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 Cloud, a relatively new offering from SAP that can connect to cloud-based data sources as well as on-premise data sources via a connector to your SAP BusinessObjects platform. But did […]
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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 like us, you’ve been drawing clouds. No, not THOSE clouds. THESE clouds. Cloud based-architectures for analytics and web applications. We’re big fans of diagrams.net (formerly draw.io). And thankfully the three […]
Integrating Tableau Server into SAP Analytics Hub
Our first experience with SAP Analytics Hub, using a Tableau Server appliance and SAP HANA appliance hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Are you attending the 2018 AWS Summit in Chicago?
You should join Eric Vallo and Chris Greer at the 2018 AWS Summit in Chicago this week. The AWS Summit is a fantastic and free resource being hosted by AWS on August 1 and 2 with breakouts, technical sessions, and bootcamps. This event is aimed at helping customers and partners identify the right opportunities and workloads […]
Three Reasons to Start Thinking About SAP Analytics in the Cloud
Technology is ever evolving. Think about what your business was running on in the first decade of the 2000s. Since then you have probably gone through iterations of upgrades to hardware, software, data centers, PCs, laptops and smartphones. These types of upgrades and projects can have a significant impact on your business and, specifically, your IT […]
BI4 is a Big Baby
Anybody that has been in the BusinessObjects Admin area of expertise for a long time knows that with each upgrade, the platform requirements get bigger and more substantial. The new BI4 is no exception. While that is the underpinnings of this post, what I really want to hit on is the role that virtualization will or will not play in the future of BI4.