Vertical Edge Consulting Group

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1 Vertical Edge Consulting Group 3 Reasons Why Oracle BI Cloud Service is YOUR Best of Breed Cloud BI Platform February 10, 2017

2 SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE PRESENTER Tom Eastlake, Vertical Edge Practice Manager for BI/Analytics and Data Integration Questions OK any time

3 WHAT WE LL COVER Overview of Current State Cloud BI Balanced Business Intelligence Platform Essential Components Agile vs. Enterprise vs. Ready for Both Conclusion 3

4 CURRENT STATE OF CLOUD BI Shifts in the Market Over the last 5 years: Businesses recognizing value of Analytics more than ever- not the Ferrari in the garage anymore Significant shift in focus toward self service Analytics for Business Users Low cost Analytics complementing existing BI systems Many companies trying to skip the IT department, skip the federated, curated data store Separation of market comparisons Enterprise BI and Reporting platforms Lighter, less capable, but very appealing user-focused tools Gartner s 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 discusses digital platforms as essential to a digital business, including: information systems, customer experience, analytics and intelligence, the IoT, and business ecosystems 4

5 CURRENT STATE OF CLOUD BI Analytics for Everyone, Affordably Ease of Use Rich Visualizations Ability to at least access all kinds of data Intelligent Linking and Profiling, when data is clean and standardized Advanced calculations, predictions, trends made somewhat simpler Intuitive and powerful visual grammar, many interaction options (click, group select, drag and drop, smart double click, undo/redo, etc.) Storyboarding, annotation, multimedia integration, distribution 5

6 CURRENT STATE OF CLOUD BI Enterprise Platform Solutions Leaders have driven hard to have newest, most relevant offerings in addition to their core products Everybody has cool visualizations almost a taste/style question Everybody does NOT have: Maximum scalability, performance, flexibility True support for master data, governance, and federation through the Logical Data Warehouse 6

7 What is Balanced BI? Provides fast, flexible ad-hoc analytics that department heads and business users demand Balances speed with the benefits of IT-governed business intelligence

8 WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY COMPONENTS OF A BI PLATFORM VS. A BI TOOL? Data Visualization Logical DW/Semantic Layer Enterprise and Cloud Integrations 8

9 IN BRIEF: WHAT IS ORACLE BI CLOUD SERVICE? Fast Time to Value Quickly combine data from any source and rapidly create BI applications for agile analysis. For Everyone, Everywhere From executives to analysts to everyday dashboard users. In a browser or on-the-go with Mobile BI. Intuitive and Powerful Dozens of visualizations and advanced calculations available in a fast, friendly UI. Enterprise Class, Business Driven The security, reliability, and performance you require, with the flexibility the business demands. 9

10 HIGHLIGHTS OF ORACLE BI CLOUD SERVICE 10

11 WHAT DO WE GET WITH BICS? 50Gb Storage Prod Test Bundled with Oracle Database Schema as a Service Oracle Cloud Security d d f d d Data Loader provides powerful, fast, import of your data State of the art, intuitive Data Visual Analyzer is fully integrated

12 VISUAL ANALYZER, DATA VISUALIZATION CLOUD SERVICE, DESKTOP Visual Analyzer gives the user an intuitive interface for exploring their data Classic visualizations, easy to create and manipulate Modeled data combines with new files, data sources instantly

13 WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY COMPONENTS OF A BI PLATFORM VS. A BI TOOL? Data Visualization Data Visualization Logical DW/Semantic Layer Enterprise and Cloud Integrations Connections, Cache, and Associations 13

14 WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY COMPONENTS OF A BI PLATFORM VS. A BI TOOL? Data Visualization All major types of visualizations Strong data inspection/profiling, recommendation functionality Ease of Use Distribution/Sharing/Team Support Simple Mobile and Offline Support 14

15 WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY COMPONENTS OF A BI PLATFORM VS. A BI TOOL? Logical DW/Semantic Layer Ability to physically connect any source Establish design patterns, business rules, across multiple sources in Logical Model Relationships Calculations Hierarchies/Drillpaths Separate business and presentation logic from physical implementation Skip all this if you want to! 15

16 FAST AND FLEXIBLE OR GOVERNED AND CURATED? Enable traditional analytic models, easily and quickly associated with new files, other data sources for Exploration

17 WHAT ARE THE 3 KEY COMPONENTS OF A BI PLATFORM VS. A BI TOOL? Enterprise Data Storage and Cloud Integrations Gartner metrics place Oracle DB 12c in top 2 of nearly all Enterprise Database categories, and #1 in several Oracle dominates: large data sets, extended data types, advanced analytics, system availability, logical DW Oracle is top 3: most other factors Advanced features of db recently expanded to include BigDataSQL and in memory columnar data store, JSON data BICS has native-level integration with most Oracle Cloud products (Essbase, EPM, ERP, HCM, CX, PaaS, etc.) BICS has best-practice integrations with MANY non-oracle Cloud providers Coming Soon: BICS, Visual Analyzer, and Essbase OLAP included in Oracle Analytics Suite 17

18 DATA INTEGRATION OPTIONS BICS Data Loader Oracle Data Sync Services APEX RESTful Services Oracle Data Integrator Oracle SQL Developer Oracle GoldenGate real time replication

19 EXPLORATION, DISCOVERY, AND GOVERNANCE Visualize / Explore Deploy Share Model Integrate New Data 19

20 CONCLUSION Data Visualization Offer state of the art, user friendly, powerful exploration and storytelling capabilities Support prototyping and incorporation of new discovery into governed business intelligence solution Logical DW/Semantic Layer Ensure data is correctly related based upon design, not observation Provide metadata, hierarchies, calcs across data sources Leverage a time proven, constantly improving BI server tier Enterprise and Cloud Integrations Get everything you need for analysis from anywhere Use a data platform that is second to none for strength and f(x) Painlessly integrate and deploy on secure cloud infrastructure 20

21 CONTACT THE PRESENTER Thanks for attending today and I encourage you to reach out to me directly with any questions! Tom Eastlake teastlake@verticaledgecg.com