Here’s a summary of some of the new things in the latest features and components in SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 SP3
What’s New in SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius 2008 SP3?
BI for Baby: Dashboards to Track Your Child’s KPIs (And The Rest of Us)
You can now track a slew of key performance indicators for your baby — how long before this becomes part of our own daily lives?
How to Create and Deploy Effective Metrics
Performance metrics are a powerful tool of organizational change, but the wrong metrics can have unintended consequences. How should you choose KPIs and implement dashboards? TDWI explains.
Grand Prix Business Intelligence
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a corporate event at the Belgian Grand Prix, and present an SAP BusinessObjects product overview and roadmap.
SAP’s Sustainability Dashboards
SAP’s Sustainability Report provides a great example of how business intelligence can help with sustainability reporting and analysis. Here are some of the Xcelsius dashboards that are provided as part of the report.
Great Examples of US Government BI Transparency
Since the US has now appointed its first ever “Chief Performance Officer”, it seems like a great time to talk about other great examples of US government transparency and business intelligence.
Drink Dispenser Analytics: Coca-Cola Goes Freestyle, With Help from SAP BI
Coca-Cola has introduced a new RFID-enabled drink dispenser that serves over 100 flavors and wirelessly beams information to an SAP BW datawarehouse in Atlanta, ready for advanced analytics.
Scandalous Financial Benchmarking?
I just stumbled across an old post of mine, and couldn’t help reposting some of it in the light of recent events. All those financial wizards were making a fortune based on the money they were “creating” — money that has since turned out to be largely fictitious. Top hedge fund managers were earning more …
SAP Dashboards at Microsoft?
According to the Treasury & Risk site, Microsoft is a keen user of SAP dashboards, at least in conjunction with their treasury needs
BI in Bahrain
here was lots of interest in the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio of solutions at the SUG-MENA event in Bahrain. See the Xcelsius dashboard using local data, and the presentation I gave.