Business Intelligence

Sudhir Rawat
Microsoft

The Problem
Most Companies have plenty of data
-But not always the right data

Data is not information

Data is often spread across heterogeneous systems and is not consistent across those systems

Business Intelligence?
Business Intelligence (BI) is the process of turning data into information so businesses can make better decisions faster

The process often involves consolidating data from different data sources and using tools to view the consolidated data Sometimes referred to as Decision Support Systems or Executive Information Systems

SQL Server 2008 BI Platform

Integrate

Analyze

Report

Data acquisition from source systems and integration Data transformation and synthesis

Data enrichment, with business logic, hierarchical views Data discovery via data mining

Data presentation and distribution Data access for the masses

DELIVERY

SharePoint Server
Reports Excel Dashboards Workbooks Analytic Views Scorecards Plans

END USER TOOLS & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPS

Excel

PerformancePoint Server
BI PLATFORM

SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server DBMS

SQL Server Integration Services

Oracle

SAP

Siebel

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