adopting open source business intelligence: who, why and how
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This is a short talk on the adoption and use of open source business intelligence software. It covers some of the rationale and benefits, where OSS BI is appropriate, and some of the challenges. This is part of a webcast done jointly with Actuate on the Business Intelligence Network. Full audio of this presentation and Actuate's presentation on BIRT are available at http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=132982&s=1&k=A1AF6A92A073F64F4873542A2D029D03&partnerref=9TRANSCRIPT
Leveraging Open Source Business Intelligence Across Your Organization Mark R. Madsen – February 2009 www.ThirdNature.net
Adopting Open Source Business Intelligence – Who, Why and How?
Mark R. Madsen – February 2009 www.ThirdNature.net
Slide 2February 2009 Mark Madsen
What’s Really Going on With Software?The Internet, providing connectivity to…Lots of demand (users), connecting to…Lots of supply: (developers), all of whom can find each other via…The Internet.
In other words, the conditions of the market now enable commons- based peer production methods.
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A Perfect Commodity Changes Things
Open source is a means of production and distribution of software, and is driving change in the market.
But the fact that the internet is a massive copying machine for the perfect commodity is the real change in conditions.
The basis of open source is economics, not ideology.
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Open Source Disruption
“Which sector of the industry is most vulnerable to disruption by open source in the next five years?”
1. Web publishing and content management2. Social software3. Business Intelligence
Source: North Bridge Venture Partners
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Why Consider Open Source?
IT is after one of three things:
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Reasons for Adopting Open Source?
Source: North Bridge Venture Partners
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Benefits Seen After AdoptionAfter your organization adopted open source software, what was the primary benefit of its use?
Source: The 451 Group
31%
31%
15%
10%
7%
4%
3%
Flexibility
Lower cost
Reduced dependence on vendors
Performance
Reliability
Security
Other
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Who’s Adopting Open Source for BI?
1. ISVs2. The under-budgeted3. The under-served4. The over-served5. Developers who never
had it before
More co-existence and use in edge cases than straight replacements, and often competing with lack of use.
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Adoption by Organization Size
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Discontinuity Drives Open Source BI Use
The situations most appropriate to open source BI tools often involve discontinuous change.
• New interface requirements• New integration requirements• Platform change• Schema change• Data latency / real-time
requirements• Segmenting the user population
The data warehouse is becoming much more diverse – one BI vendor can no longer be expected to provide tools for all needs.
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First Thought is Often “Replace”
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Coexist is More Likely Than Replace
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Augment is Also More Likely
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Resistance: Déjà vu All Over Again
“The greatly increased mass of participants has produced a change in the mode of participation. The fact that the new mode of participation first appeared in a disreputable form must not confuse the spectator. Yet some people have launched spirited attacks against precisely this superficial aspect.”
Walter Benjamin, 1935
Common objections:• Not professional software• Vendor viability• Lack of maturity• Lack of support• Licensing misconceptions
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Common Adoption Barriers: Procurement
Open source bypasses the normal IT software discovery process.•
How you learn about projects
•
Where you find them•
How you evaluate them
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How you acquire them
Need to follow a structured process that differs from the standard IT process.
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Common Barriers to Adoption: Legal
Corporate attorneys need to learn some things too
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OSS unbundles software licensing and support, Four models:
• Unsupported• Community• Vendor• Third-party
Common Barriers to Adoption: Support
Source: The 451 Group
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Questions?“When a new technology rolls over you, you're either part of the steamroller or part of the road.” – Stewart Brand
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