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I am an analytics and cloud architect, author, and trainer. An Azure-certified blogger, SAP Mentor Alumni and co-author of the SAP Press book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide, I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting.
Tales of the Siren: A Starbucks Melody
Book Review

Tales of the Siren: A Starbucks Melody

Dallas MarksOctober 28, 2014April 4, 2026

What happens when a Seattleite starts a blog about her favorite coffee shop?

All I want for Christmas is an iPad Air 2
Mobile BI

All I want for Christmas is an iPad Air 2

Dallas MarksOctober 21, 2014February 24, 2026

Thoughts on Apple’s latest mobile devices.

Collaboration Leads to a ‘Comprehensive Guide’ on BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Career Updates, Reporting

Collaboration Leads to a ‘Comprehensive Guide’ on BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Dallas MarksOctober 20, 2014February 18, 2026

Craig Powers from ASUG News talks about our new Web Intelligence book from SAP Press.

User Groups & Conferences

2014 ASUG SABOUC Keynote with Steve Lucas

Dallas MarksOctober 15, 2014July 28, 2017

Be careful who you tweet about. You might end up on the same elevator ride.

Always a SAP TechEd Bridesmaid…
SAP, User Groups & Conferences

Always a SAP TechEd Bridesmaid…

Dallas MarksOctober 10, 2014March 5, 2026

Never a SAP TechEd bride. Maybe next year?

Meet Me at Starbucks
Business Intelligence

Meet Me at Starbucks

Dallas MarksOctober 6, 2014July 20, 2018

What can we learn from Starbucks’ first global ad campaign?

Changing Your Windows Password from a Remote Desktop
Odds and Ends

Changing Your Windows Password from a Remote Desktop

Dallas MarksOctober 5, 2014March 3, 2016

Password changes from remote desktops need not involve a ritual goat sacrifice.

SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 Running on Windows 10 Technical Preview
Platform

SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 Running on Windows 10 Technical Preview

Dallas MarksOctober 2, 2014February 25, 2026

SAP isn’t ready for Microsoft Windows 10 but its customers already are.

Platform

Don’t Fluster the Cluster, part 2

Dallas MarksOctober 2, 2014March 2, 2016

Don’t let your BI platform become a cluster chuck!

Squeezing the Entire Universe Into SAP Lumira
Lumira & Explorer, Platform

Squeezing the Entire Universe Into SAP Lumira

Dallas MarksSeptember 29, 2014March 4, 2026

Possible to squeeze the entire universe into SAP’s desktop data discovery tool?

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Dallas Marks

Dallas Marks

As a cloud and analytics practitioner, author, instructional designer, and trainer, I help organizations harness the power of analytics in the cloud, on-premise, or hybrid. I prefer piano keyboards over computer keyboards when not blogging or tweeting about analytics.

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