INTEGRATING BI 2.0
Today, more than 400 developers and engineers gathered for the first day of the Developer Conference in Orlando, Florida to learn and discuss BI 2.0 from a developer's perspective.
What is BI 2.0 other than the latest in a list of 2.0 technologies? Not unlike Web 2.0, my opinion of BI 2.0 will probably be different from any other person you might ask. Consensus on Web 2.0 is hard to get, but there is still some consistency in the overall themes.
BI 2.0 is the next step in intelligent applications; it's about integrating intelligence into the applications where you live and spend most of your time.
Our goal at Business Objects is to provide a full stack of business intelligence applications that allow customers to turn to one trusted vendor for all their BI needs. But it's no longer good enough to just provide a product stack that covers all the BI check boxes. We need to take it to the next level. That next level is the ability to embed our stack in applications everywhere. BI should be pervasive - everywhere and anywhere at anytime.
BusinessObjects Live Office provides the perfect example. Live Office allows those business users who live in Microsoft Office to get access to secure, refreshable and trusted data in the office documents where they spend the majority of their time.
At this year's Developer Conference, attendees are going to learn the steps that we're taking to help them develop intelligent applications like Live Office.
First steps include:
- Reduced footprint for embedded report engines
- Enhanced vertical industry integration with enhanced XML exporting
- Higher value visualization with Flash integration
- Web service producers and consumers to support mashup applications
- Speed to market supported by Software-as-a-Service offerings
- Partnering with information vendors to make your data relevant
It will be an exciting few days as we learn from each other. We encourage you to check out our Diamond Community website and my blog for updates as the conference unfolds.
Daily Intelligence
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More Conference Coverage
- October 18 - Concrete Steps to Performance Intelligence
- October 17 - The Power of Collective Intelligence
- October 16 - Crystal Reports 2008
- October 16 - Today's Top Stories
- October 16 - Towards Performance Excellence
- October 15 - Integrating BI 2.0
- October 12 - Countdown to the Insight User Conference
- October 12 - Business Objects Goes Green at Insight 2007
For more Insight conference details, visit Business Objects Americas 07 User Conference event site.
 DEVELOPER CONFERENCE The Developer Conference is a two-day conference dedicated to solution developers who use Business Objects products and primarily focus on report design and application integration. Learn more. |
 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Bernard Liautaud, founder, chairman of the board, and chief strategy officer, and Donald MacCormick, vice president, product marketing are the general session speakers for the developer conference. Learn more. |
 ROBERT HORNE Robert Horne is a driving force behind our Diamond technical community. He specializes in custom reporting and BI solutions, and is the author of numerous developer-focused white papers, articles, and code samples. Read Robert's blog. |