As the currency of competitive advantage, business intelligence (BI) attracts growing interest and investment. But optimizing BI means mastering tough challenges that include standardization, integration, and development of a strategic approach. Now more than ever, organizations must realize the full benefit of business intelligence to survive in this economy- and thrive in the next.

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Watch this Webcast to learn about trends in the business intelligence space - and how BI is likely to evolve in the future. Find out how SAP's BI philosophy aligns with these trends and enables organizations in all industries and regions to develop and execute a superior BI strategy.

While the need for standardized BI can often inspire dread, the key is to minimize the number of BI tools and maximize their value, fully leveraging your IT investment across the enterprise. Discover how a pragmatic approach to standardization can move your organization beyond apprehension to appreciable results.

Topics

• Industry Trends and Impact
  
  In today’s BI environment, how can organizations craft an enterprise approach that improves the quality of information, drives more efficient decision making, and cuts costs? Boris Evelson, Principal Business Intelligence Analyst with Forrester Research evaluates the BI landscape.
  
  
• Unleash the Power of Business Intelligence
  
  More than a year since SAP's acquisition of Business Objects, SAP customers enjoy a full suite of BI capabilities, with a portfolio of applications that are tightly integrated with SAP solutions while remaining open and heterogeneous. Dan Kearnan, Director of SAP Business Intelligence, discusses SAP BusinessObjects solutions and how they can help organizations unleash the full power of business intelligence across their enterprise.
  
  

Speakers

• Boris Evelson, Principal Analyst, Forrester
• Dan Kearnan, Director of SAP Business Intelligence, SAP Americas