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Herman Ohlhoff

Enterprise DW Lead & Head of Consulting (SA)

Based out in Cape Town, Herman is Head of Consulting (SA) as well as Bluefin's Head of Enterprise Data Warehousing within the  Business Analytics & Technology team.

A management accountant by training, Herman has been involved in improving business performance through the use of SAP technology during the past  11 years of his career. He started out as an end-user, moved onto  a business analyst role supporting CO-PA and then spent 8 years as a SAP BW/BI consultant. 

Herman has been involved in numerous BI implementations across a range of industries including FMCG, Media, Financial Services and Information Technology. He typically acts as a Solution Architect on BI projects and advises customers on design best practice and technology options for achieving their business objectives.  He has experience implementing projects using traditional waterfall approaches as well as agile methodologies such as SCRUM. He also has a track record of managing and delivering projects remotely and is enthusiastic about exploiting online collaboration technology.

The following list of blog entries can be refined by clicking on a category or month in the right-hand sidebar.

02 Feb 2012
Key observations 4 months into an SAP BI 4.0 implementation
categories: Business Case, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, HANA, SAP, Consumer Business

13 Jun 2011
Why haven't we seen an SAP HANA vs Sybase IQ showdown?
categories: Business Intelligence (BI), HANA, In-Memory, Enterprise Architecture, Consumer Business

01 Jun 2011
DS 4.0 - A quiet revolution that will change Data Warehousing as we know it
categories: Business Intelligence (BI), HANA, Business Objects, Integration

23 May 2011
The real problem with trying to be agile and responsive in SAP BW
categories: Agile Methodology, Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Architecture, Consumer Business

08 Nov 2010
BW Accelerate now, or wait for H.A.N.A-ther tool?
categories: Business Intelligence (BI), HANA, In-Memory, Consumer Business

02 Nov 2010
How in-memory technology can change SAP BI Projects
categories: Agile Methodology, Business Intelligence (BI), In-Memory, HANA, Consumer Business

16 Jun 2010
Integrating BW Queries with Xcelsius without BOXI
categories: Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Dashboard and Presentation Design (Xcelsius)

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HermanOhlhoff: RT @Andrew__Fox: RT @mfoeken: Just installed #SAPvisi << it's on SMP but only visible to some << Apparently license bug not GA issue.
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HermanOhlhoff: RT @Andrew__Fox: RT @mfoeken: Just installed #SAPvisi << Where did you find the installer ?<< it's on SMP but only visible to some
3 days ago

HermanOhlhoff: RT @janvanansem: Problems with the quality of your data? Perhaps my blog gives some ideas how to get in control http://t.co/uyCwj7Sn #SA ...
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