“Joyfully Flexible” LeWeb London

LeWeb London is happening today, in a truly beautiful venue in central London. This is (probably) the first of a series of posts from the event (battery permitting).   The day opened with a hip-hop violinist and an intro from Loic and Geraldine Le Meur. The signature style of LeWeb events is “flexibility” with what seems to be a deliberate attempt to differentiate from more “traditional” industry conferences. Faster Than... [Read More...]

Blogging from Le Web London

I’ll be blogging this week from the first edition of LeWeb London, a UK version of the Paris-based Internet-and-technology conference. The (slightly ridiculous-sounding) theme of this week’s conference is “Faster Than Real Time” – which mostly reminds me of the “dialing it to eleven” clip from the Spinal Tap movie. There might be one way to make sense of it in an enterprise context, though – see the short video below… I look forward... [Read More...]

What I Found Interesting About Gartner BI Summit 2012 London

As always, it was a huge pleasure to catch up with customers, colleagues, analysts, partners, and competitors at one of Europe’s largest BI conferences. It was a great show overall, and I came away even more optimistic about analytics for the coming year. Here are Jason Rose and I having an off-the-cuff discussion of what we found interesting about the latest Gartner BI Summit 2012 in London this week: And here are some longer thoughts about the... [Read More...]

Blown Away by BI 4.0 in London

It’s the launch of SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0  today at the Royal College of Physicians, in the heart of London. Please find below a copy of my slides, in Adobe PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint formats. Here are some photos from the event, on Flickr: Next... [Read More...]