Posted on Monday 20th August 2018 11:42
For too long, SAP solutions have seemed out of reach for small and medium-sized businesses. As a long-term SAP partner with clients large and small, Influential Software is always working to lower the bar to entry. With the services promoted on our SAP Partner Managed Cloud website, SMEs can now access the best of SAP quickly and affordably.
Influential Software’s partner managed cloud offers SAP applications such as SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Data Services, SAP Predictive Analytics, and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation.
Our cloud migration service is particularly popular among businesses with outstanding SAP maintenance fees.
There’s a good reason for that: moving to the managed cloud incurs no back-costs. In this way, businesses can keep their SAP solutions while avoiding back-dated spending.
Having implemented and supported cloud computing for over 10 years, Influential Software offers a total service package.
From consultation through design, to planning and migration, our cloud team is with you every step of the way.
Once the cloud is in place, our support team is constantly available to monitor capacity, bandwidth, maintenance, cyber threats, application support, usage, and adoption.
Our SAP Partner Managed Cloud website is your avenue to the best of SAP, without the high barrier to entry.
SAP solutions we provide in this cost-effective format include:
Interested in finding out how SAP Partner Managed Cloud can benefit your business? Feel free to explore our dedicated site.
Posted on Thursday 5th July 2018 12:38
The list of household names on our SAP BusinessObjects clients list speaks for itself. And let’s not forget our record with public sector organisations and SMEs. But still we aim to spread the benefits of BusinessObjects even further. To that end, Influential Software has launched a brand new BusinessObjects consultancy website.
The innovative power of this tool is far from over, and our SAP BusinessObjects consultancy site offers businesses the opportunity to catch it on the wing.
At Influential Software, we know that clients know their businesses best. That’s why the BusinessObjects consultancy team works closely with you to ensure that our roadmap matches your unique requirements. Once your trio of goals, initiatives, and key performance indicators have been defined, we move on to draw your personalised BO roadmap.
Our team has extensive experience of end-of-life migrations and moves from previous versions of BusinessObjects. Our sensitive approach stands apart from the one-size-fits-all model of BusinessObjects cloud migration. Whether you want to recreate legacy architecture in the cloud or build a semantic layer for easier user interaction, Influential Software has the knowledge to migrate your business to the cloud.
However many dashboards and reports you have, they are just a means to an end: actionable, accurate insights.
That’s why our team emphasises custom reports for each business, also training your teams to utilise the full capabilities of BusinessObjects. Find out how with our BusinessObjects insights services.
When considering a BusinessObjects upgrade, businesses should be certain that the provider is SAP-certified. Influential Software holds SAP’s Partner Centre of Expertise (PCoE) Certification, as well as a long list of SAP consultancy, solutions, and support certificates.
Upgrading to BusinessObjects 4.2 means faster and more capable Business Intelligence. The result is smarter decisions and a healthier bottom line. While the release of BO 4.3 won’t be launched until Q4 2019 at the earliest, SAP is providing regular service packs for Upgrading to BusinessObjects 4.2.
Each business is unique, so why should you all have the same BusinessObjects licence? Influential Software is an experienced provider of licences for both large enterprises and SMEs. With our SAP Gold Partner status, you can rest assured that your licencing needs are in safe hands.
From courses and workshops to manuals and certifications, Influential Software will provide whatever BusinessObjects training you require, wherever you need it. What’s more, our training is significantly discounted from SAP’s in-house courses.
It’s just the start for the SAP BusinessObjects consultancy team. Over the coming months, we’ll be adding even more information about BusinessObjects and our SAP services. Look out for news of our ongoing success with testimonials and client case-studies.
Posted on Thursday 4th August 2016 3:48
SAP released their latest version of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2 earlier this year to a great reception from business users and IT teams alike. It’s very likely you’ve heard about the release but have you properly considered how much of an impact upgrading to 4.2 could have on your business?
If you haven’t already it’s time to set your sights on this major release. In this article we explore what exactly has SAP improved and look at the killer features that make this the most accessible and user friendly BO version we have ever seen. We cover the key improvements, consider how this release will boost your ‘analytical’ organisation – and why you should consider upgrading right now.
SAP has been at the forefront of BI software for many years. They understand that user needs evolve quickly and it is clear they have been listening to feedback. They know users want easy to use but ever faster and more capable BI. So it was no surprise that with BusinessObjects BI 4.2 they have delivered a stronger BI experience for all.
The driving force behind SAP’s latest release theme was this: Simplify and Empower.
The aim: to make it easier for your business teams to understand business performance and to make your business faster and more agile.
Our experience so far has confirmed that BusinessObjects BI 4.2 certainly delivers. Using the new release feels far simpler and more intuitive than previous versions. This is achieved using a raft of new features, enhancements, more geospatial capabilities and now with capabilities to connect to SAP BW and SAP HANA. It is clear that SAP are true to their core guiding principle: to help customers RUN SIMPLE!
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SAP’s RUN SIMPLE principle actually makes a lot of sense, especially when applied to Business Intelligence. Taking a step back we can all see how, in practically every industry, the pace of technological change around us has become exponential. The ever growing mountain of data this creates leads to new challenges and opportunities. For some companies not set up to cope the gap between data and access, between IT departments and Business users has grown. But If your business is to compete (and ideally thrive) you need to access this data in a practical and useful way. Intelligent Business Analytics built within a solid landscape are now vital toolsets for organisations.
However, in the face of this data tidal wave, BI Analytics software has become ever more complex and unwieldy. Many solutions are now so IT Resource hungry and so convoluted that front end BI admin users rarely get the full benefits of these essential tools. All while the demand for better, more agile information grows.
SAP realised that if their users really were to use analytical insights as the foundation of their business, to empower business users, they must be made simpler.
The result: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.2.
Beyond RUN SIMPLE, the particular recipe SAP chose to bake into the 4.2 release was centred upon 3 core ingredients:
It’s safe to say everyone who upgrades to the latest BusinessObjects version will benefit. There are however key users whose roles will be substantially improved, including:
OK, so that’s the overarching theory on how SAP are pushing to remain top of the BI market with BOBJ 4.2. What about the actual technical enhancements, the new features, and how do they benefit users? Well, where to start? There are extra mobile BI capabilities, better self-discovery tools and new geospatial capabilities. Then there are boosted cloud solutions, integration with the powerful in-memory platform HANA, and an all-round simplification of portfolio. All of these extra enhancements could put extra pressure on the BusinessObjects core – so that is what SAP focused upon first.
SAP BusinessObjects has a solid history. In our internal tests the environment has proven reliable. It is clear BI4.2 is the culmination of core stability and capability improvements built upon several key innovations and incremental product advances we saw in BI4.1.
What’s New – SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite Document Version: 4.2
A 22 page pdf (xKb) outlining key components of BI4.2
SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 What’s New L0 (pdf xKb)
A HIGH LEVEL presentation (35 pages) covering the key components and features of the BI4.2 release
SAP BusinessObjects BI4.2 What’s New L2 (pdf xKb)
A DETAILED presentation going (147 pages) covering the components and features of the BI4.2 release
Video: SAP Business Objects BI: What’s New in Release 4.2?
Extensive YouTube video posted by SAP BusinessObjects Analytics (59:24 ~ An hour long video)
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