Are you sure you can make use of REAL TIME data?


Several BI vendors, insist that real time data will magically change the enterprise world. They may be right – I have often heard my customers echo that line too. But here is the question that doesn’t get asked often enough – what will you do with it, if information is delivered to you real time?Continue reading “Are you sure you can make use of REAL TIME data?”

Random musings on customers and vendors


Many times during this week, I had conversations on the dynamics between customers and vendors with my buddies.  These are all not connected thoughts, but let me type it here for some day in future, when some of it may make sense – at least to me 🙂   In B2B – Customers and VendorsContinue reading “Random musings on customers and vendors”

SAP says HANA is ready for General Availability. What say you?


Today, along with few other bloggers – I had a chance to listen to Vishal Sikka of SAP.  Special thanks to Craig Cmehil for inviting me to this meeting. Vishal told us that HANA is going GA on Monday June 20th, 2011.  Vishal also mentioned some impressive pipeline numbers for HANA. And the coolest newsContinue reading “SAP says HANA is ready for General Availability. What say you?”