I cannot believe I first wrote about BI4 in May of 2010. It was a mythical creature at the time…we were still calling it “XI4”…. Read More
Better Late Than Never – Upgrading to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2
With all of the excitement surrounding SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3, it’s sometimes easy to forget that not every organization has the luxury of being the… Read More
State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade, July 2020
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.3 SP0 went into General Availability on June 12, 2020. How should your organization respond? Read the latest in my State of… Read More
SAP BusinessObjects in the Cloud
It’s time to start thinking about SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.3. But it’s also time to consider cloud-based analytics. No doubt you’ve heard about SAP Analytics… Read More
Drawing Clouds
If you’re currently sheltering in-place at home with school-aged children, you’re probably spending your lunch hour making Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems. However, if you’re… Read More
SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and Xcelsius End of Life Doesn’t Have to Mean End of World
Steve Jobs is often given credit for killing Adobe Flash when he penned his essay Thoughts on Flash in April 2010. At the time, Apple… Read More
Oracle Products Running Out of Support in 2020
SAP BusinessObjects customers using the Oracle database should plan on an upgrade in 2020. Read More
Tomcat 404 Error While Listening on Port 80
Windows Updates have their upsides. They keep us safe from bad stuff on our servers. Conversely, automated Windows Updates that go untested can surprise us… Read More
Happy 10th Birthday, EV Technologies
This month marks the 10th anniversary of EV Technologies. To this day, when people ask me “how?”, I simply reply that I’m the guy that… Read More
Microsoft Products Running Out of Mainstream Support in 2018
Several key Microsoft products are running out of mainstream support in 2018. Read More