CAREER: ABAP to BI-Netweaver After Business object takeover

Hi all,
Am an ABAPer with one and half years of experience.I will be thankful if sombody will tell me If its appropriate to move into BW-Netweaver as i heard BUSINESS OBJECT is likely to replace BW-Netweaver in near future.
Thanks.

Hi Sandeep,
Lets be clear as this is a very frequent question - Business Objects is not replacing SAP NetWeaver BI. There are some future alignment and consolidation on the frontend tools going foward which is explained in the roadmap presentation found at this link: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects. The FAQ on this SDN page should also help answer your questions.
So investing on training in the SAP NetWeaver BI and Business Objects tools will not be any barrier to your future.. but a big advantage
Cheers,
Mike.

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