A New Data Architecture for Faster, Better BI: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer

Today at the SAPPHIRE user conference in Orlando, SAP announced it would “revolutionize BI with a new solution that delivers insight at the speed of thought”. The new package is called SAP BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated, and it combines the search and visualization capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects Polestar (now renamed SAP BusinessObjects Explorer) with SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA). Photo: SAP CEO Léo Apotheker showing that... [Read More...]

BI in Brussels (Against Economic Turmoil)

I’m just returning from Brussels (actually, the new SAP Lounge venue at Vilvoorde), where I was invited to give the keynote presentation at a “Reporting and Business Intelligence Session” for SAP customers, on the theme of “How to use Business Intelligence to Counter Economic Turmoil.” (Side note: This post was composed and uploaded over the free wifi while traveling at around 190 miles an hour – I’m proud to be European!) Apart... [Read More...]

OnDemand Information Browsing — Was Malcolm Gladwell Right?

SAP BusinessObjects Polestar, introduced last year, provided a new way of "browsing" available information, without having to explicitly create queries. Now the SAP BusinessObjects Lab team have introduced a preview of Polestar OnDemand that allows you to upload any data set you like and then interactively browse through the information. It’s part of an overall approach to combine the best of on-premise and SAAS BI into a single combined... [Read More...]