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1 Recent Innovations & Roadmap Kevin Quinn, Vice President of Product Management Simplifying Data Access and Data Prep Simplifying User Experience and Workflow Collaboration 1

2 How Future Development Plans are Determined 1. Market Research Team 1. Determining what the market wants/needs 2. Competitive research 2. Technology Research Team 1. Researching potential disruptive technologies 1. E.g. Active, Magnify, RStat, Voice recognition 3. Customer Advisory Council 1. Three times a year in North America 2. Once a year in EMEA 4. Customer Support New Feature Request System

3 Understanding Software Release Schedule WebFOCUS X.X.XX (e.g ) X.X.XX First Digit is the Release Platform We are now in the midst of release 8.X.XX New platform approximately every 3 years X.X.XX Second Digit New features within a platform 8.2.XX integrated data discovery Approximately 1 New Feature releases per year X.X.00 Last 2 Digits represent maintenance to a platform Represented ~ 60 fixes to platform Approximately 4 maintenance releases each year

Growth in Data New Sources of Data Business-side need to consume

4 Business Intelligence & Analytics Landscape 4 90% Of all the data in the world has been generated over the last 2 years Landscape Rapid Growth in Data New Sources of Data Business-side need to consume faster More diversified information consumers

5 Changes in the BI Landscape Content creation shifting from IT-driven to Business-driven IT-driven Business-driven Content Enterprise and beyond App-based Supported by developers/technologists Operational data or enterprise DW Secure, sanctioned, accurate Production 24 x 7 Long-life Hundreds, thousands, etc. users Centralized Departmental and workgroup Tool-based Supported by business users Data marts, desktop, internet sources In-memory or high-speed sandbox Ad-hoc Amorphous Constantly changing A few to a hundred Decentralized 5

6 Business Intelligence and Analytics Landscape Two Approaches Co-exist In the latest Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, Gartner writes how the ability to bridge decentralized business-user-led analytics deployments with those centralized to serve the enterprise will be a crucial ongoing challenge for IT and BI vendors. 6

Self-Service BI and Analytics for Everyone Business User Edition Application Edition Enterprise Edition Self-service for Business Users & Analysts The most complete single tool for all forms of

7 Self-Service BI and Analytics for Everyone Business User Edition Application Edition Enterprise Edition Self-service for Business Users & Analysts The most complete single tool for all forms of analytics and reporting Self-service for all your employees Tools for analysts InfoApps for everyone Stronger governance Self-service for your entire universe of users All employees Customers Partners Massive scale Visualize Operationalize Monetize 7

8 WebFOCUS Release 8.2 Rollout Snapshot Tier 1- Business User Edition Tier 2 & 3 Application Edition and Enterprise Edition Feb April May June-July Q3 Features for Tier 1 Features for Tiers 2 and 3 WebFOCUS BUE Interface -Single Personal Portal -Getting Started and Welcome -Upload Wizard -Wizard Analytics InfoAssist+ -IA/ID Unified Workflow -Plug-in Charting -ESRI Mapping -Demographic Layers -Auto Drill -Auto Link Portal -Shared Pages -Page Designer -Commenting/Blogging -Responsive Design v2 -Responsive Page Templates WebFOCUS Client -Redesign Admin Console WebFOCUS Server -Hadoop Phoenix Adapter -Hadoop Drill Adapter -ESRI Security Management -Managed Geographic Roles App Studio -ESRI HTML5 Viewer -Pixel Perfect Report Layout -Source Code Control -Maintain (in Repository) -Responsive Page Design -Responsive Design Templates 8

9 Addressing The Widest Spectrum of Users and Business Needs App Studio InfoAssist+ Portal/Page Designer Portal Runtime IT Developers Developer Build InfoApps Build Analyst Discovery Analyze Report Developer Create Content Reports, Charts Dashboards Page Designer Disseminate Information Manage pages regarding their domain Business User Consume content and analysis Analyze Create Assemble Consume IT BUSINESS 9

10 Key Themes See more: understand more Leverage the wisdom of crowds Navigate and relate disparate data We know what you want/need Analyze more 10

