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• Community Blog Roll
  SCN community members write insightful blog posts about Analytics on a near-daily basis. Check out this blog roll to stay informed with the latest discussions around Analytics solutions.
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• Business User Community on SCN
  This community area is dedicated to non-technical users and managers and will feature interesting blogs, articles and self-service tools chosen by the SCN team.
• Analytics Webinar Series
  These weekly webinars are presented by SAP experts, partners and though leaders to provide community members with best practices, tips and tricks, demos and more related to a range of Analytics solutions.
• BI eLearning Content
  Interested in learning about the new BI 4.0 Suite of products for BusinessObjects? Check out these free, self-paced product tutorials from SAP Community Network. Learn as much or as little as you want, with no prior knowledge of the product necessary.

• High-Performance Organizations Empower Employees with Real-Time Mobile Analytics
  - a new eBook from the Aberdeen Group.
  Hear from industry experts how to effectively roll out your mobile analytics strategy – and empower your front-line workers with real-time insight and tools. Download the e-book in Flash or via eReaders (for iPads and iPhones) on mobile devices. A pdf version is also available.
• SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA) Software Innovation through Partnership with HP
  - an SAP Solution Brief
  SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA) software is a multipurpose, datasource-agnostic, in-memory appliance that combines SAP software components optimized on hardware provided and delivered by leading hardware partners of SAP.
• SAP® In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA™) The Next Wave of SAP® In-Memory Computing Technology
  - an SAP Solution Brief
  SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA) software is a multipurpose, datasource-agnostic, in-memory appliance that combines SAP software components optimized on hardware provided and delivered by leading hardware partners of SAP.
• Cotecna: Taking Control of Global Financial Consolidation
  Find out how Cotecna found an easier, more effective way to consolidate its disparate financial reports from 60 countries. With the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation application, this trade services leader now produces dynamic reports and has one version of the truth.
• Avea: Accelerated Budget Processes with SAP® BusinessObjects™ Planning and Consolidation
  Avea is a Turkish telecommunications company. Learn how it moved from spreadsheets to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to minimize the time and effort spent on budgeting and reporting, and to accelerate the market simulation process – helping Avea perform its budgeting processes without errors.
• Prepare for the Quantum Leap in Real-Time Analytics
  - a new whitepaper from SAP and IBM
  This new whitepaper from SAP and IBM describer how in-memory analytics is going to change everything about your enterprise.
• Announcing the 4.0 Release of BI and EIM Solutions from SAP (registration required)
  The New York stop of the SAP “Run Better Tour” in February hosted the launch of SAP BusinessObjects BI and EIM 4.0. Access on demand keynotes, videos, and content from the launch event at New York!
• The Arrival of 10.0: A Guide to What’s New with SAP BusinessObjects EPM Solutions
  - an SAP Insider article by James Fisher
  In the 1 10.0 release, both SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation and SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation boast enhancements that help customers achieve regulatory compliance and a timely, accurate, and risk-free financial close faster and at a lower cost.
• SAP HANA Demystified - An Overview of SAP’s Game-Changing In-Memory Technology (registration required)
  A major technology change is taking place at SAP, and it’s rapidly capturing the attention of manycustomers: in-memory computing. You may also know it as SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (SAP HANA). There has been a flurry of discussion around SAP HANA over the last year, yet, for many customers, this new solution often provokes more questions than provides answers.
  You may also find this HANA success story interesting: Hilti Accelerates Reporting with HANA

In this section you’ll find late-breaking news and articles related to Analytics.

• Gartner: Business Intelligence Software Market Continues to Grow
  - by Nicole Laskowski, SearchBusinessAnalytics, April 25, 2011
  Just before Gartner Inc. is set to host its Business Intelligence Summit 2011 early next month, analysts released information that reaffirmed why it’s not a bad idea to keep an eye on this corner of the technology world.
• More Companies Buying Into BI, Gartner Claims
  - Matthew Broersma, eWEEK Europe, April 25, 2011
  Gartner claims that business intelligence and analytics tools are increasingly being seen as a way to beat the recession.