Thought folks might be interested in this upcoming seminar, particularly if they leverage OutlookSoft:
Webinar: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 1:00pm EST
Invest your time in a short webinar designed to:
- Discuss options for improvement, including:
- Upgrading to SAP BPC 5.1
- What is coming with SAP (release 7, 10, etc.)
- What you should know about SAP BCS, Cartesis and SRC - other SAP products that have overlapping functionality with OutlookSoft
- Alternative technologies (Cognos, Hyperion, etc.)
- Review the features/functions available in every option
- Discuss the business benefits of making change
- Quick case study examples of Strafford clients that have pursued these options
At the end of this webinar you should feel comfortable understanding ALL the options you have as a current OutlookSoft 4.x client to improve functionality in this critical area.
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Tags: hyperion, oracle, IBM, SAP, Cognos, TM1, Planning, Applix, OutlookSoft, Analyst, Contributor, Controller
We recently attended a Cognos demonstration at a client. At their request, the future of the Cognos technology stack in the financial area was addressed. Because we have previously posted in this area, I thought an update was in order.
According to the IBM employee making the presentation, they are excited to have TM1 in their arsenal and plan to make it a central database of their suite. This covers not only the budgeting/forecasting area (Cognos Planning), but also the consoldiation area (Cognos Controller).
An interesting, but not totally unexpected, development considering the pros/cons of the options available.
We feel this is the right approach, although it does validate the long-held belief of firms such as Hyperion and OutlookSoft that a central data model is critical to success in this area.
While folks can look forward to seeing this vision achieved, announcements of major product changes at the architecture level can be tricky. We continue to watch this development and will update folks when we have more of interest not already in the public arena...
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