11 Introduction WebFOCUS Business User Edition 11

12 Introduction WebFOCUS Business User Edition Single-Click Install Getting Started Page Upload and Go Quick Links for Common functions Built-in Self Help Videos 12

13 Data Preparation 13

14 Automated Metadata Generation 8200 Feature No modeling required, unlike traditional BI competitors Modeling enhancements supported Metadata provides audit trail, not available from newer competitors Business User can over-ride any defaults Numeric fields identified as measures Date components and date hierarchies created Geographic fields recognized Hierarchies created based on similar field names

text, CSV flat files - Relational table created with uploaded data

15 Data Preparation 8201 Feature Recognition of Star Schemas Automatic detection for avoidance of: Chasm / Fan trap Upload Wizard Excel, text, CSV flat files - Relational table created with uploaded data Metadata Wizard One or more relational tables Pivot, Calculate, Transform Wrangle

16 Automation 8201 Feature Automatically generates intelligent metadata and output content instantly Connect to Data

Runs in-memory bypasses MapReduce Cloudera Hive Originally developed at MapR Uses ANSI SQL runs anywhere Supports other

17 Open source, distribution and DBMS vendors connectivity 81XX Feature Technology Comments Source Adapter Originally developed at Facebook Running on Tez for speed Apache Hive Developed at Cloudera Uses Hive Metadata, supports most HQL Runs in-memory bypasses MapReduce Cloudera Hive Originally developed at MapR Uses ANSI SQL runs anywhere Supports other data sources Apache Drill (8.2) Originally developed at Salesforce.com Only for HBase Puts the SQL back in NoSQL Apache Phoenix (8.2) 17

Processing split between Hadoop and SQL Server Greenplum MS SQL

18 DBMS Vendor External Table Capability 81XX Feature Technology Comments IB Adapter Data extracted from HDFS to MPP database Processing split between Hadoop and SQL Server Greenplum MS SQL Server IBM Big SQL DB2 ORACLE BigData SQL ORACLE Teradata Aster SQL-H Teradata 18

19 WebFOCUS Business User Edition - Demonstration Introducing Upload Wizard Content Generation 19

20 InfoAssist+ 20

InfoAssist+ 8200 Feature One tool to create: Reports Charts Documents

21 InfoAssist Feature One tool to create: Reports Charts Documents Visualizations (Data Discovery) Combines InfoAssist and InfoDiscovery

InfoAssist+ 8201 Feature Simplified workflow Time series animation Matrix

22 InfoAssist Feature Simplified workflow Time series animation Matrix Charts Extended attributes: Size, Color, etc. Tooltips Auto Drill Auto Link 22

23 InfoAssist+ - Mapping Multiple Basemap Styles Demographic Layers Population Density Median Income Level Dominant Tapestry Etc Feature Geographic Data Enrichment 23

24 InfoAssist+ - Mapping Demographic Layers 8200 Feature Geographic Data Enrichment Via Web Services tier 2 3 Only 24

25 InfoAssist+ - Parametrizing the Buckets 1 Chart to a 1000 Charts to an InfoApp 8200 Feature VS InfoApp 26

26 InfoAssist+ - Extensible Charting 8200 Feature Include D3 charts (and other JavaScript visualizations) from the Web Use our Legends, Tooltips, Selections, etc. Directly from within InfoAssist+ 27

27 WebFOCUS Business User Edition - Demonstration Introducing Chart Animation Chart Plug-ins Mapping w/ Layers 28

28 InfoAssist+ - Improved Navigation and Content Linking 29

29 InfoAssist+ - Auto-Linked Content Previous 6 months sales Forecast Known Recalls Current Inventory YTD Warranty Expense With one-click related content created by different users is automatically linked for easy navigation No Coding or Link definition required 30

30 InfoAssist+ - Auto link Advantage Branch Sales Branch Sales Branch Sales North South East West North South East West # of Sales Calls/Month Close Rate North South East # of Sales Calls/Month West Close Rate # $B Companies within 10 Mi. Local Jobless Rate etc. Day 1 Day 10 Day 30 31

31 InfoAssist+ - New Auto prompt 8201 Feature Quick, Run-time-Ready Filter Prompting for Business Users Mobile-Ready, Responsive Controls CSSTemplates for Styling Cascading Prompts for easy navigation 32

