Social BI: Jive Chooses SAP’s On-Demand BI Platform
We’re used to seeing IT industry megavendors such as SAP augment their solutions with web 2.0 technology from smaller vendors, but now one of the leading enterprise 2.0 companies is turning to SAP for a cloud computing offers to extend new capabilities to customers. At the Enterprise 2.0 2009 event in Boston, Jive and SAP announced that Jive is going to be a reseller of SAP’s on-demand BI solutions, providing “social BI” to their customers. SAP... [Read More...]
American Recovery Act Business Intelligence
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or the Recovery Act). It places great emphasis on accountability and transparency in the use of taxpayer dollars — anybody that receives funds must meet stringent legal requirements to publish timely and accurate accounting, allocation and results data for every dollar received: Recipient Reports. Not later than 10 days after the end... [Read More...]
End of a LucidEra?
According to the company web site, on-demand BI vendor LucidEra was formed: “to shake up the stagnant business intelligence industry and traditional approaches to corporate information access and analysis by delivering business visibility as an on-demand service.” And LucidEra has indeed been innovative, developing deep expertise in the area of Sales Pipeline analytics with a 48h Pipeline Healthcheck service that in the words of Phil Wainwright,... [Read More...]
Enterprise 2.0 Must be Aligned with Business Process
Only hours before the first day of the Enterprise 2.0 event in Boston, two of France’s leading software companies announced today that they would be combining social software with traditional business process to create “social innovation”, and help organizations succeed in Enterprise 2.0. BlueKiwi was created in 2006, and is already the leading European provider of enterprise social software, with an on-demand platform that allows organizations... [Read More...]
SAP @ Enterprise 2.0 2009
SAP is a Gold Sponsor of this year’s Enterprise 2.0 event in Boston. Unfortunately, I’m not able to attend this year – here’s what I’ll be missing (least until the online versions are available): Connect. Collaborate. Transform Your Business. Forward looking businesses are using web 2.0 and social tools to achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency in a tough economy. Attend the leading event for business and IT professionals challenging... [Read More...]
Drink Dispenser Analytics: Coca-Cola Goes Freestyle, With Help from SAP BI
Mary Hayes Weier of InformationWeek recently published a great article, Coke’s RFID-Based Dispensers Redefine Business Intelligence. Coca-Cola has introduced a new RFID-enabled drink dispenser called Freestyle. It provides mass customization with 30 flavor cartridges (sodas, teas, flavored waters, etc.) that can be mixed to make more than 100 different drinks (out of the more than 3,000 that Coca-Cola sells around the world). Starting this... [Read More...]
Gartner on Collaborative Decision Making
Gartner has published their take on the new Collaborative Decision Making market (CDM) This report predicts a new style of decision support system — collaborative decision making (CDM) — will emerge in 2009 that combines social software with business intelligence (BI). This combination can dramatically improve the quality of decision making by directly linking the information contained in BI systems with collaborative input gleaned through the... [Read More...]
A New Decision Engine: Hunch, and Guided Analysis for the Enterprise
A new “Decision Engine” called Hunch was launched today. How might this type of technology relate to collaborative decision-making in enterprises? Hunch’s tagline is “Hunch helps you make decisions and gets smarter the more you use it.” From the web site: What is Hunch? Hunch is a new way to help people make all kinds of decisions, such as: Where should I go on vacation? What’s the best US college for me? What kind of smartphone... [Read More...]
SAP Acquires SkyData for Agility and Mobility
On May 25th 2009, SAP acquired innovative startup Skydata, a new type of business mobile “mashup” application that provides fast and easy access to all your business data on RIM, Windows Mobile and Apple iPhone devices. The company is part of SAP’s long-term strategy to support the new “business users” who need to access information from multiple systems easily and intuitively. As SkyData company founder and CEO, Kevin Nix, puts... [Read More...]
The Convergence of Business Intelligence, EPM, and GRC
According to Albert Pang of IDC, the current economic conditions are forcing organizations to not only better manage corporate performance but also increase business transparency: companies are under increasing pressure to conduct operations effectively, profitably, and ethically — and prove it. To achieve this, IDC advises companies to integrate EPM, GRC, and business analytics. The IDC paper, Helping Enterprises Succeed: Responsible Corporate... [Read More...]
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