BusinessObjects BI Decision Tree

UPDATE 10/5/2012:  Things have continued to evolve since May and therefore this post has been updated based on the latest roadmap information coming from SAP together with, as always, some of my own thoughts and opinions. The good news, bad news about the SAP BusinessObjects product suite is that although there is a lot of […]

Sizing Up HANA

HANA is here, so I wanted to take a minute a field a few common questions about HANA licensing. The software stack comes with the hardware provided by the hardware partners, whereas the license has to be obtained from SAP.  SAP HANA is sold in 64GB units.  Although the product is non-discountable, it does come […]

SAP Runs Crystal Reports

Say it loud, Say it proud With the latest development of SAP Business Suite Enhancement Pak 5, SAP users can now enjoy the rich, flexible formatting functionality right from within the application. ALVs Get An Upgrade For many years, users have been limited in their ability to provide formatted reporting from an SAP ALV (ABAP […]

Information You Can Trust

I’ve finally made the switch… I’ve moved from www.trustedbi.com to trustedbi.com First of all I’d like to thank so many of you for following my blog over these last 4+ years.  I’ve seen a lot of changes in the Business Intelligence space and we’ve continue to see BusinessObjects grow up… yet for me, at it’s […]

Experience HANA

Want to find out what all the buzz is about? Want to take your education about HANA to the next level? SAP has put together an aggregated site which brings together all the current content available on HANA.  The website is called:  Experience SAP HANA http://www.experiencesaphana.com/ It does require you to register but I found […]