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Roller Derby and Testing New BusinessObjects Service Packs

Paul Blogs on BI

But watching that Roller Derby mashup game, it occurred to me that there may be a better way to determine if the service pack is ready for prime time in your environment and that is to install it on a test server and try things out – just like the mashup game with the “Minor Assaults”. SP4 at IBIS 2024 so think about attending that as well.

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Simplifying IT strategy: How to avoid the annual planning panic

CIO Business Intelligence

Annual or not, like running with the bulls in Pamplona, this exercise never fails to test your mettle and often leaves you staring frantically at the page and wondering: how do I tell this story? Clarify how they will obstruct your achieving the IT vision and any overarching business objectives. Address these issues head on.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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Achieving cloud excellence and efficiency with cloud maturity models

IBM Big Data Hub

Everything runs seamlessly and efficiently and all stakeholders are aware of the cloud’s potential to drive business objectives. With this organizational change, new teams are being defined, agile project groups created and feedback and testing loops established.

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Upgrading to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3

Paul Blogs on BI

In addition, regression testing is not really needed for your reports since there were no changes to calculation engines or other underlying services. in which case, regression testing will be needed. The new and current SAP BusinessObjects release, BI 4.3, The last service pack of BI 4.2, So, based on either the BI 4.3

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CEOs’ top priorities for IT leaders today

CIO Business Intelligence

“We know what we’re trying to achieve, because we know the business goals and objectives,” We want to grow substantially, and we want to do that with speed,” says Bilker, whose clarity on IT’s business objectives mirror the top directives CEOs are giving their CIOs, according to the 2024 State of the CIO Study from Foundry, publisher of CIO.com.

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3 force multipliers for digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

While digital initiatives and talent are the board directors’ top strategic business priorities in 2023-2024, IT spending is forecasted to grow by only 2.4% Devops teams now look to shift left security and implement continuous testing to develop more innovative, secure, and reliable features from the start.