Update on SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 General Availability

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Aug 312011
 

Update: SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 is now available - http://blogs.sap.com/analytics/2011/09/16/sap-businessobjects-bi-4-0-generally-available/

Together, SAP and a select group of customers are in the final phase of Ramp-Up for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0.  Based on efforts over the last several weeks, BI 4.0 is targeted to become generally available starting September 16, 2011. The SAP Ramp-Up process ensures that our customers and partners receive the best in software quality and performance as this is the largest release of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence software in company history.

In its current product release phase, any customer currently on SAP BusinessObjects BI maintenance can access BI 4.0 for use in production with full support from SAP. Customers can download 4.0 from the SAP Service Marketplace today by following the steps on our 4.0 Ramp-Up page. To date there have been over 4,000 downloads of the RTC (release to customer) version.

For customers and partners currently using BI 4.0, new eLearning tutorials are now available on the SAP Community Network. Check out the latest tutorials and take advantage of the new capabilities BI 4.0 has to offer.

Stay connected with the Business Analytics Blog for future updates on 4.0 and Business Analytics from SAP.

SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott Appears on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer

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Aug 262011
 
SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott recently appeared on the top-rated CNBC show, “Mad Money” with Jim Cramer. McDermott focused on SAP’s commitment to mobility, cloud, and real-time analytics, and provided a live demonstration of SAP software via an iPad. Watch the interview: 

Explore Data with the BlackBerry Playbook

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Aug 172011
 

Here’s a preview of Exploration Views, a new feature planned for SAP BusinessObjects Explorer (version 4.1) on the new BlackBerry Playbook. Learn more about SAP’s vision for mobile analytics and integration with mobility solutions with Sybase.


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Jaguar Land Rover Shifts Into High Gear in Brazil With SAP

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Aug 162011
 

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Brazil, a Sao Paulo-based subsidiary of Tata Motors, is using software from SAP to manage the growing demand for its luxury automobiles. With the support of SAP Business One, car manufacturer JLR Brazil is able to manage and automate its most critical and complex functions, including logistics, financials, inventory and tax compliance. As the 30,000th customer running the application, JLR Brazil is one of many growing organizations around the world that relies on the application to manage changing business needs. Read the press release.

Head Into the Cloud with SAP

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Aug 162011
 

Where is cloud computing headed, and what path will SAP carve out for its customers and partners on this journey?  SAP’s Jacqueline Vanacek, Vice President, Cloud Computing Evangelist and U.S. CLOUD2 Deputy Commissioner, is tackling the topic head on in a new blog called Into the Cloud with SAP which is hosted on ASUG.com.  In her first blog post, she takes readers inside the U.S. CLOUD2 Commission, which recently issued a report outlining the U.S. cloud computing roadmap. Read more in the  newsbyte.

Jacqueline and other SAP cloud experts will be on hand at the upcoming SAP TechEd 2011 Las Vegas and co-located SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd Madrid events. A dizzying array of hands-on sessions and lectures will be on offer in the dedicated Cloud Innovation area within the Technology campus, covering such topics as virtualization & cloud management and cloud operations.

Weather is notoriously difficult predict and I’m no meteorologist, but SAP’s forecast is looking bright with a strong chance of Cloud. 

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