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Decision First Technologies, Inc.
Business Insights
Intelligence for Better Decisions
November 2010
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How do you manage data? How do you report on it? Want to do it faster, better, and on the fly? Get the facts on SAP BusinessObjects Edge solutions

So you want to simplify budgeting and planning and say good-bye to spreadsheets? See how the SAP BusinessObjects Edge Planning and Consolidation application delivers this new clarity to your business, simplifying budgeting, planning, and forecasting and speeding up book closings. Say hello to life without spreadsheets.
Main Stories
DFT Thought Leaders Share Their Experiences From Recent Trade Shows
Missed Sapphire 2010 or the recent TDWI conference on emerging technologies? No worries! Get the latest scoop from DFT thought leaders, Patrick NeSmith, Don Loden and Beth Barnes as they share their experiences with you including, what they like and what trends they see...

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DFT Exhibits and Hosts Customer Reception at the BOBJ User Conference
The 2010 SAP BusinessObjects User Conference took place at The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, October 5-7. Not only did we exhibit, one of our customers, Joe Bland with Fox Chase Cancer Center, presented on Conquering Operational Analytics. We also had several of our DFT experts present including Beth Barnes, Roy Wells and Don Loden. Thanks to all the speakers. They did a great job!

The highlight of the conference was hosting a reception for our customers and even some future customers at The House Of Blues. We had a great turnout and want to thank all of our wonderful customers for continuing to support us! Everyone enjoyed networking and getting to know each other. We hope to see you again at next year's conference!


Need To Spend 2010 Budget? How About SAP BusinessObjects Training!
Need to use up some 2010 budget money? Training is a great option! Check out the public training classes we still have on the calendar at our Nashville center. Do you have more than a couple of people that need some training? Then you may want us to provide a custom, on-site course. We can do that too. Just let us know what it is you are looking for, and we can help.

We provide SAP BusinessObjects training for all skill levels and business needs, including on-site customized courses utilizing actual examples from your own customer data. Our goal is to provide your staff with the hands-on and real-world experience they need to quickly take full advantage of the SAP BusinessObjects tools and rapidly increase productivity. Coursework includes fundamentals, design, report creation, system administration, architecture, deployment, and more. Decision First instructors combine lectures with hands-on exercises to increase the retention rate and decrease the learning curve.

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Missed Our Webinar On Accelerating Your BOBJ Dashboards?
As you may know, Decision First has partnererd with Antivia, the experts in visualization. Antivia has developed a range of products that allow users to deliver a more agile and responsive Business Intelligence infrastructure. This partnership allows customers to accelerate their BusinessObjects dashboards through the use of Antivia's Xcelsius Web Intelligence Integration Suite.

The Suite is designed to give users of Xcelsius® 2008 the ability to easily integrate information from BusinessObjects Web Intelligence® directly within their Xcelsius Dashboards. It is seamlessly integrated with the Web Intelligence environment and allows users to quickly and effortlessly access the wealth of information in their library of Web Intelligence reports.

Watch our recent webinar and learn how you can cut Xcelsius dashboard development time and costs, improve dashboard performance, and make your Xcelsius dashboard projects successful.
Visualize Economic Recovery with SAP BusinessObjects Edge Solutions

SAP® BusinessObjects™ Edge solutions have the tools you need to answer the big question, "What does economic recovery look like for my company?" It's designed to effectively and efficiently help you project scenarios for critical business implications such as:

  • Costs
  • Suppliers
  • Human resources

Find out how SAP BusinessObjects Edge software helps you craft an insightful, informed plan for business success.

Need visibility to grow? The key is in your data
Remember when business data used to be scarce? Now, it's plentiful - streaming in from dozens of sources. But are you using all of that data to your advantage?

Learn how SAP® BusinessObjects™ business intelligence solutions can help you see important trends, identify risks and spot opportunities - so that you can grow your business with confidence.

Survive "No Man's Land" with Doug Tatum
A shocking number of growing companies fall in the transition between being too small to be big, and too big to be small -- a period financial and tech consultant Doug Tatum has dubbed "no man's land'. Thankfully, Doug can help guide the way through.

Watch this 15-minute webcast and discover how to navigate the treacherous landscape of no man's land.

7 Essentials Scorecard
Want to exponentially grow your business? David Thomson, management guru behind multi-billion dollar organizations and Founder and Chairman of The Blueprint Growth Institute, is here to help.

Assess your company's growth strategy with David Thomson's 7 Essentials Scorecard, and learn how you can turbo-charge your organization's growth.

As an authorized SAP BusinessObjects Channel Partner, Decision First Technologies, Inc. is a member of the SAP ® PartnerEdge TM program. Our organization is part of a select group of providers authorized to sell, implement, service and/or develop solutions from SAP ® , the global leader in business management applications.