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Timo Elliott

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Timo Elliott is an 18-year venteran of SAP BusinessObjects, and has spent the last twenty years working with customers around the world on information strategy.

He works closely with SAP research and innovation centers around the world to evangelize new technology prototypes. His popular BI Questions and SAPWeb20 blogs track innovation in analytics and social media, including topics such as augmented corporate reality, collaborative decision-making, and social network analysis.

His PowerPoint Twitter Tools lets presenters see and react to tweets in real time, embedded directly within their slides.

A popular and engaging speaker, Elliott presents regularly to IT and business audiences at international conferences, on subjects such as why BI projects fail and what to do about it, and the intersection of BI and enterprise 2.0.

Prior to Business Objects, Elliott was a computer consultant in Hong Kong and led analytics projects for Shell in New Zealand. He holds a first-class honors degree in Economics with Statistics from Bristol University, England.

BI Questions Blog: timoelliott.com
SAP Web 2.0 Blog: sapweb20.com

Social + Products = Better Products
Social media isn't just about marketing -- it's an opportunity to rethink many other business processes. In this post, I’d like to share some ideas about the new opportunities to improve all kinds of products using social media techniques. Feb. 9, 2012
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Why is the SAP 505 World Sailing Championships Like Business?
SAP is a proud sponsor of the 505 World Sailing Championships 2010, starting this week in Aarhus, Denmark. Why? Because the link between better run businesses and performance sailing is deeper than you might suspect... Jul. 28, 2010
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Introduction to the SAP 505 World Sailing Championships 2010 (and Sailing Analytics)
This post gives an introduction to the SAP 505 World Sailing Championships that started this week in Aarhus, Denmark, and how last year's sailors used SAP BusinessObjects to improve their performance. Jul. 27, 2010
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Augmented Reality Explorer Prototype
The new Augmented Reality Explorer Prototype lets you access information simply by pointing at it with your telephone. Jul. 27, 2010
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Presentation: The Future of Business Intelligence
Presentation of some of the future trends in Business Intelligence, recorded as part of the Nordic "Butterfly" BI Forum earlier this year. Jul. 23, 2010
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BI Dashboards on Your Mobile Phone, with Xcelsius and Android
Demonstration of SAP BusinessObjects products including Xcelsius Dashboards, Web Intelligence Reports, and Explorer on an Android-based Google Nexus One phone. Jul. 21, 2010
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Stunning BI Data Visualization -- From 1870
Data visualization has been around a long time -- here are some nice examples from the 1870 US census. Mar. 18, 2010
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Augmented Corporate Reality Proof of Concept with Layar and SAP BusinessObjects on-Demand
Information about an “augmented corporate reality” proof of concept, based on the Layar platform and the SAP BusinessObjects ondemand.com platform, running on a Google Nexus One Android phone -- overlay performance indicators on the real world! Feb. 4, 2010
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Some Examples of How to use 12Sprints, the New SAP BusinessObjects Collaborative Decision-Making Platform
The SAP BusinessObjects decision-focused collaboration project, 12Sprints.com, is now in “open beta”, so that anybody can sign up. This post gives an introduction to what you can do with the technology, and points you to some useful links. Feb. 2, 2010
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Implementing Business Intelligence Standards
An overview of the advantages of implementing BI standards, with some real-life examples of best practice techniques. Jan. 26, 2010
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SAP and Web 2.0
I believe SAP is an under-appreciated leader in the Web 2.0 space -- this blog attempts to explain why. Jan. 26, 2010
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Integrating Live Twitter Feeds into PowerPoint Using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius
Using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius, it's easy to create dashboards that integrate external data feeds such as Twitter. Here are some prototypes that let presenters embed a live Twitter feed into a PowerPoint presentation. Oct. 8, 2009
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