Upcoming Events
Akili offers 8 hour SAP EPM v10 Report Writing Course
Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) can receive 8 continuing professional education credits (CPE) from attending Akili's SAP BPC EPM v10 Report Writing Course*.
Live Classroom Training Event Friday, May 10 8AM-5PM CT

Key learning points:
- Learn about the differences between BPC EPM v10 and BPC v7.5
- Create an “Actual Data Report” report in BPC using the EPM add-in
- Create a local member and update formatting using the report built in a Lab environment
- Use EPM functions & features for Excel to customize your reports/input forms making them more user friendly and functional
Contact info@akili.com with questions about this event.
*Akili Inc. is registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as a CPE sponsor. This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the Board as to the quality of our CPE program.
12th Annual BBRT Conference - "Freed from the Budget"
June 9-11, 2013 Denver, CO
Early Bird Registration Price $995
Earn up to 21 CPE Credits

Join the Beyond Budgeting Round Table at the Embassy Suites in Downtown Denver, Colorado on June 9th-11th for this year's Beyond Budgeting Conference. Leveraging off of CFO Magazine's article, the theme is "Freed from the Budget." Gain insight on how other companies have improved the way they plan and control by moving Beyond Budgets and how your organization can, too. With an agenda filled with CFO insights, leading practioners, case studies, interactive workshops, and focus on implementation, you should sign up today.
The Secrets of Managing Data and Improving Your Bottom Line Through Platform Standardization
Hosted by SAPInsider, sponsored by SAP
On Demand Webcast

Mounting competitive pressures and dwindling internal resources are forcing IT organizations to do more with less. Standardizing data services on a common and unified information management foundation is a smart way to manage technology, resources, and time investments and to improve performance at the same time.
In this live Webinar, Hal Zesch will explain how standardized and optimized data services helped Valero leverage data better, run more efficiently, and improve its bottom line. Hear how SAP BusinessObjects helped the company:
- Manage exponential growth under a single platform
- Use quality data to improve business intelligence and reporting
- Make a quantum leap in their decision-making ability
Immediately following Hal’s talk, Kristin McMahon, Director of SAP’s Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Solutions Marketing, will outline the business benefits of standardizing on a single information management platform using SAP BusinessObjects Data Services 4.0.
Forrester Webcast: Make the Most of New Opportunities with Agile BI Methodology, Best Practices, and Technologies
On Demand Webcast

Over the past 20 years, the biggest challenges for business intelligence (BI) were stability, robustness, and rich functionality. Today, BI professionals realize that earlier-generation BI technologies, while still useful for more stable BI applications, fall short in the ever-changing world of business requirements.
In this on-demand webcast, Boris Evelson from Forrester Research will explain how agility and flexibility in decision support is the new order of the day and represents BI's next big opportunity. Afterwards, SAP expert Dan Kearnan will talk about SAP HANA, the high-performance in-memory analytical appliance that helps companies:
- Analyze very large, non-aggregated data at unprecedented speed
- Gain amazing real-time insights across every business operation
- Respond faster to changing business-user requirements