InfoSol will be attending the 2025 ARCE Conference (American Research Center in Egypt) that is behind held April 25-27 at the Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square. Stop by to learn more about our solution where archeologists, researchers, and Egyptohpiles can build their own applications quickly – and …
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 »IBIS 2025 Call for Presentations – Your Chance to Shine!
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 …
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 »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 …
Read More »BusinessObjects Joins The Immortals
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 …
Read More »New BusinessObjects Feature Can Save You a Boat Load of Money
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 …
Read More »Hoop Dancing Lessons for Optimizing Your Business Intelligence Deployment
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. …
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