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    End users are the final consumers of “Business Intelligence” they are the ones that look for insights into the information that is provided and make strategic, tactical or operational decisions.Today end users use familiar tools like Microsoft Office Excel and Access to create their business models or reports and either make decisions themselves or share it out with others. This allows them to get solutions up and running quickly without any dependence on IT. The challenge with these traditional tools is that there is no accountability for where the data in their systems comes from and where the information goes. Not only is it a data quality issue, but one of compliance as well and is the reason why IT Pros within these organizations look to try and manage this information sprawl.IT on the other hand is used to managing their data and infrastructure in a secure, scalable and reliable way, but just cant keep up with the demands of the end users as every new request needs additional customization or the creation of new BI assets.Our vision for end user empowerment is about bringing the best of both worlds to the end user. End users should continue to rapidly create their business models and repots using the tools that they are familiar with while at the same time being able to work on information that is managed by IT, is secure and of high quality. All without having to directly call on IT to make it all happen. This is what we view as “Self Service BI”

    If SharePoint lists had a REST/Atom API, when Gemini is installed in the SharePoint farm we could add an Open Data Feed menu option that returned an .atomsvc file that points to the data service (the Open Data Feed menu option would be added by Gemini not part of WSS, because showing this option to users only makes sense if their organization has deployed Gemini in their SharePoint farm).

    For REST/Atom data services, the IT administrator can create data feed files that contain the URL of the data service. For the MDM example above to work, MDM (or preferably BDC) would have to implement a REST/Atom API.

    Data feed files stored in SharePoint document libraries can be returned as search results

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    Gemini Introduction - Presentation Transcript

    1. Gemini : Self-Service BI
      Lynn Langit
      http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal
    2. What's in a name…
      Gemini - Gemini (pronounced /ˈgɛmɪnaɪ/, Latin: twins, symbol ♊) is one of the constellations of the zodiac known as "the twins"
    3. The Corporate Twins
      Business Users
      IT
      United in a common goal but separated by a chasm of clashing roles and responsibilities
    4. BI Spectrum
      Empoweredand Managed
      IT
      Managed
      Secure
      Scalable
      Up to date
      Backed Up
      Self Service
      Easy to use
      On and Offline
      Collaborative
      Data
      Sources
      Data
      Marts
      BI andLOB Apps
      Portals and Dashboards
      IT Involvement in BI
      IT
      Unmanaged
      Spreadsheets and Desktop Apps
      End User Context for BI
      Personal(Empowered)
      Organizational(Aligned)
      Team(Connected)
      4
    5. Personal, Team, Organizational BI
      Data
      Sources
      Data
      Marts
      BI andLOB Apps
      Portals and Dashboards
      Spreadsheets and Desktop Apps
      Empowered
      Aligned
    6. The Challenge
      Data warehouses do not cover all data or all users
      New formal BI solutions need time and resources
      Diverse users have diverse data needs
      Bottleneck
      Ad-hoc requests stress I.T. capacity
      Power users bypass I.T. with unsanctioned sources
      Chaos
    7. Reign in the "Spreadmarts"
      • Excel is the IW tool of choice
      • Excel is a problem - “unmanageable”
      • Excel is sticky – users “can’t quit it”
      • Why not make Excel part of the solution?
      • Include Excel as part of a complete BI solution
      • Structured and manageable
      • Give IT insight into its usage
      • Provide IT with the technology to
      • Have insight and management
      • Provide clear value
      • Without being a bottleneck
      • Enable managed Self-Service
    8. Gemini: Uniting the Twins
      Re-draws the line between
      I.T. and end-user roles
      Empowered to create without IT dependence
      Managingcompliance and
      resources without user obstruction
    9. A Technology driven approach
      Adapt technology to the business user
      Remove friction and barriers to entry
      Transparent to the user
      Familiar tools and skills – the cornerstone of Gemini
      Nothing new to learn
      Full potential of existing technology investments
      Continue to work with familiar partners
      Everyone Plays their position
      Business Users don’t need to be technologists
      IT doesn’t need to understand business trivia
    10. Gemini technologies
    11. Self-service personas
    14. Radically cheap memory
    15. Exponentially increasing cores
    16. Interactive and scalable
    18. Managed collaboration for users
    19. Managed collaboration for I.T.
    20. SharePoint integration
      Analyses are documents
      Fully integrated with the SharePoint lifecycle
      Analysis Services integration enables refresh
      Excel Services integration enables publishing
      ArchitecturalFramework
      OtherServices
      SharePoint
      DocumentMetaphor
      Administration
      Collaboration
      Search
      Security
      Usage
    23. Data should be official, accessible and easy to use
      Users say …
    24. Data should be secure, reliable and low maintenance
      I.T. says …
    25. Data publishing
      should be as easy as
      RSS or Atom
      We say …
    26. Data feeds
      Data service
      REST/Atom
      WCF service syndication feeds
      Astoria
      Data feed file
      Atom service document (.atomsvc)
      Opens in Gemini client to import data
      Microsoft Internal Only
    27. Reports as Data Sources
      Microsoft Internal Only
    28. Sharepoint lists as Data Sources
    29. Feeds are published in Sharepoint
      Microsoft Internal Only
    30. Feed metadata is searchable
      Microsoft Internal Only
    31. Ms and 3rd party apps can publish feeds
      Microsoft Internal Only
    32. For More Information
      CTP - http://blogs.msdn.com/mtc/archive/2009/08/10/sql-server-2008-r2-august-ctp-availability.aspx
      http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/
      http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

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