Humans Need Not Apply

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After reading Race against the Machine by Brynjolfsson and McAfee earlier this year I’ve gotten very interested in the topic of extreme automatization: the end of work. If most jobs are gone and done by robots/systems, how will this affect our society and how are political and economical systems going to react to this.

CGP Grey created this excellent 15 minute video that gives you a good introduction to the situation.

insiderPROFILES Magazine feature Design Studio Q&A

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sapinsiderprofile_cover SAPinsider featured our SAP Design Studio Q&A chat we did earlier this summer in its latest edition of the InsiderProfiles paper (!) magazine. In the article a selection of questions and answers from the Q&A chat is given.

Check the article below. If you’re looking for the whole Q&A transcript, follow this link.

You can find more information on SAPinsider insiderPROFILES Magazine here.

De Nederlandse BI Podcast – Episode 11: BO Simplification

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We recorded a very current edition of De Nederlandse BI Podcast, discussing the latest SAP blog by Jayne Landry on the future simplification of the SAP BusinessObjects BI product portfolio. Check the blog here.

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You can find the show in iTunes, on our website or just use the Podcast player below to listen instantly.

Design Studio 1.3 Q&A Chat Replay

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We did our SAP Design Studio 1.3 Q&A chat for SAPinsider last night, which was a lot of fun. If you weren’t able to join us, you can check the ‘replay’ here. Later this week also an edited transcript of the chat will be posted.

Update: The transcript is available!

What Is New in Design Studio 1.3 Q&A chat

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Jeroen van der A and I are hosting a Q&A chat session on SAP Design Studio 1.3 for SAPinsider on Tuesday 17 June 2014 at 12:30pm-1:30pm EDT (18:30pm-19:30pm CET). If you want to join the live discussion you can register here. That’s also the place where you can already add some questions or topics you want to discuss.

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What Is New in Design Studio 1.3? Q&A with the Authors of Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

How does SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio compare to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius), Analysis for Office, and BEx WAD? What are the features you should look for from the new Design Studio 1.3 release?

Register now for our June 17 online Q&A with Xavier Hacking and Jeroen van der A, authors of Getting Started with SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Ask your questions in this online author chat at 12:30pm-1:30pm EDT on the 17th, and post your technical questions on building dashboards using Design Studio, new features in 1.3, and how Design Studio compares to other BusinessObjects tools, including:

  • What can we handle planning models in BW via Design Studio?
  • How does Design Studio compare to Lumira, Analysis for Office, and Dashboards?
  • How do I work with variable scripting and background processing?
  • How does Design Studio handle responsive design and other mobility requirements?
  • What is new with our scripting options in 1.3?

We’re looking forward to a great discussion on evaluating and using Design Studio 1.3. Register here.