Author: Timo Elliott
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SAP Business Objects Press Conference
Slides and Q&A from the SAP/Business Objects web cast
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SAP and Business Objects
It hasn’t always been easy to access data from SAP systems: the Business Objects acquisition will help… (cartoon)
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So: it’s SAP, for $6.8bn!
After years of rumors, the news is finally here: it’s SAP for 4.8 billion euros. This will be the biggest acquisition SAP has ever done, and the biggest in the BI industry — but in a twist, it’s almost as if Business Objects is acquiring OutlookSoft and Pilot… (more…)
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Crossing the Chasm: Delivering a Strategic, Enterprise BI System
The third and final web seminar presentation on BI maturity that I did last week with Wayne Eckerson: how to make BI a strategic asset for the organization: “crossing the chasm”. What’s next? The BI “canyon” separating information from strategy… (more…)
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Spanning the Gulf: Getting Traction for Your BI Solution
Here’s a presentation Wayne Eckerson and I did last week as part of the series on BI maturity, and a link to the recording.
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The 5 Ingredients of Good Decision-Making
The results of a survey called “In search of clarity: unraveling the complexities of executive decision-making”, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, were announced today. The report concludes that it is “cause for alarm…that executives themselves perceive the quality of decision-making at their company as mixed at best”, and identifies five ingredients of good decision-making.…
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Adding Text and Search to BI — Are Customers Ready?
Business Objects is trying to turn Inxight into insight. It’s trying to make it as easy as possible for existing customers to implement and use the cool new technology options — are they ready?
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How’s Your BI Maturity?
Wayne Eckerson and I will be presenting two web seminars this week on the subject of putting TDWI’s BI Maturity Model to Practice. We’re going to try to make it as interactive as possible. Please join us, and ask difficult questions!
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Is BI Standardization a Myth?
Despite some people dismissing it as a myth, BI standardization is alive and well in organizations around the world. Here’s a quick primer on what, why, and how. (more…)
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Microsoft Launches Impressive New Suite… of BI Cliches?
Yesterday, Microsoft launched PerformancePoint Server 2007 using an impressively dense array of well-worn BI clichés, presumably confident that many of their potential purchasers had never heard any of them before. (more…)