PwC Acquires Avantis

PwC has announced it will further expand its consulting practice with the acquisition of Business Intelligence market leader, Avantis, which David McAmis co-founded in 2001.

Business Intelligence and analytics is a high growth market fuelled by the explosion of 'big data' and an ever increasing demand to better manage and predict performance using 'real time' fact based analysis.

Currently employing 22 people, Avantis is an established and reputable Business Intelligence & Analytics implementation consultancy, specialising predominantly in SAP's Business Objects solution suite.

Avantis generates 80 per cent of its revenue from consulting and training services and has doubled its revenue in the past three years. Similarly, revenue of PwC's consulting practice has also grown 32 per cent in the past 12 months.

More Information: http://www.pwc.com.au/media-centre/2011/pwc-acquires-avantis-dec11.htm

Avantis wins "SAP Customer Excellence Award 2011"

The annual SAP Awards of Excellence celebrate the success of SAP's customers and partners. The award for "Best Business Intelligence with a Channel Partner" was awarded to Clifford Hallam Healthcare (CH2) and Avantis, based on the "CH2 Gateway" project, which provides SAP BusinessObjects content, scheduling and ad-hoc analysis to CH2's suppliers through a customer .NET portal. You can read more about the award from here.

NEW "Mastering SAP Crystal Reports 2011" Book Released

I am proud to announce that the book "Mastering SAP Crystal Reports 2011 + SAP Crystal Server 2011" has been released this week, available at fine bookstores everywhere. You can check out the book contents from the Kuiper Publishing web site, or pick up your own copy here from Amazon.com

Mastering SAP BusinessObjects Conference - 6-8 June 2011

I have been confirmed to present at the "Mastering SAP BusinessObjects Conference" to be held in Sydney on 6-8 June 2011. I will be presenting on Monday 6 June on SAP BusinessObjects & Microsoft integration.

http://www.masteringsap.com/bobj/speakers

The presentation title is a mouthful:

"Learn How to Seamlessly Integrate SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.0 (BI 4.0) Technology with the Microsoft Application Stack"

For more information on how to register for the conference, visit http://www.masteringsap.com/bobj/

SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 "Sneak Peek" Seminars

Make plans now to join me for "Sneak Peek" seminars around Australia and online in March/April 2011. Developers and end-users are raving about SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0. In this "sneak peek" seminar, we'll be taking you through the new features of the platform, with live demonstrations of the various tools and technologies. You'll learn about the new features available in this release, as well as the different migration paths, free learning resources and more. If you are an SAP BusinessObjects developer, administrator or end-user, this is one seminar you won't want to miss!

http://www.avantis.com.au/edm/bi40seminar/invite.htm