IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow Warsaw 2010
As promised, here’s my keynote presentation from the IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow in Warsaw, in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format, or in zipped PowerPoint format. I often mention in my presentations that “120% of us don’t understand statistics” – and here’s the proof: somebody marked my presentation as 7 out of 5 for content and style: (many thanks, whoever you are!) Read More →
Business Analytics on the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Earlier this week, I had a quick chance to use the new Samsung Galaxy Tab — the first serious tablet rival to the iPad — and check out its analytic / business intelligence capabilities. The device runs Android 2.2, which supports Adobe Flash, so the first thing I tried was a couple of dashboards suitable for executives on the run, built using BusinessObjects Dashboard (formerly Xcelsius). First, the same Formula 1 example that I previously... [Read More...]
The Intelligence Future Webcast
I’m doing a webcast today (Tuesday November 16th) on “The Intelligence Future: Simple, Seamless, Social, and Strategic” – here’s the abstract: Ever since the first abacus, information technology has been an essential part of delivering timely information, staying accountable to stakeholders, reducing inefficiencies, and maintaining flexibility when faced with fast-changing environments. But for the first time in history, consumer-technology... [Read More...]
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad is "Essential for Work"
PC World has published a list of the “Top 15 Essential iPad Apps for Work”, including SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for iPad: If your company uses SAP to record business information, you need SAP Business Objects Explorer on your iPad. Instead of having to scroll through numerous sheets of numbers, you can view the data visually, or in nicely bundled data sets. The next time you visit a customer, whip out your iPad, and you can answer any off-the-cuff... [Read More...]
Great Analytic Dashboards on the BlackBerry PlayBook
Corporate tablet alternatives to the iPad are now on the horizon. At Adobe MAX 2010, Mike Lazaridis demonstrated the features available through Adobe AIR on the BlackBerry PlayBook – including some SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) using the export-to-AIR functionality developed by the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center. You can already access your SAP data on an iPad with BusinessObjects Explorer for iPhone/iPad, and existing... [Read More...]
Prague SAP World Tour Keynote Presentations
The SAP World Tour visited Prague last week. SAP Czech Republic Managing Director Petr Viktora kicked things off with an audience welcome. Then Manfred Joseph, the Managing Director of SAP CEE, gave an overview of the market trends and SAP’s strategy I followed on with my keynote presentation, “Better Run Business Intelligence”. You can download the presentation in Adobe PDF format or the original PowerPoint slides. The inestimable Norman... [Read More...]
Event Insight: New Operational Business Intelligence from SAP BusinessObjects
I’m still catching up from the SAP BusinessObjects user conference a few weeks ago. One of the sessions I attended was David Huber’s overview of operational business intelligence and the soon-to-be-launched SAP BusinessObjects Event Insight product. He started the session with the results of a recent CIO.com survey of Fortune 500 CIOs (CIO Technology Priorities July 2009), showing that “Business Process Management” and “Business Intelligence”... [Read More...]
IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow in Prague
I attended the IDC BI Roadshow today in Prague, in the Czech Republic. Tom Vavra, the IDC research director for the CEMA region, started off the day with a presentation entitled “The Next Wave of Business Intelligence”. He was under unusual pressure, because (1) his family was in the room, and it was the first time they’d seen him speak, and (2) part of the room fell on another IDC employee in the middle of his speech (he literally “brought... [Read More...]
Demo Jam Analytics at SAP TechEd Berlin
The Demo Jam evening at SAP Tech Ed Berlin featured Craig Cmehil as host, a packed audience, and lots of analytics. You can see the full selection of demos on the Virtual TechEd site. Here’s a selection that used analytics as part of their demonstrations. First up were Gregor Wolfe and Phil Loewen, the winning team of the Berlin Innovation Weekend, with a project that was just 30 hours old, to help non-profits improve their marketing and donation... [Read More...]
ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference 2010 Keynotes
It was the ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference this week at the Walt Disney Dolphin hotel in Orlando Florida, with around 1600 people and 140+ sessions of BI goodness. The conference included customer presentations from Harley-Davidson, Pepsico, AT&T, Intuit, Allstate, T-Mobile, Disney, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Amtrack, and many others; partner presentations from companies including APOS, Mellmo (RoamBI), Antivia, Centigon Solutions, Infosol,... [Read More...]
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