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 …
Read More »2024 Best BI Dashboard Awards Open for Submission
Dashboards continue to be the primary interface of most business intelligence solutions and the creativity and ingenuity just keeps getting better. The annual InfoSol Dashboard Awards is your chance to show your best BI dashboard solution and win one of the prestigious Best Dashboard Pyramid accolades. The Awards are open …
Read More »Test Drive BI 2025 and Enter the Squirrel Hackathon at IBIS
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 …
Read More »While BI Strategies Come and Go, BusinessObjects Powers On into 2024 and Beyond
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 …
Read More »Slow Down on the Software Updates
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 …
Read More »The Future of Business Intelligence Reporting
At the SpeakBO Experience Event last month, SAP presented some excellent sessions and demonstrations on both the current and future features of BusinessObjects and one thing was very evident. Namely, they are investing heavily in enhancing the functionality of Web Intelligence and Crystal Reports. This makes a lot of sense. …
Read More »BusinessObjects and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
I have owned a motorbike most of my life and used it both for work and pleasure. When I was at university in the UK, I earned extra cash by being a motorcycle dispatch rider doing deliveries in Central London. We were often referred to as “suicide jockeys” due to …
Read More »Webinar: Upgrading from BI 4.2 to 4.3 – Tales from the Trenches on August 10, 2023
There are a lot of upgrades from BI 4.2 to 4.3 happening this year as BI 4.2 has moved to priority one support only. Just how difficult or tricky is this upgrade? Amy O’Neel, the BO Administration Guru, has done a lot of these upgrades of all shapes and sizes …
Read More »IBIS 2023: The ‘Everything BusinessObjects’ Event – AGENDA is LIVE
We are excited to announce the next “Everything BusinessObjects” Event of the year – IBIS 2023, at the breath-taking Ritz-Carlton resort, Dove Mountain, AZ from June 26-28, 2023. Once again, we will focus on Business Intelligence Strategy for BusinessObjects Users whether you are using it standalone or with PowerBl, Tableau …
Read More »Saving the Planet with Squirrel365
I was recently in London, UK, at an international Biomass conference. It was attended by organizations both creating and supplying biomass fuels and those consuming them. The main biomass fuel used is compressed wood pellets made from parts of the tree that cannot be used for lumber. The wood comes …
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