SAP delivers business intelligence solutions

Mumbai: SAP AG announced SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, a new software that empowers business users with the clarity and insight to act quickly and make effective decisions. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer brings together search and navigation capabilities from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator (SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator) software, enabling customers to navigate mountains of business data at the speed of thought.

The launch, which was announced at SAPPHIRE 2009, marks yet another milestone in the company's successful acquisition and integration of Business Objects. The new solution delivers the most significant and largest combination of SAP and Business Objects technology to date. No other vendor offers such a unique combination of navigation, search and scalable in-memory acceleration for the enterprise. With an internet-style search box as its interface, it is designed for users without any prior IT expertise. Anyone can now explore and retrieve business information through simple keyword searches. The overall experience is as simple as browsing the internet or an online store and appealing to users who are not currently served by Business Intelligence (BI) tools.

"We have been beta testing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer and are amazed at how intuitive the software is and how quickly it returns results," said Katrina Coyle, global information manager, Molson Coors. "Employees have already learned things about their data and our business that they didn't know previously. With visualizations, like the interactive 'heat' maps, results leap off the page. One of our business users was able to identify a brand not sold in other regions using only one click, which is the blink of an eye compared to the former lengthy process. Everyone who has worked with SAP BusinessObjects Explorer has appreciated that it is fast and user-friendly, with results that can be easily shared and put to use immediately. We see great potential for this tool to provide all of our employees with better visibility into our business."

Studies have shown that the majority of business users make decisions based on "gut feel" and do not have access to the data they need to do their jobs, resulting in lost productivity, less agility in the marketplace and flawed decision-making. SAP BusinessObjects Explorer solves this problem by making data readily available to business users and enabling them to make sense of massive amounts of data quickly.

"Given the current economic reality, it is critical for companies to have easy access to accurate information and gain immediate insight into their business and stay ahead of the competition. No longer will critical business information be elusive-SAP BusinessObjects Explorer represents the next generation of BI in which any business user can find the data needed to contribute to his or her organization's success," said Simon Dale, Senior VP and Head, Business User Organization, SAP Asia Pacific and Japan. "Moving forward, solutions like SAP BusinessObjects Explorer will help businesses develop a new generation of informed executives, who will drive companies globally toward a path of greater transparency, growth and competitiveness."