Making Tough Decisions
There’s increasing agreement that business intelligence and performance management technology has to go further than “just” data, analysis, and planning, to helping with the intrinsically human process of making decisions. Today, most corporate decision-making happens in meetings and conference calls, with little support from technology. As a process, it functions, but most of us would be hard-pressed to call it optimized. in many ways, corporate... [Read More...]
SAP Dashboards at Microsoft?
According to the Treasury & Risk site, Microsoft is a keen user of SAP dashboards, at least in conjunction with their treasury needs: Ed Barrie’s first daily task as group manager of treasury at Microsoft is opening up his treasury workstation from SAP and taking the pulse of its financial health. “The dashboard is great for horizontal processes like general ledger, accounts payable and managing our cash positions,” Barrie enthuses from... [Read More...]
BI in Bahrain
I was in Bahrain this week, presenting as part of a keynote with José Duarte (President and CEO of SAP Europe) at the SAP Users Group Middle East & North Africa (SUG-MENA) 2009 event in Bahrain. There was a good turnout, and lots of interest in the SAP BusinessObjects solutions, although several attendees mentioned the relative lack of local expertise available in the products. Coverage in the Gulf Daily News: IT investment push in Mideast... [Read More...]
Twittermania? (Cartoon)
SAP’s Collborative Sustainability Strategy
SAP recently announced its sustainability strategy, including aggressive carbon reduction targets, a new cross-functional sustainability organization, and sustainability solutions for customers. More information is available on SAP’s sustainability pages. What is Sustainability, Anyway? Sustainability means different things to different people — the UN Commission on Sustainable Development lists over 40 issues that it can cover, including... [Read More...]
The Web 2.0 Manager (Cartoon)
Alternative Dashboards?
After a previous post on early cardboard dashboards, I was offered some alternatives by my Twitter-mates (@timoelliott). Enjoy! Barry (@meneerharmsen): “Good post, but I thought dashboards like Xcelsius had their roots here:” Andy Bitterer (@bitterer): “I’d say this guy is working with a dashboard. A bit earlier.” “And this is the real dash board:” Anybody else out there have some good early dashboard images to share? Technorati... [Read More...]
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