We’re seeing this more and more: as Oracle’s OBIEE platform gains steam, many organizations are making the move to convert existing reports from Crystal, Actuate or Oracle Reports to BI Publisher. Report conversion can be a daunting task, not necessarily from the technology move, but moreso from simply understanding, cataloging and consolidating the current collection
Read More...Big data seems to be the hot topic of conversation lately as it pertains to business intelligence. We get asked often about what organizations should be aware of as they explore this avenue. The obvious perils of big data include performance concerns, such as the ability to process and analyze data quickly and efficiently enough
Read More...In several of our previous blogs we have discussed the proper way to build a business intelligence enterprise solution. Many of you have responded in agreement with much of the content and the steps required to truly unlock the potential of BI. However, there are a number of readers who have reached out and asked
Read More...In the late 90’s all of the buzz talk was around ERP, and understandably so. A lot of the buzz I hear today is about Business Intelligence (BI). There are probably a variety of reasons for this. Chief among them, in my experience, is the notion that ERP was pervasive in the 90’s because of
Read More...Say you’re a father of a teenage girl. One day, you get the mail and notice a Target coupon book addressed to your daughter, and it’s full of impending-baby supplies: supplements, lotion, diapers, cotton balls. You’re outraged. What is Target trying to do? Encourage another teenage pregnancy? You do what any father would do: you
Read More...I recently overheard a conversation at a higher education institution that went something like this: Facilities Mgr.: Good morning, how can I help you? Caller: I need a new bulb for this projector. FM: Sir, what projector? Caller: The projector in my classroom. FM: Okay, where is your classroom? Caller: I’m in the Johnson Building.
Read More...Dan Tynan, writing for CIO.com: For the past decade, ERP has been the poster child for IT projects that overpromise and underdeliver. It was notorious for painfully complex rollouts that took years to implement, required massive customization, and were often only partially realized. Billions of dollars were spent just trying to get ERP systems to work
Read More...On October 18, 2011, Oracle announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire Endeca, a leading provider of unstructured data management, web commerce and business intelligence solutions (see our original blog post here). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of t his year. Here’s
Read More...In previous blog posts I wrote about the value of XML Publisher, and I’ve outlined instructions on how to create an XML report. In the video blog below we take it a step further and show you how to create a simple XML report with a chart and table. We take you from the creation
Read More...With all of the talk focused on the new Oracle Fusion HCM applications with their on-premise, on-demand and SaaS options, it seems that the old PeopleSoft workhorse of 9.1 HCM applications may have been forgotten. But wait! Here comes the latest feature pack (v2.0) which shines some new light on the PeopleSoft HCM suite. PeopleSoft
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