BITeamwork 1.9 Released (Babbage)

BITeamwork is now certified to work with Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.7.0.  I should lead with that statement in the title but it is such a delight to see the Oracle Collaborative BI solution perfectly integrated into the latest release of the best-in-class Enterprise Business Intelligence (more...)

Review of Lyndsay Wise’s Book – Using OS Platforms for BI

So, when I got my hands on a copy of Lyndsay Wise's book (admittedly months ago, but just now having the time this last month to read it), Using Open Source Platforms for Business Intelligence, I was actually impressed that someone would take the time to write a book combining (more...)

Understanding Social and Collaborative Business Intelligence – Part 2

As you read in the first part (Part 1, Part 2) of this short series on Understanding Social and Collaborative Business Intelligence the idea of working as a team to make better decisions for an organization is not a new concept, merely the vehicle for that process has evolved. That (more...)

WebLogic Log Repeats OpenJPA will not be used – Solution

WebLogic Server is probably one of the best JEE Application Servers on the market but it is not without its quirks. BITeamwork utilizes JPA technology to interface the application against the database metadata repository it communicates with to store its comments, annotations, and other collaborative BI information. When deployed to (more...)

BITeamwork 1.8 (Nobel Release) – It’s Dynamite

BITeamwork has been out since Oracle Open World 2012 but since its involvement with several customers the product has evolved into a really amazing software offering. Clearly BITeamwork is the collaboration solution for Oracle BI which allows users to create dashboard comments, table and pivot table cell annotations, and then (more...)

Stopping Oracle BI 11g on Windows without Prompting for Credentials

I get asked repeatedly about the start and stop process for Oracle BI 11g.  I have some amazing wisdom to share in an upcoming post but for now the question that I get asked the most is actually from those who are using a Windows Operating System.  Since the full Oracle BI 11g installation on [...]

Understanding Social and Collaborative Business Intelligence – Part 1

As of the end of 2012 all major software vendors offer a full-fledged Enterprise Social Network (ESN) as part of their enterprise offerings. Oracle is currently the exception as their Oracle Social Network is currently only available with its Fusion Applications (specifically its HCM and CRM application offerings). These social networks are analogous to the [...]