New Augmented Corporate Reality BI Prototype
Based on a blog post and proof-of-concept application earlier this year, I have been championing a SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center project to build an “augmented corporate reality” prototype. The idea stemmed from one of the key themes of my BI future directions presentations: that for the first time in centuries, new technology comes from the consumer world, not from governments and businesses, and so we need to adapt and adopt these technologies... [Read More...]
Antivia Xcelsius Business Intelligence Dashboard with Web Intelligence Drill
In an earlier post, I showed you can use BusinessObjects products like Xcelsius, Explorer on a mobile phone, and drill through to Web Intelligence running on the bi.ondemand.com BI-in-the-cloud platform. This post takes things one step further, with the help of SAP BusinessObjects partner Antivia. They have a great add-on solution called XWIS that makes it easier to access real-time Web Intelligence (soon to be called “Interactive Analysis”)... [Read More...]
Presentation: The Future of Business Intelligence
I gave a presentation in Finland earlier this year as part of the Nordic “Butterfly” tour, talking about the future of Business Intelligence: Ever since the first abacus, information technology has been an essential part of delivering timely information, staying accountable to stakeholders, reducing inefficiencies, and flexibility when faced with fast-changing environments. But for the first time in history, consumer technology interfaces have... [Read More...]
Xcelsius Dashboards on Your Android Mobile Phone
The latest release of Android, v2.2 (“Froyo”) supports the Adobe flash technology used by Xcelsius (now called Dashboard Design) and SAP BusinessObjects Explorer. So now you can access your dashboards, reports, and exploration spaces directly from your mobile device without requiring a separate application (e.g. as you do for the iPhone and iPad). It also means you can reuse all the effort you’ve put into developing Xcelsius dashboards and... [Read More...]
Forrester IT Forum EMEA 2010: Five Next-Gen BI Technologies
Here’s my Five Next-Generation BI Technologies presentation from today’s SAP sponsor session at the Forrester IT Forum 2010 in Cascais, Portugal, in pdf and pptx format (note that if you’re downloaded my previous presentations about the “Clear Intelligence Future”, you’ll find a lot of the same material). The full download includes extra hidden slides and the interactive Xcelsius models (unzip the file and keep the .swf files in the same... [Read More...]
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad Demo
Here’s a short demo that shows off the new free SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad interface. Use it against our demo server, your own corporate Explorer server (VPN permitting, of course), or sign up for a free account at http://bi.ondemand.com and use Explorer online, or on your iPhone, or your iPad… Read More →
Give us Feedback on our Innovation Center Prototypes
Whether or not you can physically come to one of our SAPPHIRE NOW events in Orlando or Frankfurt, you can give us feedback about our latest products and prototypes: business intelligence, in-memory, mobile BI, sustainability products, and much more. There are links to online resources below – in the meantime, here’s what’s available in the Frankfurt show: To find the test drive area in Frankfurt, turn left as you arrive through the entrance... [Read More...]
RoamBI – Beautiful Mobile BI for the iPad
RoamBI for iPhone, which I reviewed last year, has long been the best-looking mobile BI application available in the market. Now the folks at RoamBI have been one of the very first vendors worldwide to come out with an updated application for the iPad, and they provided me with one in order to test their brand-new version. First Impressions It’s as beautiful as its predecessor, and the new document formats available use the new expanded workspace... [Read More...]
Istanbul SAP BusinessObjects BI Forum Keynote
Turkey is investing heavily in business intelligence. It was SAP’s 2nd-fastest growing region worldwide last year. Nine out of the top 10 Turkish banks use BusinessObjects, and 3 out of the top 4 telecom companies. I presented the keynote presentation at the SAP BusinessObjects BI Forum in Istanbul this morning, on the theme “The Clear Intelligence Future: Simple, Seamless, Social, and Strategic”. It covers the current trends in the... [Read More...]
Clear Intelligence Future Presentation Screencam
Here’s a recorded screencam version of the “Clear Intelligence Future: Simple, Seamless, Social, and Strategic” presentation. You can download a pdf version here and the PowerPoint version here (includes the Xcelsius dashboards). You’ll probably want to put it into full screen mode to appreciate the demos…
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