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...]
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...]
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…
Interview with DecisionStats.com
Ajay Ohri of DecisionStats.com has a selection of interviews with people in the BI/analytics space, including James Taylor and John Fox, the creator of R Commander. Here’s an interview he did with me last week covering trends in predictive analytics, cloud computing, social network analysis, etc. Ajay- Describe your career in science from school to Senior Director in SAP to blogger/speaker. How do you think we can convince students of the benefits... [Read More...]
Augmented Business Intelligence Reality?
Following a tweet from James Governor, AKA @monkchips, and a post from Tom Raftery, I’ve just seen a slice of the future of mobile business intelligence. A Dutch startup called Layar is providing mobile augmented reality for Android-based phones, based on the phone’s GPS and internal compass. You just use the phone’s camera, choose a “layar” of information (house prices, local jobs, nightclubs, etc.), point it anywhere you like, and it... [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...]
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer was recently launched at SAPPHIRE. Here’s a long list of Explorer product, trial, customer, technical, and press links that I’m aware of so far. Product Overviews Explorer aims to meet the high expectations of today’s business users, by combining the simplicity and speed of Internet search with high-performance and instant response times. You can employ familiar business terms to find relevant information across... [Read More...]
Google Takes Another Step into BI
Google is now making it easy to analyze public data sources. You put in a term like “unemployment rate California”, and it will suggest a link to a chart, and from that chart you can start drilling down to more data (see video below). There is also information available on how to make your public information more easily available. How long before (a) you’ll be able to do this within an organization using OneBox? and (b) this is extended beyond... [Read More...]
Antivia: The First Real BI 2.0 Solution?
As I’ve written before, if BI 2.0 is to mean anything, it should be about “collective intelligence”: letting people add value to the BI solution through their actions. There have been several companies that have touched on different aspects of BI 2.0 solutions, but what I’ve seen so far from Antivia takes it to a whole new level. The company, headed by ex-Business Objects employees, has introduced Antivia Desktop, a product... [Read More...]
The Real Pioneer of Business Intelligence (and BI 2.0)?
It is often reported that Howard Dresner coined the term “business intelligence” in 1989, at least in the sense it is typically used in the industry today (“end user access to and analysis of structured content, i.e., data”). But especially now that text analysis is becoming part of mainstream BI, the real credit for the term should probably go to an earlier pioneer: Hans-Peter Luhn, who wrote a 1958 IBM Journal... [Read More...]
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