4 Tools That Change Business Intelligence

PushBI and Personalized Business Intelligence
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Presented by: Bryan Colyer- Business Development Manager
Extended Results, Inc.

About Extended Results, Inc.
Business Intelligence Services and Tools Company based in Redmond, Washington
Microsoft Gold Certified Business Partner
Focused on helping customers maximize their return on investments made in BI Architecture and Software
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Business Intelligence – Promises and Problems
Significant investments made with little or no recognizable ROI
Lengthy implementation
Expensive tools
Training costs
Low adoption rate
Tools are difficult to learn/use
Too much information
Not designed with the end user in mind
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Business Intelligence Across the Organization
Different responsibilities – Different needs
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BI Investments
made here
5%
25%
5%
65%

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Needs:

Instant access
Mobility
Simple
Actionable

CxO Solution - PushBI
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PushBI
KPI’s are “pushed” to your mobile
Monitor your business anytime, anywhere
Only the information that you care about

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Needs:

Ad Hoc Capabilities
Summary data
Easy to use
Relevant
Spend an average of 2 hours/day looking for information
Over half the information they find has no value to them

Business Manager Solution – Silverlight BI
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Silverlight BI
Drag and drop to arrange analytics
User can create/save their own custom dashboard
No training required to use report explorer

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Needs:

Analytical tools
Access to details
Excel interface
Collaborative

Analyst/Power User Solution – Extended Excel
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Extended Excel
1-click access to templates stored in SharePoint portal
No time wasted looking for reports/information
Ensure that there’s one version of the truth
Stop emailing confidential company information

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Needs:

Simple
Relevant
Mobile

Casual User Solution – PushBI Desktop
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PushBI Desktop
Monitor your business without having to open an application window
Only the information that you care about
Drill down into charts/reports for more detail

Personalized Business Intelligence
Value Summary
Leveraging your investment in existing tools/infrastructure
Increased BI adoption rate – tools are easy to use/information is relevant
Increased adoption rate = Greater ROI
Less demand on IT to provide access, custom reports, etc.
More timely access to business data, by more users equals a more responsive and pro-active company.
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Improved Business Performance
Maximize Return on Investment!!

Resources & Contacts
Download PushBI Demos
PushBI Desktop Gadget - http://www.pushbi.com/pushbi.demo.desktop.zip
PushBI Mobile:
Windows Mobile PocketPC or Touch Screenshttp://www.pushbi.com/pushbi.winmobile.cab
Windows Mobile Smartphone or Non-Touch Screen
http://www.pushbi.com/pushbi.winmobilesmart.cab
Contact
Bryan Colyer425.242.1955
Business Development Manager bryan@extendedresults.com
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