BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE + SHAREPOINT
John Robson
Manager, The Consulting Team
Provoke Solutions
jr@provoke.co.nz

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Hierarchical Manual Data Application
Flat Data Database Disk
Data Entry Extract
Data Integration Layer/Process
Data Warehouse
Data Extraction Layer/Process
Online Analytics
Data Mart Data Mining Reporting
(OLAP)
Source: Based on a Microsoft Sponsored White Paper | Technical Evolution of Business Intelligence | Knowledge Integrity, Inc

Moving from a
Hierarchical Model

To a Collaborative
Model

THE THREE LEGACY ISSUES
Noise
Fit for Purpose
Access & Visibility

THE DEFINITION
THE ANTI-ISSUES
Business
Intelligence is
Clean Data having clean,
filtered data which
is easily accessed,
and is presented in
Partitioned Data
real time.
Meeting these
requirements leads
Dynamic Analytics
to knowledge and
wisdom.

According to Gartner research, Business
Intelligence is the number one priority
for CIOs to deliver on in 2008.
“Gartner Press Release, Business Intelligence Remains CIOs' Top
Technology Priority in Asia Pacific”

Business Intelligence (BI) is the number one technology
priority three years in a row for CIOs.
How is BI on the top of the list given this list includes security,
SOA and, virtualization?
All of the 10 business priorities depend on a business having a
functional and usable BI infrastructure.

Top 10 Business Priorities Top 10 Technology Priorities
1 Business process improvement 1 BI applications
2 Attracting and retaining new customers 2 Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, and others)
3 Creating new products and services (innovation) 3 Servers and storage technologies
Legacy modernization, upgrade, or
4 Expanding into new markets or geographies 4
enhancement
5 Reducing enterprise costs 5 Technical infrastructure
6 Improving enterprise workforce effectiveness 6 Security technologies
7 Expanding current customer relationships 7 Networking, voice, and data
8 Increasing the use of information and analytics 8 Collaboration technologies
Targeting customers and markets more
9 9 Document management
effectively
Acquiring new companies and capabilities Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and
10 10
(mergers and acquisitions) Service-Oriented Business Applications (SOBA)
Source: Gartner EXP (January 2008) | Market Trends & Business Drivers

Improving organisations by
providing business insights to all
employees leading to better, faster,
more relevant decisions.
 Complete and integrated BI and
Performance Management
offering
 Widespread delivery of
intelligence through Microsoft
Office
 Enterprise
Source: Microsoft Corporation | The Business Intelligence Platform

1. Connecting People 6. Integration to Office
2. Empower Employees 7. Entire Organisation
3. Simplify Collaboration 8. Training Needs
4. Analyse & Gain Insight 9. Analysis & Reporting
5. Improve Alignment 10. Enterprise Grade
Source: Microsoft Business Intelligence Top 10 Benefits | http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101655091033.aspx

CEO
Operations Marketing
“I need to know that the
“I need better visibility people in my organisation “I need better visibility into
into my cost of operations have the right goals in place our pipeline performance
so I can target specific to understand and execute so I can focus on deals that
cost reduction on the strategic initiatives help me grow business with
opportunities that won’t of the company.” my most profitable
have a negative impact.” customers.”
Sales Development
CFO
“I need to have the right “I need to improve our “I need better access to
demographic information analytics capabilities so we information to make better
so I can better target my can understand our current decisions on cross-sell and
opportunity prospecting.” business performance and up-sell opportunities.”
do a better job of planning
for the future.”
Source: “Creating the Office of Strategy Management” by Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton, Harvard Business School

THE THREE LEGACY ISSUES
Noise
Fit for Purpose
Better Insight & Visibility
at Every Level
Access & Visibility

Too Hard
Business Intelligence Roadmap
Data Security SharePoint Server 2007
Enterprise CAL & SA
Time Pressures PerformancePoint Server
augments BI capabilities of
SharePoint
Costs
Interactive Dashboards &
Scorecard Solutions
Complexity

Too Hard
Data Security
Time Pressures
Costs
Complexity

Data Warehouse Data | Knowledge| Wisdom
Three Problems Noise | Purpose | Available
Defined BI Clean | Filtered | Accessible
Microsoft Position BI Roadmap | Gartner
SharePoint Excuses | Solution

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