Since digital transformation has been discussed so often in recent days, executives all over the globe are questioning which architecture will take the lead in delivering the capabilities needed for a change in business processes. The whole cloud topic i…
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The Modern Data Platform – Challenge 4 – Old Technology
In the first part of this blog series I discussed the traditional data warehouse and some of the issues that can occur in the period following the initial project. I concluded by outlining the 5 common challenges that I hear from customers: Inflexibility…
The Modern Data Platform – Challenge 3 – Slow Performance (Part 2)
Following on from part one of previous blog I will now continue to go through challenge three of Slow Performance beginning with Data Consumption. Before getting into the detail, I want to introduce the concept of Decision Lag. “The decision lag is the p…
SAP Trends Any Executive Should be Aware of
In my role as COO at itelligence, I have a comprehensive view of both sides—the customer perspective and the SAP perspective as a leading software vendor. As you might know, because they are stressing this strapline rather frequently, SAP’s vision is to …
The Modern Data Platform – Challenge 4 – Slow Performance (Part 1)
In the first part of this blog series I discussed the traditional data warehouse and some of the issues that can occur in the period following the initial project. I concluded by outlining the 5 common challenges that I hear from customers. Inflexibility…
The Modern Data Platform – Challenge 2 – Complex Architecture
In the first part of this blog series I discussed the traditional data warehouse and some of the issues that can occur in the period following the initial project. I concluded by outlining the 5 common challenges that I hear from customers. Inflexibility…
The Modern Data Platform – Challenge 1: Inflexibility
In the first part of this blog series I discussed the traditional data warehouse and some of the issues that can occur in the period following the initial project. I concluded by outlining the 5 common challenges that I hear from customers. Inflexibility…
Accelerating Innovation with the SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Help Your Employees Help Themselves Forgotten passwords and locked accounts can severely hinder employee productivity. In fact, more than a quarter of all help desk enquiries are related to resetting passwords or unlocking accounts. However, we believe i…
The Modern Data Platform – Introduction
“If you Don’t Know your History” It seems to be a very long time since we put to bed the arguments over the need for data warehouses. I remember the first project I worked on, a City Council struggling to get a comprehensive view of the…
Combining the Power of Data and Analytics to Drive Business Success
Boasting a world class line up of speakers, the earlier itelligence Analytics Summit provided a dedicated event for the SAP BusinessObjects Community. With presentations from Andy Steer, our CTO, and Stephen Jamieson, Head of Analytics & Insight SAP …