filed in SAP on Jun.30, 2010
Today is June 30, 2010, a day that will live in infamy. It is the last day of patch support for SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2. Limited tech support will continue for an additional year, until June 30, 2011. But it means that XI R2 Service Pack 6 (XI R2 SP6 and a few fix [...]
filed in Odds and Ends on Mar.19, 2010
From the bleeding edge of technology – I was working at a customer site this week and got a peek at Business Objects 4 that I wanted to share. This is the screen shot that SAP doesn’t want you to see. What? Were you expecting Aurora? I’ve been using BusinessObjects since 2003 and this week [...]
filed in Web Intelligence on Feb.17, 2010
Henri Theuwissen has written Convincing Reasons to Move to Web Intelligence, a thoughtful and detailed review of how organizations can move from Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence. Henri makes the case that The conversion from Desktop Intelligence to Web Intelligence: – Reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO). – Increases the ease of deployment and [...]
filed in SAP on Nov.03, 2009
I received a tweet today indicating that SAP has extended the support period for BusinessObjects XI R2 until June 30, 2011. You can read the scoop on the SAP Support Portal (S-ID required): SAP will provide limited support for most BusinessObjects XI R2 products for a further year following the end of mainstream maintenance until [...]
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