SAP BusinessObjects Innovation and Standardization: The Yin and Yang of BI

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1 SAP BusinessObjects Innovation and Standardization: The Yin and Yang of BI Timo Elliott, James Fisher, Donald MacCormick, January 2009

2 SAP BusinessObjects Product Portfolio Enterprise Performance USE Strategy Business INSIGHT Planning TO DRIVEConsolidation PERFORMANCE Profitability and Cost Spend Analytics Governance, Risk, and Compliance OPTIMIZE Risk Access PERFORMANCE Control BY Process CONTROLLING Global Trade Control Services RISK Environmental, Health and Safety Business Intelligence Query, Reporting, Reporting and Analysis INFORMATION Dashboards and Visualization TURN INTO INSIGHT Advanced Analytics Search and Navigation Master Data Information Data TAME Data Quality Integration INFORMATION CHAOS Metadata SAP 2009 / Page 2

3 Not All Data is in SAP Integrated Information Needed from Everywhere Complete Stack Open & Agnostic Independent Vendors EPM & GRC Business Intelligence Business Objects + SAP Business Objects + SAP Hyperion, Interlace, diverse apps Essbase, nquire, BIEE Cognos CPM Cognos Proclarity Performance Point Excel Function/industry specific vendors SAS, Microstrategy, InfoBuilders, Informatica Open apps & BI, "agnostic" to underlying technology Data Warehouse BW, BIA Oracle DW DB2 DW SQL Server DW Teradata, Netezza, MySQL, Sybase Enterprise Applications Business Suite Oracle, PSFT, Siebel Dynamics NetSuite Most complete, integrated stack SAP 2009 / Page 3

4 Change We Can Believe In Implementing a Strategy and Standards No standards everyone has their own answer to every question how can that work? ZOOLS zoos of tools Many organizations are saying they have way too many tools no point in that you re paying a lot more money than you should Do you have BI strategy, or BI anarchy? SAP 2009 / Page 4

5 The Evolution of BI In 1990s BI was tactical In 2000s it has become strategic Next stage will be ubiquity BI SAP 2009 / Page 5

6 Business Intelligence Just like ? BI BI and Infrastructure provided centrally by IT Standard across the organisation All users make use of it Access inside and outside the organization Unthinkable not to have it SAP 2009 / Page 6

7 Business Intelligence Platform Business Intelligence Platform Core BI Query, Reporting, & Analysis Reporting Analysis Dashboards Search Information Delivery Advanced Analytics Predictive Data Integration Data Quality Information Metadata Master Data Text Analytics Security Scalability Manageability Federation www Cloud Data Business Applications & Structured Data Unstructured Data SAP 2009 / Page 7

8 Business Intelligence Standardization 3,500 internal users 180 databases many 000s external users no the from matter information customer which database service infrastructure to the partner data we ve resides self-service, implemented in, we from can using tax get it Business out to people Information Objects auditing in a allows to form purchase is our suitable us to most leverage order for important each monitoring it inside of asset them, and to outside allow them to help our drive organization our business forward. SAP 2009 / Page 8

9 Convergence Allows Organizations to Optimize their Performance Aligned strategic decision-making across teams Strategy Optimize operational decisions inside and outside the company Insight Enterprise Performance Governance, Risk, and Compliance Unified Information Collaborative Decisions Business Network Optimization Business Intelligence Platform Decisions Generate insight from structured/unstructured & internal/external data Execution across multiple transaction systems Manage compliance, risk, and optimize performance across the business network SAP / Page 9

10 SAP BusinessObjects EPM Solutions Improved Effectiveness and Performance Control Better Control Performance Understand how your strategies will be impacted by risk and adjust plans and expectations accordingly Reduce costs and increase working capital by closely monitoring and understanding company spending Increase profitability by gaining insight into your best and worst customers, channels and products Increase Organizational Agility Improve the quality and speed of decisions by closing your books faster and more accurately Create what-if scenarios and plan versions so you can compare alternatives and act with confidence Understand the impact of changes so you can align operational capacity and support functions with demand Greater Context for Decision Making Empower every stakeholder to communicate, collaborate and execute on a defined plan of action in context and real-time Strategy Planning Consolidation Profitability and Cost Spend Analytics SAP / Page 10

