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Tony LuskSr. Sales Consultant OEM and AlliancesWednesday, November 26, 2008
How 2 Half Hour:
Latest Innovations at Business Objects Labs
Agenda
What are Labs?
Graduated Projects
Current Projects
How you can help.
What Are Labs?
GoogleLabs.google.com, Google's technology playground.Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quiteready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them.
It depends who you ask:
What Are Labs?
AdobeAdobe Labs is your source for early looks at emerging products andtechnologies from Adobe.In Labs, you'll find early access to downloads,samples, documentation, release notes, tutorials and more.
It depends who you ask:
What is the Business Objects Labs?
• ObjectivesDevelop and explore new BI business and technologyterritories based on market trends
• PrinciplesSimplify and extend the value of BI to everyone Leveragecommunity knowledge• Business (customers, partners, field)• Technical (research, product group, SAP Labs)Loop back processes and adaptive learningSupport company strategic directions
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http://labs.businessobjects.com
Business Objects Labs Web Site
Labs software license is explicit:• This is experimental software
(provided ‘as is’ and w/o warranty)• No technical support
• No enhancementsUsers are required to accept these terms prior to download
What Are Labs?
Business Objects an SAP CompanyBusiness Objects Labs brings you some new software prototypes based onconcepts and ideas we've heard from our customers, our partners, and our team.We may or may not put them into our future products, so please download themand give them a try.
GRADUATED PROJECTSBusiness Objects - SAP Labs
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Graduate!
Query as a Web Service
The Query as a Web Service from Business Objects Labs is a small tool allowsdevelopers to create web services from specific Business Objects queries.Using Business Objects’ web services, users can then share these queries withinsoftware applications over the Web.
Graduate!
Mobile BI
Mobile BI is an application that allows end users to interact with BI content in realtime, see metrics live, and drill into performance data precisely when needed. MobileBI truly puts the power of the BusinessObjects XI Release 2 suite at an end user'sfingertips
BI Widgets
BI Widgets
Now called BI Desktop.BI Desktop is a small application that delivers BI to end users' desktop in the formof "desktop widgets." BI Widgets enables enterprise BI to be easily deployed onWindows workstations in a very user friendly manner and reduces the number ofsteps required to access BI information traditionally viewed in a browser.
Business Objects Labs Graduates –Full Listing
• Query as a Web Service• Mobile Business Intelligence• Information On Demand (http://www.ondemand.com)• Polestar• Content Discovery• Search To Query• BI Widgets• Xcelsius export to AIR
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CURRENT PROJECTSBusiness Objects - SAP Labs
Current Projects
Xcelsius Publishing Plugin
Leverage BusinessObjects XI 3.0 platform, security and current publishing featuresMerge .xls bursted data with Xcelsius template to generate and publish specific “.swf” file toeach recipient
Current Projects
Exploration Trees
Exploration Trees are a new way to access and analyze information. They give you the bigand small picture of your business in a single glance, while allowing you to analyze up, down,and across your information
Exploration Trees Demo
Current Projects
Take Action as a Web Service
Easily allow Database Write back capabilities without having to write any code.
Current Projects
Event Driven Business Intelligence
Allows multiple recipients to receive an Xcelsius dashboard that has been personalized sothat it that contains only data that is relevant to a specific user. .
High volume & lowlatency (10K’s
events/min, instantviewing)
Current Projects
Monitoring Add On
Monitoring your BusinessObjects Enterprise deployment allows you to detect potentialstability and performance issues before your users can see them.
It gives you the opportunity to perform pro-active maintenance of the platform thus saving thestress and costs associated with the reactive / emergency procedures and userdissatisfaction with service interruptions.
Current Projects
Web Intelligence Extension Points
Since BusinessObjects XI Release2 SP2, Web Intelligence extension points provide a flexibleand powerful way to quickly customize the Java client of Web Intelligence .
Current Projects
Viz Server 3.0 Integration
VizServer XI 3.0 Integration showcases the addition of VizServer data visualizations as a newmanaged Business Objects Enterprise document type.
Viz Server Visualization Demo
iPhone & Business Objects
Combine BI mobility with iPhone greatuser experience
Provides access to your favorite BIreports, metrics, and real-time data fromeverywhere
Provide full power of BI interactivity onthe device with simple access topreferred information
Enhance BI reporting with the ability toact from within the BI context
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Support
Business Objects Labs projects are currently not supported. “prototype software. “
Please email feedback directly to the Labs [email protected]
.
Please take a look at the terms of use located here:
http://labs.businessobjects.com/about/license.asp
Ideas Come from Everywhere
Different Ideas from Different SourcesDo you have an idea? Send it to :
Q and A
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