Paul Blogs on BI

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So let’s dispel a few myths (4 big ones) and set the record straight as to why BusinessObjects remains the most widely used Business Intelligence suite in the world today. FALSE There are multiple facets to this each justifying a full blog of its own, but I will try to summarize it as follows.

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Cloudera

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Agility, innovation, and time-to-value are the key differentiators cloud service providers (CSP) claim to help organizations speed up digital transformation projects and business objectives. However, the reality is that the “move to cloud” is a turbulent flight for many of them. But FinOps is not only about cost management and control.

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Paul Blogs on BI

JANUARY 5, 2023

When I first started raving about BusinessObjects in 1992, I would never have thought that I would still be raving about it 30 years later, let alone writing a blog on it on New Year’s Eve! . 2022 turned out to be another massive year for the most popular Business Intelligence suite on the planet. But why not?

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2023

The right data architecture can help your organization improve data quality because it provides the framework that determines how data is collected, transported, stored, secured, used and shared for business intelligence and data science use cases. Outlining business objectives you want your data to help you accomplish.

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Paul Blogs on BI

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s been over 13 years since SAP acquired BusinessObjects and really stepped into the world of Business Intelligence. The irony in all of this is that SAP BusinessObjects remains the most popular used Business intelligence suite worldwide. It was a huge success both financially and directionally for SAP.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software. In December 2021, Broadcom Software published our blog: Predictions for 2022. We will now explore each of these predictions in more depth with this blog series. This month our topic is the Cyber Defence Centre.

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Smarten

APRIL 10, 2023

Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ Instead, they can use assisted predictive modeling to improve business agility and align processes, activities and tasks with business objectives and goals.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 1, 2023

This is where business intelligence consulting comes into the picture. What is Business Intelligence? In order to be effective, a BI solution must be aligned with the organizational strategy and business objectives and must be able to scale to support the changing needs of the business.

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BizAcuity

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is where business intelligence consulting comes into the picture. What is Business Intelligence? In order to be effective, a BI solution must be aligned with the organizational strategy and business objectives and must be able to scale to support the changing needs of the business.

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Paul Blogs on BI

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I am also fascinated by Business Intelligence and love seeing new ways it is being applied every day. The BI Strategy and Future Direction track will showcase both BI strategies that have led to innovative BI solutions and new technologies and tools that are having a positive impact in the Business Intelligence space.

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Jet Global

MAY 10, 2019

From talent acquisition to performance management, there are a number of goals that an HR manager needs to prioritize every year that align with the organization’s overall business objectives. Read this blog post for a deeper dive into the basics. Here are some specific S.M.A.R.T Not sure what the difference. Download Now.

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Paul Blogs on BI

JULY 8, 2019

I experienced so many eye-opening presentations, inspiring sessions and great conversations that I was not sure where to start with this blog to condense it all down to the main takeaways. There was also a lot of discussion about Cloud, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. IBIS 2020 is in June next year by which time BI 4.3

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Paul Blogs on BI

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In fact, The Eagles are a lot like BusinessObjects in that they have a unique and addictive Business Intelligence solution whose fan base just continues to grow. The fact is that BusinessObjects remains the Business Intelligence suite of choice for both SAP and non-SAP customers. due for general availability in 2020.

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Paul Blogs on BI

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Well, this was supposed to only be a 2-part blog (link to Part 1 and Part 2 but there has been such an overwhelming interest and fantastic feedback on the first two parts, that I feel compelled to keep going since the topic is obviously of great interest to many.

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Paul Blogs on BI

APRIL 19, 2019

Whereas Tableau is a true Business Intelligence tool built for business users, PowerBI is more of a tool built for IT programmers that can be used by business users. The real issue is integration with BusinessObjects.

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Paul Blogs on BI

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So, for Part 4 of this blog series, I would like to review how you can leverage BusinessObjects to enable and accelerate tools like PowerBI. . There appears to be a general misunderstanding that organizations can save money by converting from BusinessObjects to PowerBI. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Paul Blogs on BI

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The fact is that dashboards dominate as the primary user interface for both Business Intelligence and operational solutions. They also wrote a great blog about Squirrel (even better than this one!) That was neat! So with all these dashboards being produced everywhere, what tools are people and organizations using to create them?

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Paul Blogs on BI

AUGUST 4, 2023

You have heard me talk about the new SpeakBO PLUS annual subscription membership in my last blog. Revisiting the SQL and performance of these reports often helps prevent the same issue happening in the future. The membership will also include access on how to utilize these tools and provide additional utilities that you will find useful.

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datapine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

4) How to Select Your KPIs 5) Avoid These KPI Mistakes 6) How To Choose A KPI Management Solution 7) KPI Management Examples Fact: 100% of statistics strategically placed at the top of blog posts are a direct result of people studying the dynamics of Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs. What happens next?

