TWTW, Milestone Addition...

Tickets, get your BI conference tickets, tickets, tickets, get your BI conference tickets...

This is sooooooooo not going to be acceptable once SAP takes over...

Who knew the word "infrastructure" could have so many different meanings?

Interesting developments in the the "other" BPM marketplace--are end users getting the shaft?

Any chance to celebrate an anniversary with Beatlemania, we're taking it--PG's at 4!

That will do it for us this weekend, we're off to have some cake and ice cream to celebrate, but if there's clowns at this party, we're outta here...

TWTW, LIVE, FROM NEW YORK, IT'S...

So this whole vendor consolidation thing--it's totally going to work, right?

Cognos BI v8.3.1 blogging fever, Catch it!

And if you dropped it, try catching it again!

Is it saas? Or SaaS? Or wait--it's not SAAS is it? Oh forget it, let the partner figure it out...

Innovation? You want innovation? We've got your performance management innovation right here buddy...

"Cognos V8.3 BI" and "The Princess Bride:" Two phrases we honestly never thought we'd see together

"BI" and "Draft Funk:" Two phras--OK this has got to stop RIGHT NOW!

SAP and Business Objects--Germans. French. This will TOTALLY work--history is on our side!

Whew, well that will do it for us this week. We'll be over at the bar if anyone needs us...

PG's

TW'sTW "Wait--2008 Started LAST Week?" Edition

New Gartner CPM Quads--Victory is Mine! Oh wait it's not? Crap.
The Performance Management version of Indecent Proposal coming to a market near you... "How can it be a category if everyone is a leader?" That pretty much sums it, up, doesn't it?
We hope this doesn't mean Pat is going to sell us out and go big-time...
Our money is on Bernard as Harry Potter this year in the BOBJ sales kick-off skit...
Just the merest hint of a rumor that the next Gartner BI quads are right around the corner--but you didn't hear it from us...
Oh great, another "best-of list"--that's soooo December, 2007...

Looking forward to PG Pat's liveblogging from the Cognos performance management forum next week...

PG's

TWTW, "Predictions? We Don't Need No Stinking Predictions!" Edition...

HEEEEEEEEEY, Bubbles!

Making the connection between the subprime lending mess and personal performance management as only Pat can...

Cognos and Applix, finally together where they belong...

More Cognos! More Solutions! More of everything for everybody in every vertical everywhere!

Oco is completely Loco...

OK Santa's little helpers, that will do it for us this week--more parties to attend, more performance management mayhem to unleash, more timewasting games for PG Nic to uncover. See you next week!

TWTW, The Count Edition

10--no, 15 possible trends for BI in 2008 (cue "The Count" laugh)...
ETL--Cadillac, Toyota, or the power windows that are really standard but could be sold separately--discuss amongst yourselves...
Finance, meet IT, IT, Finance--ok, um, wow, this is awkward...
SAP and Microsoft--two great tastes that taste great together!
Why do we think this study was sponsored by the makers of Altoids?
Business Objects and SPSS--two great tastes tha--oh wait, we did that one already.

Well, that will do it for us this week everyone. Two of the three PG's will be getting all gussied up for the big holiday shindig at PG Guy's house tomorrow evening. If a holiday party is in your weekend plans, enjoy the debauchery and remember--lamp shades go best with a plaid or brighter colored sweater.

LWTW

With apologies to missing the Friday recap, some worthwhile posts to catch-up on before starting off this week...

This just in, Portals may be the next frontie--wait, didn't someone already say that?
Cognos checks in with the performance guys...
BOBJ and SAP seal the deal...
Adobe and BOBJ seal THEIR deal...

Quick week last week, we'll look to make it up in these next 5 days...

PG's

TWTW, Things We’re Thankful For Edition

Today we pause to take a break to celebrate that most Ameri, er, NORTH American holidays (which, it must be told, was already celebrated by PG Nic and his ilk last month) by giving thanks for so many things in our little corner of the blogosphere. Here’s just a short list of things we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving…

That we’ve never heard Darren actually sing his BI songs in person…
That we had Business Objects stock at the time of the SAP takeover…
That someone finally bought Longview…
That Microstrategy doesn’t care what you think…
That this guy is out there protecting us…
That we really have never seen a report do THIS before…

And of course, we’re thankful for traffic spikes, repeat visitors, increased cross-posting, more snarky anonymous comments, and most of all, for a lively discussion on all things BI, process, and performance management.

Enjoy the holiday weekend, we’ll be back and ready for a long session on the stairmaster on Monday morning…

The Week That Was, Big Blue Edition...

A Vote for the Performance Guys is a Vote for Family Values...
Thanks for playing, Cognos...
8 Ball Corner Pocket, Cognos 8--get it? No? Neither do we...
Why does the number 3000 keep sticking with us? Oh yeah, this is why...
So be honest, who rushed the stage in San Diego to get a piece of Pat?
Oh, THERE are all the Cognos articles...

OK folks, that will do it for us this week. A pretty significant one in our little corner of the technology world we think. We need a drink...

The Week That Was, Academia Version...

Everything you wanted to know about process management in a single blog post...
TMI people, TMI...
Pat gets all Wall Street on us...
Redmond gets its search on...
If a person doesn't show up are they really not there? Hmm...
Marketing? Performance Management? HA that's rich...

That will do it for us this week, thanks everyone for playing, and we'll be back with you bright and early Monday morning!

The Week That Was, CFO Style...

Wow, like WOW, what a keynote!
A more, ahem, "analytical," view of the SAP/BOBJ deal...
HELLOOO RESTON WOOOOOOOOOOO--PerformancePoint Continues its world tour...
Pre-Occ-U-Pa-Tion, Pre-Occ-U-Pa-Ay-Shun, it's takingmyeyeofftheball...

That will do it for us this week, putting an APB for Pat, last seen living it up in the lap of luxury in the Tom Douglas Seattle restaurant empire...

GGW

The Week That Was, "Margin Call, Gentlemen" Edition...

Microsoft corners the Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice market...
All due to this guy...
This is not the earnings conference call you're looking for...
DC is back, babee!
Flipcup videos and Facebook nudges totally drive performance--everybody knows that...
A new blogger link to someone far more smarter than us three...

That will do it for us, have a great weekend, we look forward to welcoming Performance Guy Pat up to the great northwest next Monday, when of course, Performance Guy's Nic and Guy will be in Chicago--we just can't win...

The Week That Was...

Gamers of the world, unite under the banner of performance management...
MicroStrategy spins the SAP/BOBJ acquisition...
New Crystal Reports 2008 edition comes to the market...
Cognos! Podcasts! Party!
Carbon offsets for everyone!

Well that will do it for us this week, have a great weekend and we'll be back on duty on Monday!

PG's

The Week That Was, Walldorf Edition...

We're starting a new feature here on the Performance Guys to give our passers-by a quick recap of what happened this past week in the world of Performance Management. Off we go with the first addition of TWTW:

The Germans are coming, the Germans are coming!
The acquisition is great news!
The acquisition is horrible news!
What's this "business user" segment you speak of, sir?
Mr. Ashe? I have IBM for you on Line 1...
Could Larry really be that sneaky? NAAHHHHHHH...


Wow, what a week! We'll see you on Monday--

PG's