Which Business Intelligence (BI) trends do you track, lead, or follow? Do you lecture or present Business Intelligence knowledge to your students to ensure that they are prepared to include this important topic as part of their careers? Do you focus on the business and IT aspects of Business Intelligence for both research and lectures?

Discover, with your peers, the key BI trends that impact both high-end analysts and casual business users as they address: information discovery, delivery, management, reporting, decision support, governance, risk, management, performance and analysis.

Highlighted Tool: SAP BusinessObjects Explorer
Football Fans Run Smarter with SAP New!

The SAP BusinessObjects team has developed a fascinating new tool called the SAP 2010 Football Experience which shows how the power of business intelligence solutions from SAP combines with the excitement of world football action to enlighten and entertain fans of all ages and interest levels. Fans can drill down to find information about their favorite teams and players and even use the tools to identify opponent weaknesses or trends among past Cup winning teams.

• Explore historical information1 to gain a better understanding of the game and find trivia to test your co-workers and friends!
• Take advantage of a wealth of data and collective intelligence as you submit your prediction in our interactive model. Return again and again to review updated information. Refine your decisions to see if you can top our leader board!
• Interact with daily analysis of the matches to spot trends, uncover correlations and stay informed.

Explore and predict the winner today!

Academic Research Center

Academic Research Centers (ARC) currently have 4 sites worldwide: ARC China (Shanghai), ARC Europe (Levallois), ARC India (Bangalore), and ARC North America (Vancouver).

These sites create research partnerships with academia to expand the universe of business intelligence (BI) research, knowledge, and innovation.

ARC complements the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Centers by focusing on longer-term challenges, usually a 2 to 5 year term, and limiting its scope to proof-of-concept work.

To learn more about ARC, click here.