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An Expert’s View of theTop BI Tools

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Which BI tool is right for you?

Vendors : IBM Cognos, MicroStrategy, Oracle OBIEE, SAP Business Objects

Which BI tool is right for you?

All BI tools are

NOT created equal

Which BI tool is right for you?

About 80-85% of the features and functions are similar

Which BI tool is right for you?

It’s the 15-20% that differentiate them

Which BI tool is right for you?

Who decides which tool – IT or Business Users?

Which BI tool is right for you?

Identify the key components that separate them

Which BI tool is right for you?

Vendors : IBM Cognos, MicroStrategy, Oracle OBIEE, SAP Business Objects

What do they have in Common?

All the BI tools have a Metadata layer (business rules)

What do they have in Common?

Production Reporting

What do they have in Common?

Ad-hoc query tool

What do they have in Common?

WebInterface

What do they have in Common?

Dashboards and Analytics

What do they have in Common?

All in the upper right hand corner of the Magic Quadrant (Gartner)

Disclaimer

All of the following evaluations represent our opinion and in no way should be used alone in evaluating and purchasing a Business Intelligence tool.

All of the tools are leaders in the market, and we recommend that prior to purchasing an Enterprise BI tool a thorough and in-depth analysis be conducted.

Latest release Cognos 10

The latest release Cognos 10 offers Unified BI Workspace called Business Insight

Better performance with shared caching and in-memory processing

Cognos 10 now offers access to personal data sources

Continue to expand its solution portfolio of packaged analytical applications

Cognos 10 delivers built-in collaboration and social networking to promote the exchange of informationIntegrates with

Netezza

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Metadata can access multiple data sources

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Known for its ability to do OLAP analysis

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

All content is created with a single interface

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Latest release has

a visual discovery option, Insight

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Collaboration capabilitiesallow users to interact on reports.

Only Independent BI Vendor – built from the ground up

One of the most integrated architectures of the BI tools

The latest version 9 is the biggest release in seven years

Offers a FREE MicroStrategy reporting suite

Focus on pure BI

Tremendous user following – like a cult

Users can personalize dashboards/build hierarchies

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Drillable reports are available on Smart Phones (Mobile BI)

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Powerful Architecture and Administration tools

for metadata

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

No ETL tool for Data Integration requirements

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

No PerformanceManagement tools to trackenterprise level data

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Has dabbled with many BI tools for years

Acquired Siebel Analytics (now OBI) and Hyperion

Leader in “Business Analytics” defined by analyst firm IDC

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) – all web – zero footprint

BI is a small part of Oracle’s product line

Part of “Exa-Everything”

Access to multiple data sources via a common metadata layer

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Pervasive Analytic Applications

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Robust Security Model

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Addition of Scorecard and Strategy Management in 11g

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

BI Publisher production reporting tool using Word and Adobe

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

New release version 4.0

Information Design Tool is replacing the Universe Designer

Now supporting multiple data sources at the metadata layer

Xcelsius is renamed to Dashboards with a new cache service to improve performance

Enhanced graphing/charting capabilities

Integrated with HANA

The leader in ease of use and flexibility

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Only vendor with integrated ETL and BI metadata

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Publishing (report bursting) works for both Crystal and Web Intelligence in latest release

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Latest release allows users to interact with web documents while disconnected

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Explorer tool provides “Google Like” search information

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Latest release includes BI Widgets

THE DIFFERENTIATORS:

Evaluation

Architecture & Administration

Office Integration

Production Reporting

Dashboards

Ad- Hoc Query & Analysis

= Excellent = Good = Needs Improvement

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= Excellent + = Good – = Needs

ImprovementX

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How do they compare?

Evaluation Criteria

Architecture & Administration + ++ – +Office Integration + + + –

Production Reporting + + – ++

Dashboards + + + –Ad- Hoc Query

& Analysis + ++ + ++Performance Management ++ X ++ +

Analytic Applications + X ++ +Information Delivery and

Access++ + + ++

How do you succeed with the BI tools?

Ensure Executive

Sponsorship

The BI tools in and of themselves will NOT guarantee success

How do you succeed with the BI tools?

Determine User Adoption

Approach

The BI tools in and of themselves will NOT guarantee success

How do you succeed with the BI tools?

Establish a BI Center

of Excellence

The BI tools in and of themselves will NOT guarantee success

How do you succeed with the BI tools?

Create a SOLID DataFoundation

The BI tools in and of themselves will NOT guarantee success

How to Connect BI to you Data

That Is the Question!

To Direct Connect or Not to Direct Connect

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Metadata Layer Included for the Leading BI Applications

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AccountsReceivable

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Service Billing

Asset-Life Cycle

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Other Modules

Upon Request

TransportationLogistics

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An Expert’s View of theTop BI Tools