Tag: Business Intelligence
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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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Business People Are Dumb On Average(s)
Recent research shows that business people aren’t always ready to make best use of the analytic data they receive. Here’s one real-life example that illustrates the potential problems.
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Hadoop, Big Data, and Enterprise Business Intelligence
Traditional enterprise data warehousing and Hadoop/Big Data are like apples and oranges. Is there room for both? How will these two very different approaches co-exist in the future?
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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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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.
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Mobile BI Isn’t Only About Mobile
Mobile business intelligence isn’t only about mobility — it’s also about exceptional ease-of-use, and because of this, we’ll see these devices replace, not just augmented, “normal BI”
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Business Analytics in Lisbon
The SAP Business Analytics Forum took place in Lisbon, Portugal on May 17th at the Belem Cultural Center. Here are some highlights of the event, including ANA, the Portuguese Airports company, showing off their extranet BI dashboards.
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SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Launch, Paris
The SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 Launch in Paris was one of the most interesting I attended. Here’s some of the content (speaking French helps!)