Tag: sapphire09
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SAPPHIRE 09 Virtual Event
This is the part of a series of posts looking at Web 2.0 technology in conjunction with last week’s SAPPHIRE ‘09 event in Orlando, Florida. This post looks at using the latest technologies to expand the reach of SAPPHIRE far beyond just the people physically attending. In the last six months, SAP has extensively tested…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.