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We are experiencing a time of rapid transformation in the way we work, live and play. Value networks extend from supplier to retailer to consumer in a hyperconnected world. How is this impacting your business? How can you keep pace with the latest trends in technology to ensure you run an efficient and profitable business?
SAP BusinessObjects (BO) BI 4 Platform has come with many improvements that have made the system more complex. Rep-Up-GraphWe, as BI 4 administrators, are required to know how this application works in order to apply the proper optimization improvements to the platform, when it is required. In this blog article, we will cover the most important concepts that need to be considered as a first step to increase the performance of the BI platform. It is very important for a good designer to understand the conceptual tiers in the BI Platform: Application Tier, Intelligence tier and Processing tier. We will refer to each one of them and we will nail down some optimization tips.
One of our customers came up with a challenge for us asking if it was possible to open a folder or category in InfoView through a URL. Doing some research we found that in BO3 there is no SAP official solution for this (SAP note 1390226), however we found some workarounds on how to accomplish it, but the real challenge was that none of these supported SingleSignOn, so every time the end user clicked on the URL before entering in InfoView the logon screen showed up.
Like never before, telcom executives need to gain rapid insight into financial, usage and customer information with the increasing pervasiveness of smart phones and the expansion of social media into our every day life. Margin erosion in a highly competitive and commoditized market where huge capital investments are required to feed the hunger for bandwidth and connectivity requires advanced analytics to identify new sources of revenue and ensure margin optimization while avoiding the churn of the most profitable customers.
Thirteen years after my first Gartner BI Summit, the summit in London a week ago was a walk through memory lane. Yes, the technical innovations, trends and challenges that were being discussed were miles ahead of where we were back in 2001. But then again, despite big data, flashy, mobile-enabled dashboards and the ever-growing data discovery solutions, companies must be prepared to optimally leverage these innovations to be able to remain competitive and effective in their approach to business analytics.
Clariba is pleased to be part of the SAP Forum in Muscat and we hope you will have the opportunity to join this forum and experience the Future of Business. This forum will give you the opportunity to:
During the SAP Partner Kick-off Meeting for MENA in Dubai, Clariba was recognized for two awards — Best Partner for Validated Expertise by Industry or Solution Category 2013 and Partner Challenge EMEA 2013. Clariba was awarded winner ranking # 2 for the Partner Challenge EMEA for having the ability to stand out from their competitors through innovative sales approaches and other key success factors. Further, Clariba successfully has grown as an organization and has been viewed as an early innovator for new SAP technologies.
