SAP Session at Cloud Expo
SAP claimed Wednesday to have dumbed down its BusinessObjects business
intelligence software to create BusinessObjects BI OnDemand, described as "BI
for the rest of us," a dicey Web 2.0 move for a company that muffed its
low-end web-based Business ByDesign venture.
The software, described as a complete BI toolset that perforce will compete
mostly with start-ups, is supposed to be for "casual" BI users underserved by
what is already on the market. SAP wants to up penetration from 25% to 70% or
80%.
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Famous for some of the world's most complicated, installation-defying
software, SAP says that neophytes won't need any experience or training to
use the stuff.
Brad Peters, CEO of Birst, one of the start-ups SAP's SaaS BI software will
compete with, says the widgetry is merely a r... (more)
Cloud Expo Europe
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen is my favorite business
book – its main idea (disruptive technologies serve new customer groups and
“low-end” markets first) was the guiding principle of all my startups.
The best part is that even though everybody can read about the power of
disruptive technologies, there is no defense against them. Vendors can’t
help themselves. They study The Innovator’s Dilemma, pay Christensen to
speak to their managers, but their existing customer base and “brand
promise” prevent them from releasing products that are limited... (more)
Oracle Keynote at Cloud Expo
Cloud Computing Expo - I hate to make new year's resolutions like a new diet
program or another trainer at my local gym. I also usually never bother
with annual predictions either, for that matter.
One exception to that personal rule is the long over due sale of TIBCO
Software.
Since Oracle's bloody murder acquisition of BEA Systems, for the past two
years there has been non-stop rumors that TIBCO would be next, of course
which did not happen so far.
Oracle was named exclusive Diamond Sponsor of Cloud Expo 2010, which will
take place April 19-21, at... (more)
As the IT industry enters 2010, Panorama Software is celebrating its
fifteenth anniversary of excellence in the business intelligence community.
From Panorama’s first generation OLAP product (acquired by Microsoft)
through the sixth generation NovaView, the first BI solution to work in the
cloud, to today’s complete hybrid solution, the company has represented a
hotbed of innovation for the IT community.
“When we launched our first product release out of Israel in March 1995,
developers coming out of the Israeli army were turning the location into a
hotbed for IT creativity and... (more)
BI at Cloud Expo
Sophisticated and advanced analytics tools that can strategically aggregate
relevant data is key to the success of every business. The right solution can
be challenging to find considering that we grab information from a multitude
of platforms today – enterprise, web, social networks, SAAS, you name it..
Snaplogic and Mindtouch have decided to combine their respective offerings in
a package that they call Business Application Integrations (BAI) which they
say will work out cheaper to meet enterprise integration requirements for
medium sized businesses.
SnapLogic... (more)
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