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Better decision making with collaboration solution

Simon NgSenior IT SpecialistIBM, Business Analytic

Adaptability Delivers Competitive Edge

• Change business model

• Align resources quickly

• Capitalize on new opportunities

Insight to make smart decisions and take action

InformationInformation-driven and accountable culture through Dashboards and Reports

InsightEarly identification of opportunities and issues through Analysis

ActionAlign resources with decisions through Planning

Warehouses (Relational & OLAP)

Transaction Systems

Flat, Legacy or Modern

ExternalSources

How are we doing? Why?What should we be doing?

Many Organizations are wasting valuable talent

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How are we doing? Why?What should we be doing?

Scorecarding& Dashboarding

Reporting& Analysis

Planning, Budgeting& Forecasting

Warehouses (Relational & OLAP)

Transaction Systems

Flat, Legacy or Modern

ExternalSources

Single View of DataSingle View of Data

REPORTING & DASHBOARDING ANALYSIS EVENT MANAGEMENT SCORECARDING

Access to Any Data Source• All capabilities against any combination of data sources (OLAP or relational);

removes barriers to usage• Hides complexity from users and ensures consistency, integrity and accuracy

of information

ETL Tools – Data Mart Building

Data Assets

Flat-file Data

Relational Data

ERP Data

Data Staging AreaAdhoc Query

Notification

Analysis

Managed Reporting

Score Carding

BI D

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Data Manager

Finance

Sales

Human Resources

Conformed Data Marts

Management

Aggregation

Transformation

Integration

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Broad Range of BI CapabilitiesReporting

Provides full breadth of report typesDelivers consistent information across all types of report outputCan be personalized and targetedEnables collaboration across users, communities and with ITProvides access via email, portal, MS-Office, search and mobile devices etc

Analysis

Provides guided exploration across multiple dimensions of informationPerforms complex analysis and scenario modeling easily and quickly Gets to the “why” behind trends to reveal symptoms and causesMoves from summary level to detail levels of information effortlessly

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Broad Range of BI CapabilitiesDashboards

Provides at-a-glance, high impact views of complex information

Helps quick focus on issues that need attention and action

Are highly visual and intuitive

Combines information across disparate sources

Scorecards

Provides instant measurement relative to targets and benchmarks

Aligns decisions and tactics with strategic initiatives

Supports scorecarding methodologies

Ensures ownership and accountability

Where would you like to use your BI?

…within BPM solutions?

…as a gadget on the desktop?

…with other visualizations?

…within other applications?

IBM Cognos 8 Mashup Service provides new ways IBM Cognos 8 Mashup Service provides new ways to extend BIto extend BI

IBM Cognos 8 MashupService

Mashup:Mashup:A lightweight web application A lightweight web application

created by combining created by combining existing information or existing information or

capabilities from more than capabilities from more than one existing sourceone existing source

But what is a Mashup?But what is a Mashup?

When Lotus meets Cognos

Thank You