Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
BI attention
Source: Gartner EXP (January 2006 - January 2010)
BI Market Consolidation
BI Adoption
27
73
TDWI Research
Using BI Not Using BI
9.5
90.5
BI Survey
Using BI Not using BI
Source: “Ease of Use and Interface Appeal in Business
Intelligence Tools”, BeyeNETWORK, March 2010
Source: “Report Debunks BI Usage Myth”, TDWI.com,
May 2009
“Field staff and front-line
workers rated ease of use as
most important, even above
data quality.
Middle managers rated ease
of use and data quality as
equally important.”
“Sites that reported that
software was too hard to use
again had the smallest
deployments."
OLAP Survey 9 – How products should be chosen
3.683.783.8
4.044.074.084.144.184.294.314.324.484.554.574.63
4.834.925.04
OtherCorporate standard
Bundled with another productProduct reputation
Chosen vendor did a better sales jobVendor relationship/reputationIntegrates with other products …
Low priceUser scalability
Availability of local supportWeb Architecture
Large data handling capacityFunctionality/product features
Range of server platforms supportedEase of use for end-users
Ease of use for application buildersProof of concept faster or better
Fast Performance
Business Benefit Index
Source: “BI Survey 9”, BARC, 2010
TDWI - Ease of Use impact
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Specific tool features (create …
Analytic power (rankings, time …
Fast query response time
Visual display of data with charts
Personalization with users …
Ability to combine data from …
Easy-To-Use BI Tools
Data quality
Not very important Important Very important Essential
How important are these factors for BI to support more users, more
decisions, and better impact business performance?
Source: “Ease of Use and Interface Appeal in Business Intelligence Tools”, BeyeNETWORK, March 2010
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer (DWE)
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
Report Writers
• Usually already available
• Hard to create report
– Not meant for end users
• Reports are static
– Copy to Excel
– Many reports created
Spreadsheets
• Available and used…
a lot
• Difficult to navigate
BI data
• Spreadmart threat
– Not auditable
– Not maintainable
– Error prone
BI Tools
• Should be easy to use
– Most are; for the end user
• Expensive
• Proprietary
– Specialized IT skills
– Data locked up
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
DataWarehouse Explorer
Most Easy to Use BI Tool Based on Microsoft
SQL Server
Analysis Services
Based on SSAS
• Rich BI platform
• Open
• Affordable
• Scalable
• Widely adopted standard
Most Easy to Use BI Tool
• No training required
– Familiar interface
– Options visual
– Drag an drop on tables
• Explain data
– Show descriptions
– Cube dictionary
DataWarehouse Explorer Components
1. DWE• Easy analysis of data
• Interactive tables
• Charts
• Maps
• KPIs• Create reports
• Analysis Starting Points
• Standard Reports
2. DWE Portal• Publish Reports
• Schedule reports
• Mobile & Web Access
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
Solution: Solution Architecture
ETLSources Cubes DWEData
Warehouse
SQL ServerAny DWESSASSSIS
Agenda
1. Business Intelligence & Ease Of Use
2. BI Products & Ease of Use
3. DataWarehouse Explorer
4. Demo
5. Architecture
6. CNS Company
• Dutch Company founded in 1994
• 15 years experience international DWH projects
• Dutch market leader in real estate sector
• Microsoft Gold Certified ISV Partner
Mission:
Deliver the most intuitive BI solution for market
Expand international partner & customer presence
CNS: History & Mission
EMEA:
– Netherlands
– UK
– Germany
– Austria
– Switzerland
– Italy
– Spain
– Sweden
– Israel
AMERICAS:
– Canada
– USA
– Mexico
– Costa Rica
– Guatemala
– Brazil
– Peru
– Venezuela
CNS: Providing global presence…
CNS: Active across all industries:
Maritime Services
Defense Export Services Organization
DataWarehouse Explorer
Most Easy to Use BI Tool
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