Day of the Dead- or Dia de los Muertos- will be celebrated in just a few days on November 1st. I was reminded about this holiday when doing some product research using Copilot, the AI panel built into Microsoft’s Edge browser. Despite the current popularity of AI, Microsoft (rightly) feels the need to …
Read More »Zero to Hero with AI in BI
Last month I saw the amazing new Disney Hercules Musical in London’s West End. This has always been my favorite Disney cartoon, partly because my two youngest kids must have watched the original cartoon a thousand times so I know all the songs. The live musical version did not disappoint …
Read More »Arizona BusinessObjects User Group – Thursday, October 2, 2025
You and your colleagues are invited to join us at the next information packed Arizona Business Objects User Group (AZBOCUG) meeting. This user group is tentatively scheduled 1:00pm to 4:00pm AZ time on Thursday, October 2nd. We are excited to announce that we plan on running this user group in-person. Attending is free, but please register below …
Read More »Grand Rapids BusinessObjects User Group – Wednesday, September 24
Back to BO User Groups You are personally invited to join us at the Grand Rapids BusinessObjects Users Group on Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 from 9:00am – 1:05pm. Hosted by Haworth and sponsored by Creative Technology & Training Solutions and InfoSol Inc. Registration is free, but we ask that you please REGISTER …
Read More »Ann Arbor BO User Group – Tuesday, September 23
Back to BO User Groups You are personally invited to join us at the Ann Arbor BusinessObjects Users Group on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 from 9:00am – 1:05pm. Hosted by the University of Michigan and sponsored by Creative Technology & Training Solutions and InfoSol Inc. Registration is free, but we ask …
Read More »How a large US healthcare provider delivered an emergency staffing & supplies application in 3 weeks
Covid-19 created an unprecedented need to manage dramatically increased staffing levels and the huge demand for PPE equipment, ventilators and medication. A solution was needed quickly. Key Benefits A powerful application built by a small team of non-developers in a short space of time Rolled out to hundreds of healthcare …
Read More »How Education Geographics transformed their dashboard using Squirrel365
The tool that Education Geographics were using was nearing its end-of-life. They needed to find an alternative solution quickly to ensure stability of their service. At the same time their dashboard needed an upgrade in terms of design. Key Benefits A powerful analytics application built by non-developers Allows over 130 …
Read More »Using AI and Write Back in BusinessObjects
This short video shows that it is now possible to perform both AI and Write Back functions in Web Intelligence be using InfoBurst Squirrel embedded in Webi.
Read More »Webinar: How to Turn a Simple Vertical Table in Webi into a Creative Solution
In this SpeakBO Plus Webinar we will show how to use the most mundane and simple Vertical Table to make a report look very professional, overcome export limitations, simplify development and create workarounds for scenarios to serve multiple customer needs. Date and Time: Tuesday, September 9th at 10am PT/1pm ET …
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 …
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