The April 20, 2017,
SAPinsider Q&A focused on the SAP BI Convergence Strategy.
So far, I've published
posts on the convergence strategy itself, and on what's new in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2 SP4, and the merger of Lumira and Design Studio.and SAP Web Intelligence. The SAP BusinessObjects Cloud was also a subject of discussion.
SAP's Henry Kam took
the lead in the discussion:
Organizations
recognize that SAP BusinessObjects Cloud offers a unique value proposition in
the market today by combining analytics, planning, and predictive capabilities.
These 3 capabilities are not just available under a shared application user
interface, but the key is that these functionalities are actually integrated
seamlessly together in user workflows. Also resonating with customers is the
SAP Digital Boardroom, which is a capability of SAP BusinessObjects Cloud. It
provides users with a 360-degree view of their company’s performance in real time,
using BOC which is a Cloud SaaS product, with the ability to securely access
on-premise data, and displaying analytics on multiple large TV screens that are
touch enabled.
Henry went on to
discuss how organizations with on-premise deployments should be viewing the
move to the Cloud:
We believe in
taking a hybrid BI approach. Hybrid BI provides a seamless experience across
both on-premise and cloud. When you access content or blend data from
on-premise or cloud systems, you are doing hybrid BI. A seamless experience
means that business users do not have to think about where data or content is
residing; on-premise and cloud clients and assets work together. Sharing
resources between on-premise and cloud deployments such as tools, data
connectivity, visualizations, security, distribution, budget, organization,
program management, training, licensing, and internal evangelization, does not
require understanding whether the resources are on-premise or cloud. The
journey many times starts with on-premise deployments, which must be extended
and expanded into complementary cloud strategies with minimal disruption. One
way we are realizing this vision is our planned innovation of providing a new
experience which will consolidate access to analytics content from multiple
hybrid (on-premise or cloud) systems into a unified experience. Keep an eye out
for the analytics announcements at SAPPHIRE as we’ll be unveiling this new
solution.
APOS realizes that
data connectivity will be one of the most pressing matters for organizations
wishing to take advantage of SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, which is why we develop
the APOS Data Gateway for SAP BusinessObjects. Allan Pym described this APOS
offering during the Q&A:
The APOS Data
Gateway for BOC will allow for live data access to on premise UNV and UNX
universes, as well as SAP BW (v 7.3 and higher), MSAS, Essbase (Q3) and
relational datasources (mid Q2). APOS also has a connector that will enable
acquiring data from UNV universes.
Note: The APOS Data Gateway connector
for relational data sources has now been released.
You can find more
about the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud roadmap
in the Q&A transcript, which you can access from the APOS On-Demand
Webinars page:
A future post will
look at what's new in Analysis for Office.
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