If a picture speaks a thousand words then an animated dashboard speaks a million Seeing is Believing – We Can Make Your Data Come to Life Visually You give us a subset of your data in Excel and the minimum metrics and Business Intelligence you would like to see from …
Read More »Frequent Oil Changes Keeps BusinessObjects Running Smoothly
One of my favorite Business Intelligence stories is from a fleet vehicle management company who use BI extensively to help identify anomalies in fleet vehicle costs and behavior. In one of their analyses, they identified a driver who had 12 oil changes on his vehicle in 12 months – literally …
Read More »BusinessObjects Entering the New Kingdom Period of its Empire
There were so many highlights at the IBIS 2025 BusinessObjects Conference this year, it’s hard to know where to begin. I saw a Gila Monster at the resort on the first day after we arrived, and I had not seen one of these rare beauties in over 30 years! That …
Read More »Managed Services: A flexible solution to manage your BusinessObjects environment
Today, many BusinessObjects deployments do not require a full-time BusinessObjects Administrator to manage them, yet it is often challenging for existing resources to successfully manage on a part-time basis. BusinessObjects requires monitoring, tuning, updating, and addressing unexpected issues, requiring specialized troubleshooting. InfoSol’s BusinessObjects Managed Services is a flexible solution to …
Read More »Beware Turning Your BI into a Development and Maintenance Nightmare
Many years ago, I had a customer who was a non-profit organization run by a religious order of monks. They prided themselves on being quite self-sufficient for their IT needs that were handled by some of the monks themselves. However, we supported the operating system and software that they used …
Read More »There’s Still Time to Register for IBIS 2025 – Don’t Miss Out!
The wait is almost over – IBIS 2025 is right around the corner, and it’s not too late to register! If you’re focused on maximizing the value of BusinessObjects and driving smarter data strategies, IBIS 2025 is the place to be. Mark your calendars: June 23-25, 2025 Location: Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain …
Read More »A New Training Trend?
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 »Register for What’s New in Webi at BI 2025
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 …
Read More »IBIS 2025: Then and Now Running June 23-25 in Marana, AZ
Step into the evolution of BusinessObjects at IBIS 2025, where we explore “Then and Now”—a journey through the rich history of BusinessObjects and its groundbreaking advancements. Join us at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain, from June 23 to 25, for the ultimate gathering of the BusinessObjects community. Immerse yourself in …
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