Are you drowning in the flood of data your company is generating or riding the wave of information it provides?
Fact: 90% of all data in the world has been generated over the past 2 years. Businesses are generating more data than ever before and without the proper plan and architecture much of this data may a liability when it could be a HUGE advantage.
You might have heard how Big Data and the Cloud can simplify the BIG business decisions by using your data, but what you might not know is that using those technologies can be as simple as Excel and you don't have to start over. We'll even show you how you can use your current BI solution and augment it with Office 365 and SharePoint Online.
Join for an online presentation and demonstrations during which you will learn:
- How to use the flood of data to your advantage using self-service analytic tools that empower your people to turn data into information
- How to capitalize on your existing infrastructure and data investments by building a hybrid Business Intelligence solution
- Why you might consider moving some components of your current BI solution to the Cloud
- How to provide your people with access your current BI solution from anywhere
4. Aptera Inc.
presenting the presenters
• 35 Year IT
veteran
• Multiple MS
and ITIL Certs
• Aptera’s Cloud
Architect
• 14 Years at
Microsoft
• Frequent
speaker and
evangelist for
cloud strategy
Mark Gordon
• 14 Year BI
Veteran
• Multiple MS
Certs
• Aptera’s BI
Practice Leader
• Data
Governance
Evangelist
Aaron Crouch
• Information
Architecture/Strategy
• UX/Adoption
• 12 Yr. SP Vet
• Business Focus
• Planning Pusher
• MCITP
• MCSA
• MCSE
• V-TSP
Scott Walsh
8. it depends on
the data
It depends on
the usage
on premises in the cloud hybrid
To capitalize on data, it must be stored
… securely
9. Spoiler:
Your users
don’t care!
Where should
the information
live?
Data?
Documents?
List Data?
User Profile?
What is
Information?
What is the
question?
What is the
story?
Keeping it under your roof
a fully on-premises approach
10. keep your
data store on
premises
share only
what you
want in the
cloud
Blurring the line between both worlds
on-premises data meets cloud functionality
power pivot
data model
data
management
gateway
refresh on a
schedule or
on the fly
11. Grow
• Storage
• Reach
• Capacity
Hybrid
• Management
• Network
• Storage
Storage Infrastructure SQL as a Service
Taking advantage of the cloud
using Azure and Office 365
13. Aptera Inc.
want to talk more?
Phone:
(260) 969-1410
On the Web:
www.apterainc.com
blog.apterainc.com
Email:
webinars@apterainc.com
Follow us on Twitter:
twitter.com/apterasoftware
Editor's Notes
Crouch will take point here
Thanks for coming to our webinar
If you’ve been to one before, thanks for coming back again
If you’re new, thank you for spending some time with us
More and more data in the world, in our companies
Good stuff in there!
Only if we can make it usable, though.
Let’s start by introducing ourselves and a little bit about who Aptera is… I know I know… it’ll be short
Crouch
Why the are we talking about this?
Story about changing “Dealing with” to “Capitalizing on”
Google
Youtube
Instagram
Google
Youtube
Instagram
Not saying that THESE things are meaningful to you, but…
Storage footprint for ERP or MRP system from 15 years ago vs today (CRM, Financial)
Meaning of Big Data today vs. Big Data from 15 years ago
Conversation between all 3 of us
What is information?
Our focus should be on the decision a user needs to make.
Is it data?
Is it documents?
Is it list data?
Is it user profile data?
Yes to all
How do we evaluate data?
What is the real value of the information?
What the format of the information?
What security should be applied to the information?
What is the lifespan of the information (how long is it valid or useful)?
Who is responsible for creating/maintaining the information?
Who will be consuming the information?
What we should be asking, is: What is the question or story that the user needs to see?
So, where should this information live?
On premises, in the cloud?
SharePoint?
Warehouse/Cube/MDM
This question is about corporate strategy, security, availability, etc.
Spoiler!
Your users don’t care
They think they care, but they don’t!
They think they know, but they don’t!
Don’t get in this discussion!
Demo next
What if you want/need the best of both worlds?
Keep your data store(s) on premise
Continue capitalize on your existing infrastructure
Share only the data you want in the cloud
Utilize all of the bells and whistles the cloud offers
Hearken back to Walsh’s statement about users not caring where the data lives
You don’t have to put it ALL in the cloud
Only put the data that you’re comfortable in the cloud
Power Pivot Data Model
Think of a data model as a portable basket for your data in Excel (doesn’t mean that Excel is the end point)
File system
SharePoint
Email
The data can be further manipulated with the model, too.
The data is IN the model, now, no longer in the data source from which it originated
Can “play” with the data without incurring resource contention on the source system
Data Management Gateway
Moves on prem data to cloud
Only the data you want/need
2 components
Server side on-prem
Power BI in O365
If you don’t need the data refreshed, you don’t need the Data Management Gate way, but if you do…
Drop the DEMO bomb… boom!