SAP announced this week that it would release a slimmed-down, cloud-based version of its popular business
intelligence package. The company said that the new suite is aimed at more casual users who may be overwhelmed by the complexity of SAP’s other offerings.
The company said in the announcement that "with SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand, business users will be able to access and visually navigate data from any source using SAP BusinessObjects Explorer software. Even casual users can then combine that data in just a few clicks, and follow a guided path that walks them through reporting and analysis. The solution will have scalable pricing models based on business need, allowing companies to easily and cost-effectively scale as required."
SAP said that some users were "underserved" by the paucity of casual BI products currently on the market, and there is little doubt that the announcement was another clear indicator of the company’s renewed focus away from a few large clients and toward a more equitable balance of its resources.
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