businessobjects xi 3.1 enterprise

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BusinessObjects XI 3.1Enterprise

Edward FroncSales Consultant, OEM

COPYRIGHT © 2008 BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A.

AGENDA

Short Demo of new look and feel of the XI 3.1 platformWhat are the Key Themes with the XI 3.1 ReleaseOverview of XI 3.1 Product Enhancements


DEMO

New look and feel of the XI 3.1 platform


DEMO

Key Themes


BUSINESSOBJECTS XI 3.1The Intelligence Platform

All InformationUnified ViewBest on SAP and non-SAP environmentsTrusted decision quality

One PlatformComplete integrated data and BI servicesAdaptive and extensible servicesChoice of delivery model

All PeopleFull-spectrum BINext generation user experienceAlignment of teams & business networks


WHAT’S NEW

Overview of XI 3.1 Product Enhancements


MAXIMIZE YOUR MICROSOFTINVESTMENTIncreasing pressure toreduce integration,development, andmaintenance costs…

IT

Deployment environments (Servers and OSes)DatabasesDevelopment tools

… is driving IT to eliminate overlapping technologies andstandardize

Technology Platform BusinessObjects XI 3.1

Complement the Microsoft technology platformSimplify deployment by leveraging existing IT skillsNative .NET support for InfoView, Web Intelligence,and Desktop IntelligenceSingle BI platform that support Microsofttechnologies AND heterogeneous IT environments


EXTEND INSIGHT FROM BI TO ANYWEB OR .NET APPLICATIONIncreasing pressure onorganizations to quicklyrespond to changes inthe market and deliverbusiness agility…

IT Dev.

Reuse fine-grained BI platform capabilitiesUse BI services directly in integrateddevelopment environmentsLeverage existing BI assets – data andmetadata

…is driving reuse of BI assets in business applications

Next Generation Tools BusinessObjects XI 3.1

Fine-grained services designed for developers toeasily integrate BI content and capabilitiesUse platform capabilities—such as security andscheduling – in .NET applicationsReduce software development time and costs

BI Platform SDKS (.NET and Web Services)


BUSINESSOBJECTS VOYAGER

New data visualizations painta thousand words

Scatter plotBubble plotRadar chartBox plot

Easier discoveryImproved workflow and new‘favorite’ membersException highlighting – redand green shades; hot and cold

Inter-operabilityDrill through to Web Intelligenceor Crystal Reports viaOpenDocument – enablecontext to be passed fordetailed reports

Support for Microsoft AnalysisServices 2008


BUSINESSOBJECTS LIVE OFFICE

Excel parameterbindingenhancementsMulti-object propertiesmodificationUser experienceimprovement – QueryPanel


BUSINESSOBJECTS WEBI- Autosave

Helping the report creatorMore efficientNo lost workRemove network dependency

New “Tip” whenstarting WebIntelligence

Backup documentsdirectly accessible

by user

Customizedautosave delays

Overhead loadmanageable byAdministrator


WEBI (Continued)- User experienceimprovements

Report filter bar

Automatic loading ofcached LOVs

Interactive Drag & Drop

Send Personal Data Provider and refresh

Cancel Refresh on Open


Crystal 2008 SP1

Microsoft SQL Server2008Teradata 12HP NeoView 2.3Netezza 4.0PostgreSQLOracle 10g RAC

NEW DATA ACCESS

Oracle 11gOracle 11 g RACProgress OpenEdge


Crystal 2008 SP1- (Continued)

Dual Monitor officially supportedFlash PrintingWebform Viewer (DHTML viewer) is accessibleUnicode UFLS (extension to the Crystal Reports formulalanguage).NET URL Reporting

“Viewing Reports and Documents using URLs”

CR-SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS


Semantic Layer


Semantic Layer –(Continued)


Semantic Layer –(Continued)

The following prompt:


Semantic Layer- (Continued)


Dashboard Builder


PLATFORM AGNOSTIC

New operating systemsHP-UX ItaniumRed Hat 5Windows Server 2008Windows Vista SP1


IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR ALLENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

Updated integration solutionsIntegration for JD EdwardsIntegration for Siebel

New integration solution forOracle E-Business SuiteGreater integration with SAPsolutions

Multi-pass bursting - essentialfor having SAP Publicationsworkflow for Web Intelligencecontent.NET BI platform deploymentsupport for BusinessObjectsIntegration for SAP SolutionsPerformance enhancement –1 million-cell limit is removed

LegacyLegacySystemSystem

Business Intelligence Platform

Enterprise Information Management

AdvancedAnalyticsQuery, Reporting, & Analysis

Information Discovery & Delivery


High performance BI on HP-UX ItaniumSupport for HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) support within 90 days

64-BIT BI PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Functional inclusionsWeb IntelligenceInfoViewCentral ManagementConsoleAll BI platform services(CMS, FRS, PageServer, Job Server, etc)BusinessObjects Integrationfor SAP, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards

Not supportedDesktop IntelligenceBusiness ViewManager


LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT

Application for BI life cyclemanagement - “promotions”Replace Import WizardSimplify BI content deploymentReduce maintenance andmaximize platform utilization

Q: How well your organization is able to implement andmanage BI Life Cycle Management(0 = very easy, 10 = very difficult)

89% rank 5 or higher!

Integrated as another tab inthe CMCWindows onlyCan be used to administrate BIcontent for XI 3.1 systems onWindows or Unix

Requirement


“

BEST-IN-CLASS SUPPORT FORIP NEXT GENERATION – IPv6

BusinessObjects XI 3.1supports both 32-bit and128-bit IP addresses

IPv6 will be a key ITrequirement in public andgovernmental organizations

All agency infrastructures(network backbones) must beusing IPv6 and agencynetworks must interface withthis infrastructure by June 30,2008.”

Executive Office of the U.S. PresidentAugust 2005


Business users consume reports, queries, analyses, andvisualizations in their own language

Existing languagesChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalDutchEnglishFrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedish

4 new languages

GLOBAL REACH

Finnish

Thai

Norwegian

Danish


SUMMARYWhat’s New in BusinessObjects XI 3.1

Open, flexible BIExtend the value of your Microsoft investmentEnable rapid BI adoption by leveragingMicrosoft technologies

Self explorationExtend the value of your Office investmentPaint a 1000-word visualization with VoyagerImproved user functionality with WebI andCrystal

Faster time-to-value BIMore platform agnostic optionsSimplify BI content deploymentReduce maintenance and maximize platformutilization

Easier self-discoveryfor business usersand analysts

Most agile BIplatform

Improved integrationwith Microsoftenvironment


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