32 InfoAssist+ - New Auto prompt Edit Portal cumulative for filtering 1 or more screen objects Across a page or across all pages Filter Future 82XX Feature Global Filter Page Filter Object Filter AND Responsive cascading, auto prompt 33

33 WebFOCUS Business User Edition - Demonstration Introducing Auto Drill Auto Link Auto Prompt 34

34 Development 35

35 App Studio with Integrated Visualization 8201 Feature InfoDiscovery Self-Service Data Discovery for Business Analysts Integrated into App Studio as well for building robust InfoApps 36

36 App Studio Responsive Templates 8201 Feature InfoDiscovery Self-Service Data Discovery for Business Analysts Integrated into App Studio as well for building robust InfoApps 37

37 App Studio With Integrated Maintain 8201 Feature Build Data Collection Apps inside of App Studio Use them on desktops or tablets 38

38 App Studio Configurable ESRI HTML5 Viewer 8201 Feature Build robust Location Intelligence Applications in App Studio Leverage configurable ESRI HTML5 Viewer Multiple data layers, bi-directional interaction and more.. 39

39 App Studio - Rapid Development of GIS 8201 Feature VS Removing the Complexity 40

40 App Studio Extensible Controls Future 82XX Feature Plug-ins Here Add JQuery and other components from web sources 41

41 42 Demonstration App Studio Responsive Templates Filter Panels for Portal

42 New Portal 43

43 Enhanced Collaboration Shared Pages Simplifies shared analysis Ensure synchronization and content versioning Chat/Commenting Conversational Facility Allows interactive annotation to align analysis interpretation Responsive Features 8202 Feature 44

44 Portal Responsive Templates 8202 Feature 45

45 Security Differences Between the AE and EE Editions 8201 Feature Feature Application Edition Enterprise Edition Licensing Model User-based Core-based Public Access Allowed No Configurable Multiple Sign-Ins Per User Allowed No Configurable

46 Portal - Simple Lightweight Page (SLP) Viewer Complements Mobile Favorites/Faves Allows developers to organize mobile content into folders and publish a mobile URL to each folder. Users don t need to favorite the content Future 82XX Feature Menu button slides out a list of reports in the folder

47 Portal - Collaborative (v4) Portals Disabled by default in AE/EE Beta Program Customers will register through a program TBD An unpublished setting fully enables v4 and another can hide v3 Main Features of v4 over v3: Page Templates and thumbnail-based Add Page UI Page Designer Page Linking Commenting/Blog features Future 82XX Feature

48 49 Demonstration v4 Portal Page Templates Easy Selector Commenting Shared Pages

49 New Innovations 50

50 New Innovations Research Areas RStat embeds into InfoAssist+ New web-based UI for Rstat Predictive Analytics NotifyMe Business Use4r Alerting System Streaming Analytics Real-time data analytics Search, Voice and Personal Assistants Narrative BI 51

51 New Innovations - NotifyMe Business User Driven Alerting Create Alert When Expected Length of Stay = 807 Length of Stay = 2977 Total Payments = 3,779,468 Service = Cardiovascular DRG = CHF & Cardiac Find Outliers Track Them or Find Similar Customize Filters Determine Notification Method Determine Frequency Then NotifyMe via Check Text Phone Daily Weekly Monthly 52

52 New Innovations - NotifyMe Business User Driven Alerting Create Alert When Expected Length of Stay Total Payments Service DRG > Length Of Stay = ANY = ANY = ANY Find Outliers Track Them or Find Similar Customize Filters Determine Notification Method Determine Frequency Then NotifyMe via Check Text Phone Daily Weekly Monthly 53

53 Personal Assistant - Maggy Magnify Search Advanced with Voice (Maggy and OneBox) Magnify 2.0 Search Repository Find Content that references Revenue Voice Search from Computer, Tables or Phone OneBox will automatically run first hit with key word Show Me: Top Ten Report Search can be embedded in applications Type ahead text boxes to find likely items AppStudio Templates for building Search-based Applications 54

54 Personal Assistant - Maggy Magnify Search Advanced with Voice (Maggy and OneBox) Search: Plasma TV Search: Show Me Sales By Product 55

55 Questions and Answers 56

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