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  • Economist CIO and Technology Leaders Forum, London

    Economist CIO and Technology Leaders Forum, London

    The Economist Conferences’ CIO and Technology Leaders forum brought together CIOs from a diverse range of companies including Rentokil, Rolls-Royce, the Salvation Army, Tube Lines, BAA, and Aston Martin Lagonda to discuss how CIOs are coping with the current economic climate.

  • Economist Research: Decision-Making in Turbulent Times

    Economist Research: Decision-Making in Turbulent Times

    Technology is indeed the answer! Or at least, that’s what is suggested by a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit called “Staying the course? Technology decision-making in turbulent times”

  • Here Comes Web 3.0: Wolfram|Alpha Launches Today

    Here Comes Web 3.0: Wolfram|Alpha Launches Today

    Wikipedia defines Web 3.0 as the “semantic web”, “making it possible for the web to understand and satisfy the requests of people and machines to use the web content.” We’ll get a step closer to that vision when Wolfram|Alpha (or maybe just “WolframAlpha” – their web site uses both) launches later today.   Wolfram|Alpha is…

  • Want to Experience SAP BusinessObjects Explorer? Try This Micro-Finance Demo!

    Want to Experience SAP BusinessObjects Explorer? Try This Micro-Finance Demo!

    As I mentioned in the previous post, SAP launched the new BusinessObjects Explorer Accelerated product today. You can try out the product and learn how microfinance is helping reduce global poverty by visiting the excellent SAP BusinessObjects Explorer demo at http://microfinance.sap.com. It will challenge you to find answers to a few questions, and you’ll be…

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

    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…

  • SAP BusinessObjects @ SAPPHIRE US ‘09

    It’s SAPPHIRE 09 in Orlando next week — here are some links to connect you to SAP BusinessObjects resources at and around the show.

  • It’s All About KPIs, Whatever You’re Trying to Achieve…

    KPIs are everywhere! Here’s a quick selection of some articles from the last couple of weeks about performance management around the world.

  • That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)

    That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)

    These SAP BusinessObjects users think they know everything!

  • What’s SAP.com Worth?

    Maybe not as it should be, at least compared to its peers. According to Pufip, putting paid ads up could generate about $123,000/month given the amount of traffic to the site, and they calculate that would make it worth about one and a half million dollars. That’s quite a bit more than, say, timoelliott.com ($0!),…