Choosing a BI Platform That Performs on the Enterprise Stage

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Today’s host and speaker

Susan Joly: SpeakerBI Independent Consultant

Jon Moody: HostDirector of Marketing

Pyramid Analytics

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To ask a question

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Goals of this presentation

Explore some of the elements of an enterprise-grade, end-to-end BI platform

Show research from BARC

Feature Gartner research

Look at Pyramid Analytics’ approach

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Choose and standardize on an enterprise platform, rather than just a tool

1. Started with rigid, IT-centric, mega-vendor solutions 2. Next, shifted to desktop, data discovery tools → agility, but no governance capabilities; silos

Next-generation platform meetsenterprise needs for governance, scalability, and security, while meetingusers’ needs for autonomy, agility, and ease of use

Past Present

Why an enterprise platform?

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Some key performance indicators

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Choosing a platform: selection criteria

Frequency of product selection criteria being listed as top 5 criteria

“Nine of the top ten were purely product-related criteria, as opposed to vendor or cost considerations.”*

The exception (cost-related)

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Fast time to create content

Self-service

data

preparation

Smart data

discovery

Agile

environment

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“Growing business user requirements for ease of use, support for users to conduct complex types of analysis, and a fast time to business benefits are not being well met by vendors that own a large, IT-centric installed base market share.”*

* Source: 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics. 23 February, 2015.

For more information, read the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.The Gartner document is available upon request from Pyramid Analytics.

Evolving requirements

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Functionality and ease of use

Content

creation

(graphical

support,

templates)

User

interface and

navigation

Self-service

data

modeling

Information

delivery

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“It is very likely that 2015 will be a critical year in which democratizing access to analytics will continue to dominate market requirements and stress the need for governance.”*

* Source: 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics. 23 February, 2015.

For more information, read the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.The Gartner document is available upon request from Pyramid Analytics.

Vision for governed data discovery

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Keep governed data discovery in sight!

Look for data

modeling,

security,

scalability,

multi-

tenancy

Look beyond

basic

reporting to

advanced

analytics

Avoid

separate

platforms (IT-

managed vs.

data

discovery)

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Administration and metadata management

Administrators can promote user-defined data

Administrators can store, re-use, search, publish metadata

Business users can use IT-managed metadata

There’s security, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery

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Benefits of platform integration

Easier to

create

content

Seamless,

consistent

user

experience

More

collaboration

Cheaper to

administer,

maintain,

and

implement

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“Internal Platform Integration: A common look and feel, install, query engine, shared metadata, promotability across all platform components.”*

BI and analytics integration criteria

“Development and Integration: The platform should provide a set of programmatic and visual tools and a development workbench for building reports, dashboards, queries and analysis.”*

* Source: 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics. 23 February, 2015.

For more information, read the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms.The Gartner document is available upon request from Pyramid Analytics.

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Operational BI

Internet of

Things

Machines and

devices

Event streamsSensors

Sometimes called “real-time BI”

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An operational BI scenario

In-flight data from sensors

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Collaboration; social BI

Integration with social platforms

Real-time discussion threads, chat, timelines, annotations

Sharing and discussion of data, analytics, and insights

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A few results from the BARC BI Survey

To see the headline results for Pyramid Analytics in the BARC BI Survey 14, download the summary.

Pyramid Analytics is top-ranked in

collaboration. It’s either leading or

top-ranked in ease of use and

operational BI compared to its

three vendor peer groups.Dashboard

Visual Discovery

OLAP Analysis

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Demo: Collaborative, governed BI

On-premise, cloud, mobile, desktop

Real-time data and analytic capabilities

Demo: Governed metadata management

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Key takeaways

Be future-

proof by

aligning with

predictions

Select a

platform, not

a tool

Consider

current

market needs

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Pyramid Analytics.com

Additional resources

Analyst reports

Pyramid Analytics in BARC BI Survey

2015 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms

Creating a Vision for Governed Data Discovery

Fast-Track Your Way to Creating Effective BI Reports and Dashboards

Win Applause: Selecting a BI Platform That Offers Functionality and Ease of Use

Reap the Benefits of BI Platform Integration

Easy, Operational, and Collaborative BI

Content on SlideShare

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• BARC, Headline Results for Pyramid Analytics in the BARC BI Survey 14, October 2014.

• BARC, BARC BI Survey 14 Best Practices, October 2014.

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, Rita L. Sallam, Bill Hostmann, Kurt Schlegel, Joao Tapadinhas, Josh Parenteau, Thomas W. Oestreich, 23 February 2015.

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