Network access has been sporadic at times so I’m going to post a few random observations from the morning sessions…
They showed BI content on lots of different mobile devices, including the Blackberry Torch, the Blackberry pad, and the Samsung Galaxy. Not much depth shown but we saw live content on all three. The most interesting mobile surprise to me was showing Web Intelligence on the iPad including gesture support.
One comment that I have heard more than once but without a lot of demonstration support is the “suite” concept. They have reviewed and redone the interface on Crystal and Web Intelligence so they look more like tools froomthe same vendor. Think of the Microsoft Office toolbar concept.
Ramp up continues, with rumors of GA by May. Just in time for the annual conference. 🙂
They’re showing Webi on an iPad! Native reports distributed and interactive on the pad.
They also had a “save the tie” contest run via twitter, which will help some of the recent tweets make more sense.
SAP seems to be more interested in the “little guy” this year. Yesterday we got confirmation that EDGE 4.0 release is coming. Today we heard that they are licensing their pre-built analytic apps for the same customers. They’re even setting up their HANA systems in an “extra small” configuration so that technology can start to trickle down.
One comment that surprised me this morning was related to the analytic apps. The SAP guy said that they were surprised to find out that customers were already customizing their apps rather than using them out of the box. Of course they’re going to customize them! Everybody thinks their business is unique. What competitive advantage are they going to get from using the same system as everybody else?
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