Aug
19
2008
Please read this article.
Recently, SAP - BOBJ migrated its BOBJ customer support platform to SAP. The result was a disaster. Several customers didn?t have access to the support site.
Read more on this at the link given above.
Also have a look at this link at BOBJ support site where users are screaming high and dry.
Mar
18
2008
BO Data Services is a new offering from Business Objects.
Well, it looks like a new bundling and not a new product by itself.
BO Data quality + BO Data Integrator = BO Data Services.
I tried to gather some information regarding this. Here is what I have found so far.
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Nov
13
2007
Hi,
Please have a look at this link.
IBM buys Cognos!
It is getting hotter and hotter everyday.
Is consolidation good for us? Dont know. But this could change market dynamics a lot. Wait and watch!
Oct
08
2007
Hmmm….. sounds interesting.
There was this news some weeks ago.
Now, there’s more to it. Read more at this link.
Oracle bought Hyperion. Now SAP wants BO. What will Microsoft do ????
Whats the future of Cognos or Informatica?
Will there be cosolidation in the business intelligence space? Looks obvious.
If you are working on Business objects tools, will SAP buyout help you? Will SAP (strong player in ERP) be keen on BI? Does it make sense?
Okay. For better reading on this topic, see these links.
SAP buys Business Objects - good news for IBM
SAP To Acquire Business Objects: A Complicated Merger
Jun
04
2007
Hi,
If you are an Informatica developer, you shouldnt miss this.
Pls visit http://my.informatica.com/ and register with your office IDs. Pls wait for an approval mail, reply to it. Then you can start using it.
(Your company needs to be a partner or client for the registration)
Then click on Velocity. You will find a lot of Best Build Logic, best practises documents, sample deliverables, tips and techniques,etc.
In addition to it, the site also has quite a few templates and documents, Advanced Mapping Concepts, Transformation Techniques, etc that are very useful.