don’t want all the great new features especially size, speed and battery life since I travel so much, it’s just that I have to go through this ever-increasingly …

Your Chance to Share and Shine If you have done something interesting with BusinessObjects or have a really cool case study or story that you would like to share then, here is your chance to shine by submitting a presentation for the top BusinessObjects event of the year – IBIS …

I have a had a lot of conversations about data strategy this year. With both the rise in organizations looking to move their data to the cloud and the increasing awareness of the power of BI and generative AI, data strategy has become a top priority. If the data is …