Innovation Evangelism

Tag: BusinessObjects

  • The Next Xcelsius? RoamBI Provides BusinessObjects BI for the iPhone

    The Next Xcelsius? RoamBI Provides BusinessObjects BI for the iPhone

    Santiago Becerra, the creator of the Xcelsius technology, has founded a new company and launched a new BI front end for the iPhone called RoamBI, than can easily access Excel, BusinessObjects, and Salesforce.com data.

  • SAP and Open Social at the Google I/O Developer Conference

    SAP and Open Social at the Google I/O Developer Conference

    John Mayerhofer and Laurent Bride will be talking about SAP’s use of Open Social APIs during the Google I/O Developer Conference, on Thursday May 28th, 12pm – 1pm, as part of a discussion on “OpenSocial in the Enterprise”: In the year and half since OpenSocial’s public launch, there are now over 700 million end users […]

  • Dashboard Web Seminar: Empower Users With Critical Information

    I’m doing a web seminar today on Dashboards best practice, with Brad Devlin explaining how best to use BusinessObjects Xcelsius — here’s the invitation text, and a copy of the slides.

  • Jonathan Becher’s SAPPHIRE 09 Blog

    Jonathan Becher’s SAPPHIRE 09 Blog

    Jonathan Becher, SVP Marketing for SAP (and my boss), wrote a series of blog postings about the recent SAPPHIRE event. Since these were part of the “Insights at SAPPHIRE” event on the inXpo platform, and the event is now closed, they are no longer accessible. This didn’t strike me a very Web 2.0 result (indeed, […]

  • The Inevitable Wolfram|Alpha Problem: Semantics

    The Inevitable Wolfram|Alpha Problem: Semantics

    Wolfram|Alpha has now been launched, and inevitably suffers from the same problems that have plagued every attempt to provide answers to human questions using technology since the dawn of computers: semantics, and specifically meaning and syntax. Solving these problems in organizations will remain a challenge for years to come, but the rewards can be considerable for organizations that manage it.

  • 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 Warehouse Accelerator (BWA).

  • 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.

  • Social Network Analyzer Download Available

    The Social Network Analyzer prototype unveiled in a previous blog post was available on demand. It can now be downloaded and used within your own organization (or even just on your PC) from the SAP Innovation Center site. Enterprise social network analysis is clearly an essential part of getting a real return on investment on Web […]

  • That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)

    That’s the Whole Point (Cartoon)

    These SAP BusinessObjects users think they know everything!