Earlier today, SAP made a public statement of direction for the Analytics portfolio. To some, this news might seem Earth-shattering. To others who have been… Read More
Category: BI Strategy
Budgeting for an SAP BusinessObjects Upgrade
Upgrading any enterprise software application that is used heavily in an organization can be a frightening undertaking. Not only do you have to acquire all… Read More
Picking the Wrong Tool from the BI Toolbox
The SAP BI product portfolio is big. We encounter reporting tools, dashboarding tools, and data discovery tools. Some support mechanization while some support on demand… Read More
Analyze and Visualize Data with the Information Design Tool
Often I am asked by BusinessObjects customers whether it is worth the time to upgrade a universe from the traditional (UNV) Universe to the newer… Read More
Enterprise BI is for Curmudgeons
This post is my final thought of my prior post on SAP Lumira from a few weeks back. I really hope you’ll find us talking about this… Read More
SAP Lumira v1.15 – A Precursor of Things to Come
Yesterday’s announcement of the availability of SAP Lumira v1.15 marks a cornerstone event in the history of the SAP BI landscape. In that announcement,… Read More
Sherlock® 3 – General Availability and Getting to BI4
The team at EVtechnologies is excited to announce the general availability of Sherlock® 3 for the SAP BusinessObjects Platform. This release brings with it the… Read More
Contending With BI Disruption
You can expire tools but you can’t expire content. Read More
Large Customers Need Chargeback Models
I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of projects with a significant number of customers that have really really large systems. At the same… Read More
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Get The Business Buy-In
Get your business users to buy in to your upgrade strategy. Read More