If so, you need SAP Universal ID. In a few months, SAP Universal ID will be the only option to login to SAP Community. Without it, you will lose your content and badges. If you have multiple accounts, use the Consolidation Tool to merge your content.
we are currently BI 7.0 dev, qa, pd and federated into sap portal...i know nothing regarding BO...should we be looking to install that as a replacement of BI 7??