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What I learned about being an SAP rock star from Van Halen
Last week, I was one of the 16,000 attendees dancing the night away at the Van Halen concert that concluded the combined ASUG and SAP SAPPHIRE 2012 events in Orlando, Florida. While the lifestyle of...
View ArticleSAP Support for Internet Explorer 11 Can Head Off Security Woes
The internet has been buzzing with news about the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer security hole, which was patched today (see Microsoft blog post, Out-of-Band Release to Address Microsoft Security...
View ArticleWhich SAP Analytics Conference Should I Attend?
This week, I received a question from one of my friends on LinkedIn and thought I'd answer it here. Hey Dallas! Happy New Year to you. Same old same old here. Working on standing up Lumira, Design...
View ArticleState of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Upgrade - May 2015 (SAPPHIRE Edition)
SAP SAPPHIRE and the ASUG Annual Conference were held last week at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. While most of the keynote action centered on S4/HANA and Hasso Plattner's...
View ArticleState of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.1 Upgrade - June 2015
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Support Pack 6 is Here! Today, SAP released SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 Support Pack 6 to the SAP Support Portal, both as a full build and as...
View ArticleWaiting for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2
Timehop is a popular mobile app that bills itself as "a time capsule of you." It allows you to review your historical social media activity from "this exact day in history" and re-share. The app is so...
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[Recap] ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting (September 18, 2015) at NKU
On Friday, October 18, 2015, theASUG Kentucky Chapterheld its quarterly meeting at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky.Kevin Reilly, ASUG Community Advocate for S/4HANA, kicked...
View ArticleIs There Room On Your Bookshelf for Web Intelligence, Fourth Edition?
Toy Story 4, the fourth installment of Disney's popular Toy Story franchise, won't hit theaters until June 15, 2018. But with SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2 currently in beta and on...
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Introducing the SAP Marketplace in Web Intelligence 4.1 SP06
SAP recently shipped SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.1 (BI 4.1) Support Pack 6 (SP6). Support packs generally contain only bug fixes, but BI 4.1 SP6 probably represents the greatest...
View ArticleState of the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 Upgrade - January 2016
Happy New Year! The end of 2015 meant the end of mainstream support for SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0. However, end of support does not mean end of the world, according to...
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State of the SAP BusinessObjects BI4 Upgrade - May 2016 (SAPPHIRE Edition)
Last Wednesday at the North American iteration of its annual SAPPHIRE event, SAP's Bernd Leukert made some big news about SAP analytics during his keynote. Let's review the announcements then dive into...
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A brand new day for SAP Analytics in St. Louis USA
The St. Louis Analytics User Group (STLAUG), a new community of SAP analytics users, had its inaugural meeting on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Knight Executive Education & Conference Center at...
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SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Pre-Sales Workshop
Last week, I attended the three-day SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Pre-Sales Workshop at SAP's Vancouver, British Columbia office. Terri Snell's team at SAP's Mainland Street office were gracious hosts to...
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Celebrate the Small Stuff Along the Road to BI Maturity
My son recently finished kindergarten, his first year of public education. His mother and I were invited, along with the other parents, to a special end-of-year party to celebrate. The children sang...
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Thoughts on the SAP Digital Boardroom
Last month, I attended the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Pre-Sales Workshop at SAP's Vancouver, BC office (see related SCN article). Approximately two dozen pre-sales professionals from various North...
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