Upcoming Events

Kentucky Business Objects-Crystal User Group (KBOCUG) welcomes analysts, developers, end users, and managers who are interested in learning more about Business Objects-Crystal products and in creating a forum for sharing information and learning new technologies. It is our goal to collectively achieve two-way communication with the Business Objects Corporation, its Partners, and third party vendors to learn about new product capabilities and to discuss and resolve technical issues with the products. We provide unbiased information and specialized learning opportunities regarding Business Objects-Crystal software products and related products from other complimentary manufacturers. We promote the use and benefits of Business Objects-Crystal products in a manner that is beneficial to the organization's membership and consistent with ethical and high quality practices. KBOCUG will be operated exclusively for the purpose of educating and benefiting its members and developing their skills.

Join the Southern Texas Area Business Objects & Crystal Reports User Group, for their next meeting on May 14, 2008.

Come share information, get updates on the latest Business Objects technology, learn valuable tips and tricks, obtain feedback from fellow users, and establish contacts in the Business Objects community.

Join the Mid Ohio Business Objects Users Group to learn, share and discover information about the new releases by Business Objects and you can interact with specialists and other Business Objects users.

The Mission of the Business Objects User Group is to provide a forum for the Business Objects user community that will:

Promote effective use of the Business Objects tools and ensure success within their own environment, Educate the user Community on new Business Objects trends and Product Development, Establish relationships amongst fellow Business Objects users.

The Portland Area Business Objects user group is a mix of Crystal and Business Objects XI users.  We try to present  topics that would be of interest to both groups or a mixture of topics that alternately would be of interest to both groups.

Crystal Xcelsius OnDemand Web Seminars - watch recordings of informative and helpful sessions like "Getting Started with Crystal Xcelsius" and "Formatting Your Excel Spreadsheets for Use with Crystal Xcelsius"

View this pre-recorded web seminar featuring Melanie Dower, Applications Manager, Bigelow Tea and Sheryl Kingstone, Program Manager, Customer-Centric Strategies, Yankee Group.
The following topics are covered:

• Understanding what channels and customers are your most profitable to enable collaborative process improvement
• Improving decision making capabilities for all management levels through real-time dashboards
• Integrating disparate information sources to achieve a single, accurate profile of your customer relationships
• Gaining insight into your brands as well as reduce and control sales and marketing costs

This pre-recorded web seminar features Financial Insight analyst Jeanne Capachin, Accenture speaker Dean Harrelson and Business Objects speaker Ted Luchsinger.  
 
In an ever-changing economic environment, with increasing regulation, the competitive advantage goes to the company with the most efficient, accurate and dynamic performance management. It is not good enough to react to last week's information. You need to know what your business looks like right now. View the seminar to learn how.

View the pre-recorded web seminar to hear from Jeanne Capachin, Research Director, Consumer Banking and Credit Advisory Service, Financial Insights, Peter Hughes, ARC1 Consulting and Paul Skippen, Senior Manager Risk and Regulatory Management Practice, Accenture.

Listen in for an in-depth examination of:

• The challenges a leading financial institution faced when implementing an operational risk system
• How an expandable business intelligence framework will improve management control with demonstrated ROI via reduced audit exposure, automation and reduced reliance on contractors and external auditors
• How a performance management dashboard driven interface will provide all connected users with key information to manage high level compliance metrics, thresholds and enforce policy with access to details and documentation

View this web seminar to hear from Karen Massey, Senior Research Analyst, Financial Insights; Kathryn Russell, Senior Manager, Accenture and Anshu Mehrotra, Business Objects.

Listen in to learn:

• The current trends in the financial services industry around customer-centric strategies and what your peers are doing to succeed
• Best practices and methodologies that large financial institutions have deployed to build a customer-focused environment
• How a leading financial institution utilized business intelligence to create one view of their customer and realized significant ROI

View this pre-recorded seminar to hear from Barry Rabkin, Senior Analyst for the Insurance Practice, Financial Insights; Gerry Roop, Partner, Accenture; and Ted Luchsinger, Business Objects.
 
Listen in for an in-depth examination of:

• The current trends and challenges in the insurance industry and where opportunities lie to improve business performance
• Best practices, tools and methodologies that large insurance organizations are deploying to gain a competitive advantage, delivered by Accenture
• How leading insurance institutions are applying business intelligence to impact operational efficiency and financial results.

View this pre-recorded seminar to hear from Maggie Scarborough, Research Manager, Banking Practice, Financial Insights; Allan Kyle, Partner, Finance and Performance Management, Accenture; and Ted Luchsinger, Business Objects.
 
Listen in for an in-depth examination of:

• The current trends and challenges in the industry and where opportunities lie to improve operational efficiencies
• Best practices, tools and techniques organizations are deploying to gain a competitive advantage, delivered by Accenture
• How a leading financial services organization leveraged business intelligence to improve productivity, reduce operational costs, and deliver reliable and dependable reporting