Altek Solutions Business Intelligence Blog

Now Hiring: Senior SAP BusinessObjects Consultants

Altek Solutions is a leading provider of end-to-end business intelligence and data management solutions. We are currently looking for experienced, full-time SAP BusinessObjects developers to add to our consulting staff. Your initial project would involve the analysis, design, development and maintenance of SAP BusinessObjects universes and reports for an ongoing effort we have with an existing client.

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What’s in a Name? Your guide to SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 Product Names.

Throughout the lifecycle of a popular product or organization, you can expect names to evolve and change. Since the acquisition of Business Objects by SAP, however, this has become a much bigger problem. SAP likes to use “descriptive names” for their products, so they pick names that generically describe what the product does. It seems like they went down that path for some products (i.e. Xcelsius) but reverted back to the original product names for others (i.e. Web Intelligence). What we’re left with is a collection of names that may or may not mean something to us.

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Happy Holidays from Altek Solutions!

All of us here at Altek Solutions would like to wish you and yours a very joyous holiday season and a happy new year. Without your dedication and trust in our offerings, we would not be able to see continually increased numbers in view counts from month to month. As we move into next year, we hope to continue to provide quality information to all of our followers.

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What Makes a Great Business Intelligence Client?

A few weeks ago, I wrote about what it takes to be a great business intelligence consultant.  Now it’s time to turn the tables a bit, and talk about what it takes to be a great client. Successful implementation of a BI project is based on a partnership between the consultants and the client, so [...]

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What Makes a Great SAP BusinessObjects Consultant?

In a previous post (If Google is Your Consultant’s Best Friend…RUN!) I mentioned a case where a “consultant” was hired for a project they obviously had no clue about how to deliver.  Certainly a case of the project team bringing in the wrong resource. Along those lines, I’m often asked by people just starting their [...]

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Top 5 Misconceptions About Business Objects Universes

I recently published the post 5 Reasons Why You Should Use an SAP BusinessObjects Universe to highlight some of the core benefits you’ll see when implementing the semantic layer for you organization.  The post was derived from speaking with organizations new to the Business Objects world about the benefits of leveraging the semantic layer. Throughout [...]

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We’re looking for a few good consultants…

Due to our continued growth, Altek Solutions is currently seeking experienced Senior SAP BusinessObjects Consultants based in the Baltimore, MD area to add to our staff.  Your initial project would involve the analysis, design, development and maintenance of SAP BusinessObjects universes and reports for a new effort with an existing client. About Altek Solutions Altek [...]

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Seven Questions with John Magoon

Welcome to our first edition of “Seven Questions with…”. In this monthly series, we will be profiling SAP BusinessObjects community members from a variety of industries across all areas of the business. Executives, administrators, developers, and end-users – everyone’s fair game.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Use SAP BusinessObjects Universes

In meeting with organizations who are new to SAP BusinessObjects or who are legacy Crystal Reports users, we are often asked the question “Why should I use a Business Objects Universe?”.  To organizations who have worked with universes for a period of time, the advantages and value proposition are clear.  But for organizations who are [...]

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Maintain Peak Performance With a Comprehensive SAP BusinessObjects Health Check

We’re about to embark upon a new project to conduct a large-scale health check on one of our client’s primary reporting environments, so I thought it may be beneficial to write about the process we use. Hopefully it will give you some insight into how to conduct a health check, and the benefits your organization [...]

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