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 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 Administration and Security on Nov.13, 2009
BusinessObjects XI R1 was first shipped in early 2005. The real action didn’t begin until XI R2 shipped in November of that year. My first 5.1.x to XI R2 migration started the following January 2006. I thought my migration days were behind me, but I find myself helping an OEM vendor that bundles BusinessObjects upgrade [...]
filed in Product Announcements on Feb.12, 2008
Today Business Objects, an SAP company, officially launched BusinessObjects XI 3.0, which will ship in late March 2008. Formerly known by its code name of Titan, BusinessObjects XI 3.0 represents a major revamp from one end of the product portfolio (Enterprise Information Management, or EIM) to the other (Information Discovery and Delivery, or IDD). In [...]
filed in Career on Dec.11, 2007
I finally completed the steps to be a Business Objects Migration Specialist. The last step was nearly 30 hours of e-learning, which has come in handy on my current project, a migration from Business Objects 6.5 to Business Objects XI R2 SP3. By earning this credential, my employer earns the designation of Migration Specialist Partner.
David Taylor
Doug Lautzenheiser (BI Software)
Xcelsius XComponents
