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OBIEE iBots “Unofficial” Acronym Revealed – iBot stands for…

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I often get asked by clients when we are presenting the OBIEE solution or during an implementation what “iBot” stands for?  Of course, who wouldn’t want to know after seeing what OBIEE delivers is all about and we start talking about creating iBots?

iBot(s) is an acronym for Intelligent Bursting and Output Tool.

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Comments:
  • http://siebel-essentials.blogspot.com @lex

    Interesting, where do you got that information from?

    have a great day

    @lex

  • Christian

    Same question here. Even back in the Siebel days I never heard it spelled out as that.

    Cheers,
    C.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/ChristianScreen ChristianScreen

    Christian & @lex,

    What acronym did you guys hear that it stood for?
    I would have to believe you guys have been asked this question in the past?

    I got this from a contact at Oracle. I am now curious to see how official it really is. I'll ping him on Monday to get the \”inquiring minds\” scoop and I will post a response.

    Tschuess,
    Christian

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/ChristianScreen ChristianScreen

    Christian/Alex,
    It looks like my source will neither confirm nor deny his previous remark on this acronym of Ibot. Until I hear something more substantiating either way I have changed this post to "Unofficial" in reponse to your comments. Thanks for keeping things in check.

  • http://www.oracle.com Mike

    I took on Product Management for Delivers after Siebel joined Oracle and I've never seen 'iBot' described in that way. Officially, iBots are 'intelligent agents' (check the doc) – as we go forward into the 11g release, we will actually be using the term 'Agent' to refer to objects that used to be called iBots.

    Regards
    MIke

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/ChristianScreen ChristianScreen

    Mike,

    Thanks for the heads up. I know we are all looking forward to the 11g release. There wouldn't be a release date for 11g that you would like to share is there? : )

    Truly, this is why we have changed this post to be "unofficial". I like the new use of "Agent" going forward. Thanks again and keep up the good work over there at Oracle.

    Cheers,
    Christian

  • Larry B

    Kind of close, but not quite right. Just in case anyone cares, "iBots" was derived from intelligence "bots" (a "bot" being a term for a software agent). The name goes all the way back to the origin of the product at nQuire.

    Thanks,
    Larry B.

  • Adrian

    nah, it means "Intelligent Robot". always did.

  • Larry B

    Not so…and I really do know, because I named it. Sorry to say as not a very good name, but we were in a hurry when we had to send out the official press release. That's the whole truth.

    Regards,
    Larry B.

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