Merry Christmas

Just wanted to drop a quick note and wish everyone a great holiday season. I certainly hope in 2010 I can find more time to post on our blog but something tells me that with another little one on the way it is going to be tough. With that said, I will continue to try to pass along relevant and meaningful information related to Oracle Business Intelligence. Some of the topics I am looking forward to covering in 2010 are:

• The release of OBIEE version 11G
• The continued integration/fusion of multidimensional and relational components within the Oracle BI framework
• The release of the Hyperion IR to OBIEE migration utility
• Holding out hope for the creation of a Business Objects Universe to OBIEE migration utility

More Info on Upcoming OAUG Connection Point - EPM Conference

The OAUG Connection Point - EPM conference is is a 2 day conference on Feb 23-24 2010 ($495 pre-registration fee). The conference will include approximately 39 Hyperion and Oracle BI presentations. The target audience is the Functional/Business/Finance community but Technical users will have 2 full days of content built in so they can benefit too. This two-day event includes five concurrent tracks, keynote sessions, Certified Partners exhibit areas and multiple networking opportunities.

The 5 Presentation Tracks are:

•Budget, Forecasting and Planning
•Financial Consolidations and Reporting
•Business Intelligence and Analytics
•The Office of the CFO
•EPM Product Roadmap

The track presentations include presentations that cover the various EPM and Oracle BI product stack such as Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Strategic Finance (HSF), OBIEE, ODI, Essbase, Financial Data Quality Management (FDM) and others.

Call for Papers - OAUG Connection Point - EPM

OAUG Connection Point 2010 Call for Papers
For those interested in submitting a paper go to the following link:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB229UMSLRFMN

Selected speakers will be awarded one complimentary event registration for the seminar. Please note, all travel and expenses incurred are the obligation of the speaker.

Please note the following paper submission deadlines:

Enterprise Performance Management (New Jersey, USA): 15 December, 2009
Dubai: 15 December, 2009
Budapest: 22 December, 2009

If you have questions please contact myself or James Hobbs, jhobbs@oaug.com.