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Archive for February, 2007

No E-mail Fridays

Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, Leadership

A local, Alpharetta, Georgia based company started a national movement to ban e-mail use on Fridays. Greg Dockter of PBD Worldwide Fulfillment Services started the movement and gives the following seven easy steps to get the initiative rolling: 1. Gain support from top level of management. Lead by example. 2. Offer open communication outlets for [...]

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BI killer app: Google & Cognos

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under SAP, Technology

Last year I wrote about SAP’s in-memory BI technology. Refer to SAP’s SDN portal for the latest info. Today I read about a partnership between Cognos and Google regarding enterprise search and BI. Sounds very interesting and may compete with SAP and Oracle’s BI offerings. The Cognos solution is built into Google’s OneBox appliance.

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