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Paul Blogs on BI

JULY 11, 2018

The love for BusinessObjects was in the air at this year’s InfoSol Business Intelligence Seminar (IBIS). Dashboards continue to be the primary interface of most business intelligence solutions. Best Business Dashboard Award. Limitless Business Intelligence Dashboard Award.

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Paul Blogs on BI

MARCH 8, 2019

Being someone who is passionate about Business Intelligence, I realized that passion is driven by inspiring, learning about and sharing Business Intelligence solutions that make a positive difference in people’s lives. You have to want to fly so badly that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.

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Rita Sallam

JULY 22, 2016

Like when Oracle acquired Hyperion in March of 2007, which set of a series of acquisitions –SAP of Business Objects October, 2007 and then IBM of Cognos in November, 2007. decline in traditional BI ( See: Market Share Analysis: Business Intelligence and Analytics Software, 2015 ). Some Additional Questions and Answers.

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Paul Blogs on BI

JUNE 1, 2022

Whoever created the phrase, “best thing since sliced bread”, it has prevailed in our English vocabulary since the 1930’s as an expression that refers to something that someone thinks is very good, original, and exciting, which is exactly why I want to blog about InfoBurst Squirrel.

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Decision Management Solutions

APRIL 15, 2019

In February, we published a blog post on “Using Technology to Add Value in Insurance.” Integrating these business objectives into a complex operating environment, however, can be a real struggle for many organizations. in which he argues that there are only three levers of value in insurance: 1. Sell More.

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Paul Blogs on BI

MAY 28, 2019

Thanks to these heroes it has thrived over the last 10 years and BusinessObjects remains the most widely used Business Intelligence suite in the world today. They continued to serve and grow the BusinessObjects community over the years. This is their legacy and we are grateful.

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Paul Blogs on BI

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In Part 1 of this blog, we reviewed the top 5 main differentiators between BusinessObjects Web Intelligence and PowerBI, as determined by 2 different independent BI consultants who have worked and continue to work extensively with both tools.

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Paul Blogs on BI

MAY 27, 2020

These are unprecedented times and we have never been more unsure about the future which is why Business Intelligence is more important than ever. Well the 2020 decade has certainly got off to an unexpected and challenging start.

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Paul Blogs on BI

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

While we have definitely seen an acceleration in organizations using or moving operational applications to the cloud, Business Intelligence has lagged behind. Today, the majority of BusinessObjects customers use the product on premise and that will not change for a while.

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Paul Blogs on BI

JULY 9, 2018

In the world of Business Intelligence there are many good players out there too and historically they have just played on one team. For the most part, they do not usually play together except when they play for their country. They are, of course, supposed to be the best players for their positions so it is like a dream team.

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Paul Blogs on BI

APRIL 15, 2021

seems to come up in almost every conversation I have with customers these days so I thought I should blog about it. The new and current SAP BusinessObjects release, BI 4.3, The last service pack of BI 4.2, SP09, was just released and will remain fully supported through to Dec. 31, 2022 and then priority 1 support through to Dec.

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datapine

MARCH 22, 2019

Businesses need analytics-driven insights focused on their team’s performance as well as customer happiness levels to determine the strengths and weaknesses that affect their overall business objectives. Exclusive Bonus Content: Get our short guide to CES and NPS! Customer Satisfaction Metrics Dashboards.

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Paul Blogs on BI

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The same can be said when creating Business Intelligence dashboards. You can certainly improvise with salsa too once you have those basic steps down but unless you learn and follow those steps, it’s not salsa. The truth is that sometimes you just want to move to the music and not worry about following the rules of structured dances.

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Paul Blogs on BI

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last night I went to watch a Roller Derby game live on a banked track which I have not done for a long time. I loved the game especially since my team, “The Runaway Brides”, soundly defeated the “Brutal Beauties” but it also reignited my love of the sport.

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Paul Blogs on BI

APRIL 16, 2018

I have also noticed more and more people adding IBIS attendance to their resumes so this year’s IBIS will also introduce a unique IBIS Business Intelligence certification which you can receive for attending 15 hours or more of IBIS sessions.

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Paul Blogs on BI

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is usually the time of the year when people make predictions about the coming year. I have done this myself many times but, this year, I am going to make a prediction about the next 10 years. Here it is : “BusinessObjects will continue to thrive and remain the most solid BI reporting tool for the next 10 years and beyond”.

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Paul Blogs on BI

JANUARY 12, 2018

In the world of Business Intelligence, predictions by leading experts and vendors have also not always been stellar. While it’s fun to make predictions at the beginning of a new year, I must admit that my track record on getting them right has not always been perfect.

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Paul Blogs on BI

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Recently I was asked to coach a team of 9 year-old boys in a recreational soccer league. I had retired from soccer coaching several years ago after my youngest daughter went to college, but the league said they would have to cancel this age group if they could not find another coach, so I agreed.

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