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Self-Service Data Warehousing for Business People with SAP Information Composer
The next version of SAP HANA (SP3) delivers a first version of “self-service data warehousing”. It includes a new web-based application called “Information Composer” that lets business people clean, upload, and model their own data, and combine it with trusted corporate sources.
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At-a-Glance Guide to Analytics at SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid
I’ll be an official “social ambassador” for analytics at SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid next week. This blog attempts to summarize the main analytics-related activities during the two days of SAPPHIRE NOW
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SAP BusinessObjects User Conference 2011: Opening Keynote
The 2011 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects User Conference kicks off in stormy Orlando, Florida, with keynote by Steve Lucas, Global GM of SAP Business Analytics
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Affecto Corporate IQ Oslo
I attended the Affecto Corporate IQ 2011 event this morning, in Oslo, Norway — here are my notes and resources from the event.
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SAPSA Impuls 2011 in Stockholm
My presentations from the SAPSA Impuls 2011 Conference in Stockholm, Sweden
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The Analytics of Terrorism
I’m a big believer in analyzing data in order to make sensible decisions. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, how can we apply analytics to some questions about terrorism in the world today?
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Strategic Workforce Planning Demo
This demo shows the features of SAP BusinessObjects Strategic Workforce Planning, the first HANA-enabled application.
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Relying on Data Can Lead to the Wrong Decisions Says CFO.com
I just read a new CFO Magazine article called “That New Big Data Magic”, which contains the following opening paragraphs: Back in the 1980s, American Airlines (AA) was partnered with British Airways (BA), and AA’s marketing head wanted to know how many of the airline’s gold card members, its most profitable customers, were flying BA…
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SAP World Tour Slovenia
I recently had the honor of presenting the keynote for the SAP World Tour in Slovenia (in Brdo, one of Tito’s old hunting estates, near Ljubljana). The event was kicked off by the SAP country manager, Simon Kaluža. I covered the standard “Run Better” keynote slides, but at the request of the organizers, included some…
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Business Analytics in Poland
It was the SAP World Tour in Sopot, Poland last week, and I had the honor of presenting a keynote session on business analytics.