This is a quote from a past SAP TechEd attendee:
"There's always a great deal to learn at the conference. But the key reason [Community:to attend SAP TechEd] each year is to focus on areas within BI, and to learn and understand the latest choices and direction that SAP is moving towards. We also often have the opportunity to meet with SAP executives to help guide future product direction" SOURCE
Derek Loranca came up with this idea to feature the SAP TechEd BI platform agnostic sessions for SAP TechEd Las Vegas - meaning those that do not rely on a BW/SAP ERP backend. I didn't realize myself that there were so many until we started looking at the list, which we reviewed together and is listed below.
Platform developers, architects, and business users can take advantage of road map sessions to learn about the strategy, planning, execution, and collaboration available with solutions including:
With SAP TechEd, as SAP's premiere technical education conference, and experience hands-on workshops developed for SAP's platform agnostic customers.
Picture from last year's hands-on session by SAP TechEd photographer.
There are several lecture sessions for BI platform agnostic customers as well:
So hopefully you see you can obtain a comprehensive education on SAP solutions for analytics, business intelligence (BI), and mobile BI, as well as SAP HANA. If you’re gearing up to upgrade to the latest release of the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform, or sizing and administering the servers, there’s plenty of content at SAP TechEd 2013 to help you select the right tool for the job. You can take advantage of this unique opportunity to expand your skill base – to excel at your job.
Platform agnostic solutions covered in include SAP Lumira (formerly SAP Visual Intelligence) , SAP Predictive Analysis, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence , SAP Crystal Reports, BI Platform, SAP BusinessObjects Mobile
You can view all BusinessObjects sessions here. Also view the 6 ASUG BI Influence Council sessions at TechEd here.
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