11 SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Solutions Maximize Strategic and Operational Effectiveness Aggregate and Manage Key Risk Activities Standardize on a GRC taxonomy with a common language for risk and control activities Unify management of strategic, financial, operational and compliance risks Mitigate risk through an orchestrated response to risk exposure Automate Controls Across Processes Effectively design, document, and implement automated controls Automate the testing and analysis of controls Real-time alerting and tracking of control risks across heterogeneous systems Monitor Risks and Controls Across Disparate Systems Proactively monitor risk and performance indicators across fragmented control environments Ensure execution of controls aligns with strategy Enforce accountability through reports and dashboards Governance Controls & Compliance Risk SAP SAP / Page 11 / Page 11

12 Integration and Standardization Within Each Area Enterprise Performance Governance, Risk, and Compliance Strategy Business Planning Risk Access Control Profitability and Cost Consolidation Process Control Global Trade Services Spend Analytics Environmental, Health and Safety Business Intelligence Information Reporting Dashboards and Visualization Advanced Analytics Query, Reporting, and Analysis Search and Navigation Data Integration Master Data Data Quality Metadata SAP 2009 / Page 12

13 Integration and Standardization Between Areas Enterprise Performance Governance, Risk, and Compliance Strategy Business Planning Risk Access Control Profitability and Cost Consolidation Process Control Global Trade Services Spend Analytics Environmental, Health and Safety Business Intelligence Information Reporting Dashboards and Visualization Advanced Analytics Query, Reporting, and Analysis Search and Navigation Data Integration Master Data Data Quality Metadata SAP 2009 / Page 13

14 Integration and Standardization Throughout the SAP Portfolio of Products Enterprise Performance Governance, Risk, and Compliance Strategy Business Planning Risk Access Control Profitability and Cost Consolidation Process Control Global Trade Services Spend Analytics Environmental, Health and Safety Business Intelligence Information Reporting Dashboards and Visualization Advanced Analytics Query, Reporting, and Analysis Search and Navigation Data Integration Master Data Data Quality Metadata SAP 2009 / Page 14

15 Integration and Standardization With Other Applications and Solutions Enterprise Performance Governance, Risk, and Compliance Strategy Business Planning Risk Access Control Profitability and Cost Consolidation Process Control Global Trade Services Spend Analytics Environmental, Health and Safety Business Intelligence Information Reporting Dashboards and Visualization Advanced Analytics Query, Reporting, and Analysis Search and Navigation Data Integration Master Data Data Quality Metadata SAP 2009 / Page 15

16 Innovation The Future is Grounded in the Present The future is here. It s just unevenly distributed William Gibson SAP 2009 / Page 16

17 SAP BusinessObjects Labs Give your feedback on the future of Business Intelligence: labs.businessobjects.com Graduates Query as a Web Service Content Discovery Search To Query Mobile Business Intelligence Information On Demand Polestar BI Widgets SAP 2009 / Page 17

18 Polestar: Revolutionary Information Browsing Now with Business Intelligence Accelerator, and OnDemand (polestar.ondemand.com) SAP 2009 / Page 18

19 Event-Driven BI: Complex Event Processing SAP 2009 / Page 19

20 Social Network Analytics SAP 2009 / Page 20

21 Text to Query SAP 2009 / Page 21

22 iphone BI Catalog Browser SAP 2009 / Page 22

23 Xcelsius SDK XGlobe and XScorecard SAP 2009 / Page 23

24 Summary A strategic approach to business intelligence all information, all people, one platform Business-oriented performance management and governance, risk, and compliance applications A solid foundation for innovation and closed-loop business performance optimization SAP 2009 / Page 24

25 Leadership SAP BusinessObjects supports among the largest data and deployment volumes and is considered to be an organization's BI platform standard more often than any other vendor. SAP 2009 / Page 25

26 Next Steps Information We know you probably have lots more detailed questions Visit our booth! 1 Info 2 Quick Wins Quick Wins The best of both worlds: targeted solutions for your immediate needs Based on a standard infrastructure Strategy to Execution Take long-term steps to implement business intelligence strategy and closed-loop strategy to execution 3 Strategy to Execution SAP 2009 / Page 26 Business intelligence is about people, not technology.

27 Questions? Timo Elliott twitter.com/timoelliott Donald MacCormick xcomponents.blogspot.com twitter.com/donaldmac James Fisher SAP 2009 / Page 27

28 Thank You! Timo Elliott BI Questions Blog: