bi in the cloud: time to take the plunge?
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BI In The Cloud: Time To Take the Plunge?. Sunil Murray Sales Director Birst [email protected] 720-530-9105. Agenda. Current Situation The evolution of Business Intelligence BI in the cloud – What, How, When? Pros and Cons What does the future hold?. Agenda. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BI IN THE CLOUD: TIME TO TAKE THE PLUNGE?
Sunil MurraySales DirectorBirst
AGENDA
Agenda
• Current Situation• The evolution of Business Intelligence• BI in the cloud – What, How, When?• Pros and Cons• What does the future hold?
CHALLENGES AFFECTING CURRENT BI INITIATIVES
CHALLENGES AFFECTIN
G CURREN
T BI PROJECTS
Current Situation
• For the 4th year in a row, BI & analytics tops CIO’s Priority list for Enterprise Initiatives* (Business Week?)
• Gartner estimates ~ 60% of BI projects fail*
• Despite decision support tools being around for the last 20-30 years, Business Units still struggle with information access.
CHALLENGES AFFECTIN
G CURREN
T BI PROJECTS
Challenge: Why is BI so Hard?
• Process• ETL – DW – Visualization • Data – Internal & External; Structured and Un-Structured• Top down or Bottom up BI?
• People• Who owns BI projects• Increasing business demands to unite corporate strategies with
departmental goals• Consumerization of IT
• Technology• Tools & Skills required for ETL• Tools & skills required for Data Warehousing• Tools & skills required for Front-End Analytics
CHALLENGES AFFECTIN
G CURREN
T BI PROJECTS
Challenge: Why BI is Hard
UsersData Warehouse
ETL Extract Transform & Load
OLAPEngine
Reporting Engine(s)
FinanceData
CRMData
OperationsData
MoreData
Ad Hoc Queries
Dashboards
Reports
Data Discovery
Time Consuming Process
THE EVOLU
TION
OF BI
The Evolution of BI: Three key trends
• Collaboration:• Team based Decision Making• Data-Driven Decision Making• Companies, Partners & Suppliers
• Corporate Performance:• Drive top line results• Reveal new competitive advantages
• Agility:• Consumerization of Enterprise IT• On demand, anywhere, anytime
THE EVOLU
TION
OF BI
Capabilities Gap
BI Suites
Agility
Capa
bilit
y
DiscoveryTools
USER DEMAND
THE CASE FOR CLOUD BI
THE CASE FOR CLO
UD BI
Cloud vs. On Premise: Preconceptions
On-premise BI Cloud BI
Pros
Cons
• Secure• IT in Control• Flexible• Proven Technology• Follows Rigorous
Methodology
• Easy to Use• Low TCO• Fast Time to Value• Modern Architecture• Lightweight – fit for POCs• Lower TCO
• Difficult to Use• High Cost• Slow Time to Value• Lack of Innovation• Requires Multiple
Technologies• Disconnect between IT
and Business
• Perceived lack of Security• Lack of Control• Lack of Reusability• Light-weight Technology• Inability to handle Big Data• Business Only Tool
THE CASE FOR CLO
UD BI
Cloud BI: Infrastructure
• Multi-Tenant Hardware• Security• Financial options
• Various Storage Options• Near Line• High Availability• Archive
• Accessibility• SMBs, Large
THE CASE FOR CLO
UD BI
Cloud BI: Development
• Various Options for Deployment• Visualizations• Database/Data Marts• Data Connectivity
• Shared Development• Resource Availability
THE CASE FOR CLO
UD BI
Cloud BI: Over all TCO
• Time to Value• Deliver BI Projects faster – weeks vs. months
• Increased Access = Maximum Results• Scalability & Flexible Environments• Greater Visibility
FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
THE CASE FOR CLO
UD BI
Cloud BI Architecture
FUTU
RE CON
SIDERATION
SHybrid Approach
• On Premise & Cloud BI• Logical Data Stores• Standardized 3rd party data feeds• Mobile BI – solved
