Sailing Analytics for the SAP 5O5 World Championship

In business, we often talk about the difference between efficiency (“doing it right”) and effectiveness (“doing the right thing”). And in today’s fast-changing markets, there’s often a tradeoff involved, where if you optimize any particular measure in the short term you may suffer in the longer term (e.g. if you optimize profitability by not investing in new products). In sailing, as in business, there are many measures to take into account,... [Read More...]

The Next Xcelsius? RoamBI Provides BusinessObjects BI for the iPhone

The original creator of SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius has done it again. Santiago Becerra founded Infommersion in 2002 and the company developed Xcelsius, which provided a intuitive and interactive dashboard interface for excel spreadsheets, using Adobe Flash technology. Donald MacCormick and others quickly spotted the potential for corporate data sources, and Infommersion was purchased by Business Objects in 2005, and Xcelsius quickly became an integral... [Read More...]

The #1 BI Investment in 2009 will be… Production Reporting?!

When you spend a lot of time around BI experts, it’s very easy to forget that we’re way ahead of the curve compared to the typical BI-using company — especially now that BI is easing its way determinedly into the mainstream. While we’re all busy making predictions about new waves of technology in 2009, many companies are only just now starting to consider implementing business intelligence on a wider scale. In case you doubt... [Read More...]