by Prakash Darji, Vice President and General Manager, Data Warehousing Solutions and SAP HANA Platform
May 11, 2012
Learn how SAP HANA works within BusinessObjects landscapes through examples that explain the details behind using SAP HANA as an operational data mart or Agile data mart.
by Prakash Darji, Vice President and General Manager, Data Warehousing Solutions and SAP HANA Platform
March 13, 2012
Gain an understanding of the key differences between SAP HANA and traditional relational database systems in a BusinessObjects environment, and learn how BusinessObjects has been optimized for SAP HANA.
by Andrew Joo, Senior Manager, Hitachi Consulting
December 22, 2011
See how a global energy company quickly jump-started its business intelligence (BI) capabilities using Xcelsius dashboards (now known as BusinessObjects Dashboards) and the Rapid Management Cockpit methodology. It was able to deliver up-front business value without undertaking traditional bottoms-up BI development processes, which can be costly and time-consuming. BI end users, analysts, administrators, and developers were instrumental in this process by driving the planning, designing, and developing of the solution.
by Andrew Joo, Senior Manager, Hitachi Consulting
December 22, 2011
Find out how a global energy company — after developing Xcelsius dashboards (now known as BusinessObjects Dashboards) using a Rapid Management Cockpit methodology — followed up on the effort by designing future architecture to integrate dashboards to an enterprise data layer. In doing so, the company fully built out its business intelligence and performance management capabilities without following traditional processes.
by Anurag Barua, Director
August 23, 2011
While there is widespread recognition of the value that dashboards generate, there is also an incipient apprehension that they are not secure. Walk through some ways you can validate the security in dashboards using BusinessObjects Dashboards as an example, while maintaining the user-friendliness that is expected in a dashboard.
by Chris Dinkel, IT Leader, Deloitte Consulting, and J.C. Raveneau, Director of Customers and Field Engagement, SAP, based on their book, Discover SAP BusinessObjects, published by SAP Press
May 27, 2011
Read why customers who already had an investment in BusinessObjects solutions should consider this investment safe and continue to rely on the solutions for their business moving forward.
by Lorelle Gibson, Senior Consultant, Column5 Consulting
May 14, 2011
Extending the visualization capabilities of Xcelsius to display data from SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions requires an evaluation of data sources and complexity. Learn two approaches to related data integration and discover insights for enabling Xcelsius Enterprise 2008 connectivity to EPM solutions.
by David Hannon, Features Editor, SAPinsider and insiderPROFILES
May 05, 2011
Learn how Colgate-Palmolive adeptly achieved its goals to roll out new BusinessObjects Dashboards features.
by Davin Wilfrid, Senior Analyst, insiderRESEARCH
May 03, 2011
See how Emergency Medical Associates is using out-of-the-box functionality from SAP BusinessObjects to track the spread of the H1N1 flu virus in order to stay one step ahead of a potential epidemic.
Podcast with Andrew Joo About Integrating BI with Enterprise Performance ManagementIn this podcast, Andrew Joo, director of information management and business intelligence within the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) practice at Column 5 Consulting, discusses the strategic importance of integrating traditional BI with EPM. He also explains what EPM is, what a company achieves when it integrates BI and EPM, and how a business performs this integration.
May 03, 2011
by Davin Wilfrid, Senior Analyst, insiderRESEARCH
May 03, 2011
SAP’s roadmap for business intelligence (BI) has been the subject of intense focus and debate since SAP bought BusinessObjects in 2008. The user-facing applications from the renamed SAP BusinessObjects have been the strategic direction for BI for more than three years, but still many companies struggle to move forward. Learn four tips for project managers gleaned from a new research report.