Golden Consulting -- Golden Nuggets Newsletter -- July 2008 -- Business Intelligence News

Golden Nuggets - July 2008 - Business Intelligence News

THIS MONTH'S NUGGETS

» Webinar: What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0?
» Which Add-on Would You Add?
» Free Whitepaper: BI Guide - Get Started
» Hospital Quality Performance Dashboard in Action
» Golden Golfs for Homelessness Solutions
» Life at Golden: Summer Picnic Fun
» Demo Party - Watch the Video

Upcoming Webinar:
What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0?

BusinessObjects XI 3.0 breaks the barriers of traditional business intelligence (BI) to ensure that people have trusted, immediate access to the business information they need to do their jobs—just as easily as they have access to e-mail or the Internet. Built on top of the BusinessObjects Enterprise platform, BusinessObjects XI 3.0 boasts a full spectrum of capabilities and can take your BI to the next level.

On July 23, join Golden—your certified Business Objects Migration Partner—for a live demo of XI 3.0 capabilities, including:
    » Crystal Reports and Crystal Xcelsius
    » Ad hoc reporting and Web Intelligence
    » Dashboards, Visualization and Xcelsius 2008
    » BI Widgets for your desktop
    » Scheduling and Security

What's New in BusinessObjects XI 3.0?
Wednesday, July 23, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

We've Got One Question:
Which Add-on Would You Add?

Golden's developers are continually looking for new ways to improve Business Objects products to serve you better. We want to know: which of the following Business Objects add-on tools would you be interested in if available?

» A tool to kill unwanted user sessions in Enterprise/Edge
» A tool to monitor Business Objects services traffic
» A simple report-archiving tool for documents/instances
» Anything else?

Complete our one-question survey and tell us what would make your Business Objects solution more effective! Everyone who completes the survey before August 1, 2008 will be entered to win a 1GB USB thumb drive.

BI Guide Whitepaper: Graduate from
Spreadsheets to More Powerful Tools

» DOWNLOAD THE BI GUIDE FOR MID-SIZE COMPANIES

Now more than ever, your peers are using Business Intelligence (BI) to help them increase operational efficiency, grow sales and customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and even gain competitive advantage. BI used to be too expensive and resource intensive for mid-size companies.... but not anymore!

Updated for 2008 - Download BI: The Definitive Guide for Mid-size Companies to learn how BI can help you, including:
   » What is BI and why do mid-size companies need it?
   » BI components explained
   » Approaches to implementing BI
   » Success stories from your peers

Hospital Quality Performance Dashboard in Action

How does a dashboard work? In this 4-minute video demo, VP Pat Salem shows how Golden's interactive quality dashboard tracks a hospital's CORE measures, quality indicators and patient satisfaction scores.

Watch the Demo Video Explore the Dashboard

For more information about Golden's dashboards,
contact Pat Salem at psalem@goldencg.com.

Golden Golfs for Homelessness Solutions

On June 26, several Golden team members hit the links at the Rider Cup Invitational Charity Event sponsored by Hartford Hospital. Event proceeds benefited The South Park Inn, which provides shelter and care for the homeless in the Greater Hartford area. Golden's team welcomed the opportunity to use their time and resources to support this worthy cause.
view more event photos

Life at Golden: Summer Picnic Fun

On June 13, the Golden team took a break from the workday to enjoy an summer picnic on the grounds behind our Riverview Office Complex.

UPCOMING EVENTS

»	Crystal Reports Tips & Tricks Our free monthly webinar July 18, 2008 at 10:30 am EST *Special Edition!* Integrating Crystal Reports within Java
»	Webinar: What's New In BusinessObjects XI 3.0? July 23 at 11:00 am See demos of Crystal Reports, Ad hoc reporting, Dashboards, Xcelsius 2008, BI Widgets, Scheduling, Security & more!
»	Webinar: Drive Smarter Decisions with BI from SAP and Business Objects
»	Video: A Demo Party Did you miss June's live "Demo Party" webinar? Golden's experts showcased BusinessObjects Dashboards & Xcelsius 2008, Enterprise Reporting, and Data Integrator. Now you can watch the archived video of this event! Congratulations to Susan O'Brien of Towson University, who won the iPod Shuffle raffle after the Demo Party webinar!

TRAINING

View our public class schedule

Crystal Reports 2008 classes:
RD11008 - Sept. 8-9
RD21008 - Sept. 10-11
RD31008 - Sept. 12

New!
Updated Advanced Universe Design runs August 13-14!

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