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BI and Performance Management Evolve at SAP-Business Objects
08.19.2008
blog author
Mark Smith
I have been critical of the integration of Business Objects and SAP in the past, but many solid steps in the right direction are simplifying the complexities I've blogged about. Business Objects provided answers at last week's Influencer Summit that increase my confidence significantly on their product roadmap...

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Rajan Chandras
Who Should Own the BI Competency Center?
08.17.2008
This question came up at the end of a Webinar last week. One expert's response was: assuredly, the business should own the BICC — business intelligence is all about business, and business ownership brings along business commitment. Another expert disagreed: given the various technical complexities related to business intelligence and data integration, BICC, she thought, is probably better managed by IT...

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Business Objects Summit Q&A
08.13.2008
blog author
Sandy Kemsley
At the conclusion of Business Object's Influencer Summit yesterday, Jonathan Becher hosted a wrap-up Q&A with Doug Merritt, Marge Breya and Sanjay Poonen. Rather than attributing quotes to each executive, I've consolidated the responses on five topics:

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Cindi Howson
Business Objects Says 'Look Beyond BI'
08.13.2008
"It's a case where 1+1=3." Speaking at the first-ever Business Objects Influencer Summit in Boston this week, this is how Sanjay Poonen, SVP and GM of Performance Optimization Applications, explained a recent increase in BI revenues at the company since it became a unit of SAP... A key message was not to think of Business Objects as only a BI vendor, but rather, as a vendor that provides everything to help companies link strategy to execution.

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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT INSIGHT

Report Warns Of Data Warehouse 'Bottleneck' In Real-Time Analytics
August 18, 2008
by Antone Gonsalves
In a report entitled "Really Urgent Analytics: The Sweet Spot for Real-Time Data Warehousing," Forrester advises intelligence and knowledge management professionals to familiarize themselves with the various approaches for adapting a data warehouse to meet real-time requirements, and, if necessary, consider bypassing the data warehouse altogether.

Of BI and Baseball: Two Reports Present Vendor and Product Standings
August 11, 2008
by Doug Henschen
It ain't over till it's over, and Forrester and BIScorecard reports say the business intelligence playoffs are a long way off.

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Jaspersoft Releases iReport For NetBeans
iReport is being offered as a plug-in for the integrated development environment, which is used to build Java desktop applications.

Oracle Reports More Than 23,000 Downloads Of Its iPhone Apps
While Apple iPhone apps have a small presence in the business world, IT execs at Disney, Genentech, and Kraft are endorsing the iPhone.

SAP Business Objects Takes Next Steps on Performance Management, BI
Outlooksoft, Pilot and Cartesis applications 'integrated' with NetWeaver and BusinessObjects XI. Xcelsius presentation app hits the desktop, while SAP customers get free Crystal.

Fair Isaac Upgrades Xpress-MP Suite
The decision management software includes new optimization solvers and features for fine-tuning the product to meet the user's specific needs.

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