1. Peeking
through the
Data Window
Justin Singer, Director of Platform Solutions
Rand Group
www.randgrp.com
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2. Agenda
Welcome
TRG Services
Scenarios
Business Intelligence
Getting Value from BI
Demonstration
Q&A
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3. Services Offered
• Construction • Sales
• Manufacturing • Marketing
• HR • Integration
• Reporting and
Compliance
ERP CRM
• CMS • SharePoint
• Portals Web IW • BI
• User • Integration
Experience
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4. SCENARIOS
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5. “If HP knew what HP knows, we would be
three times as profitable.”
Lew Platt
Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
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6. Scenario 1: Oil & Gas Value
If somebody said “do you realize you are losing 50
million a year”, that would suddenly become the top
of their radar screen.
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7. Scenario 2: Innovation
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8. Scenario 2: Innovation
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9. BI BACKGROUND
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10. What is BI?
The ability for an
organization to take all its
capabilities and convert
them into knowledge.
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11. Data Usage
Organizations effectively utilize less than 5% of
their available data.
- Forester
If two companies use data with the same
effectiveness but one handles 15% and
the other 5% of available data, who
wins?
- Leadership Council for Information Advantage
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12. For what?
Desire to optimize business operations
Desire to predict promising new business opps
Desire to identify risk
Need to stay in compliance with reg. requirements
- Information Week BI Trends, 2012
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13. So what? Top Applications
Advanced Analytics (Predictives / Stat. analysis)
Exception Management
Advanced data visualization capabilities
Embedded BI
This has stayed consistent from 2011 – 2012
- Information Week BI Trends, 2012
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14. Challenge 1: Information Overload
Volume of electronic records is
“increasing rapidly” for 70% of
organizations with none
indicating a decrease in volume
› AIIM Report, 2009
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15. Challenge 2: Information Disbursed
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16. Challenge 3: Data Management
An asset team generating $100M of value a year derives $25M -
$33M of value from data.
- Schlumberger + CDA. Value of Data Management 2010
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17. Challenge 3:Tools and Techniques
What tools do I
use?
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18. Create Single Version of the Truth
Problem: Each renegade mart, which is typically a SQL or
Microsoft Access database running on an analyst’s desktop,
costs eBay about $500,000 a year and undermines the single
version of truth.
Solution: Consolidate data warehouses and make it easy for
users to access.
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19. Consolidate Information Presentation
- Have all the information needed to make a decision in one
place
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20. Design Apps for Embedded Insights
Include analytics directly within the application
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21. SHAREPOINT 2010 DEMO
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22. In Summary…
Problem: Data is growing and getting harder to fully leverage
Opportunity: Find new opportunities, reduce error and trim
costs by leveraging data
Solution: SharePoint 2010 provides a powerful foundation
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23. QUESTIONS?
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24. Justin Singer
Director of Platform
Solutions
The Rand Group
(832) 722-4636
jsinger@randgrp.com
www.randgrp.com
Thank You for your investment of time
© 2013 Rand Group, LLC.