Why You Need An In-Memory Action Plan
This is a third post of a series based on a SAP-sponsored breakfast meeting organized in Sydney earlier this year with speaker Donald Feinberg, Gartner VP and Distinguished Analyst explaining the “Nexus of Forces”: social, mobile, cloud and information. In the first two posts, Donald covered why in-memory is disrupting everything, and why every organization will be running in-memory in 15 to 20 years time, and the business impacts of the new in-memory... [Read More...]
L’Oréal: Turning Data Into A Customer Experience
George-Edouard Dias, head of Digital Business for L’Oréal gave a great example of digital business transformation during his interview at SAPPHIRENOW Madrid at the end of last year. By combining analytics, social, mobile, and the cloud, the company aims to create new customer experiences. Summary L’Oréal’s big transformation is to have moved from marketing planned in advance to real-time marketing. The company wants to simplify the life... [Read More...]
Data Visualization? Bling It On!
This timely post looks at how big data is leading to a big surge in flashy data visualization, as the staid world of business bar charts finally embraces its inner “bling.” Visualization Best Practice: Apple Shows The Way “Some people say skeuomorphic design elements like 3D shadows, imaginary glass highlights, and superfluous animation have no place in modern data visualizations” says Sue Donihm, a business intelligence dashboard... [Read More...]
NBA Stats Like Never Before
The National Basketball Association today unveiled a new site for fans of games statistics: NBA.com/stats, powered by SAP Analytics technology. The multi-year marketing partnership between SAP and the NBA was announced six months ago: “We are constantly researching new and emerging technologies in an effort to provide our fans with new ways to connect with our game,” said NBA Commissioner David Stern. “SAP is a leader in providing innovative... [Read More...]
Happy Halloween HTML5 Dashboard with SAP BusinessObjects
Here’s a quick interactive dashboard I put together using the beta version of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, which includes the ability to export dashboards to SAP BusinessObjects Mobile as HTML5…. Happy Halloween! Share and Enjoy Read More →
Halloween Fun with SAP Dashboards (Xcelsius)
As you get ready for next holiday season, here’s a pointless Halloween Dashboard created using an area chart in SAP Dashboards. If you really have nothing better to do with your time, here’s the original file. Have fun! Share and Enjoy ... [Read More...]
Making A Mobile HTML5 Dashboard: Follow-Up Q&A
In my previous post, I showed a dashboard that I created with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, exported to HTML5, and viewed through SAP BusinessObjects Mobile. I thought I’d do a follow-up in Q&A format (none of these questions were asked by real people, but please feel free to ask your own questions in the comment section below!). Before reading, if you haven’t already done so, you should take a look at the post by Tammy Powlas, Mobilizing... [Read More...]
Mobile Analytic Dashboards
Analytics and Mobile were made for each other! Here are the key statistics, at your fingertips: (The dashboard was created in SAP Dashboards, exported as HTML, and displayed in the SAP BusinessObjects Mobile application) Share and Enjoy Read More →
Analytics At SAPPHIRENOW Madrid
My name is Timo Elliott, and I am a Technology Evangelist for SAP, focused on Analytics. I’ll be attending SAPPHIRENOW Madrid as the “social media ambassador” for the Analytics Campus. Here’s a quick introduction to what I’ll be covering at the show: If you’re interested in analytics, and you haven’t already registered for SAPPHIRENOW Madrid, now is the time to do so! To give you a flavor of what this year’s... [Read More...]
Cool French Startups, Powered by Analytics
The first ever SAP Startup Forum Paris was held earlier this month. The event brought together the best and brightest of France’s enterprise startups to show off their products and expertise. The different companies outlined their innovations in short, focused presentations and shared reactions and ideas with SAP developers in a warm, club-like atmosphere. Flush with the success of HANA, the company’s innovative in-memory database, SAP has... [Read More...]
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