OBIEE On Cloud

Presented to: BIWA SIG

Oracle Business Intelligence on Cloud Computing

Robert JosephCEO, Step Ahead Solutions

© 2010 | Step Ahead Solutions, Inc. Do not distribute without prior permission.

Agenda

• Introduction

• What is Cloud Computing?

• Why BI on Cloud?

• OBIEE on Cloud

• Your Options for OBIEE on Cloud

• The Balancing Act!

• The Creative Decision Making

• Trade-offs

• Our offerings on Cloud Computing

• Demo

• Q & A

• Thanks

A clear understanding of how

one could leverage Cloud

Computing for OBIEE

Why OBIEE is the perfect

product for Cloud Computing?

How do I make the right

decisions?

Difference between reality and

perception when it comes to

OBIEE on Cloud

GOAL – Key Take Away


Introduction

Subject Matter Experts in OBIEE Technology & Applications+Six Sigma Black Belts+ Capability Maturity Management Integrated (CMMI) Experts+ Deliberate Creativity & Parallel Thinking – Dr. Edward de Bono Trainers+Green IT proponents= Step Ahead Solutions, Inc

Specialized in

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Technology FoundationOracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Applications – ERPOracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Applications - CRM

―People are now a days trapped in traditional philosophy with its emphasis on analysis and description.

They are also trapped in logic which is only a very small part of operational thinking‖ - Dr. Edward de Bono

13 week Challenge!


What is Cloud Computing?

• Cloud Computing is a term that defines the use of computing resources from the Internet. In cloud computing, software application is provided as a ‘service offering’ and hence the term SaaS (Software as a Service). Further the Cloud Computing service are characterized by

- Service on Demand

- Is elastic

- Is paid by usage

―Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination‖ – Oscar Wilde


What is Cloud Computing?

Challenges

• Security

• Performance

• Availability

• Integration with on premise apps

• Limited customization

Why is it attractive today?

Economics

No upfront costs

No operational costsFast, simple and secure - can be accessed from anywhere/anytime

Customer Needs

• Competitive pricing

• Performance guarantees

• Data Privacy

• On premise private cloud

• Prevent violation of governance policies

―Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action‖ - Benjamin Disraeli


Why Business Intelligence on Cloud?

• BI is an expensive proposition for any organization– BI demands high upfront costs

– Is expensive to maintain and support

• Lack of highly skilled people in BI

• All the big players are into it – IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, …

• BI now becomes available for small and medium business, no longer the domain of large enterprises

• BI technology is highly adaptable for Cloud Computing capabilities

• Complements the varying needs of the clients

• Can well be integrated with both on premise and cloud based BI solutions for the clients.

―The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination‖ - Albert Einstein


OBIEE on Cloud

• OBIEE Technology is perfectly adapted for Cloud Computing– Greatly simplified architecture resulting in three services namely the

Oracle BI Server or SAS Server service, Oracle Presentation Server or SAW Server service, and Java Web host service. One optional Oracle Scheduler Service.

– One binary file that contains the meta data of the BI application.

– One reporting directory structure, namely the web catalog

• First truly Enterprise Class Server product from ground up

• First BI technology platform that comes along with the complete suite of Application Analytics for Oracle ERP and CRM as well as any custom BI application development on non Oracle platform as well.

―It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that,

you'll do things differently‖ - Warren Buffett


OBIEE on Cloud

Oracle BI Suite EE

Ad-hoc Analysis

ProactiveDetectionand Alerts

MS OfficePlug-in

Reporting & Publishing

Interactive Dashboards

DisconnectedAnalytics

WebServices

Oracle BI Applications

Sales

Service &

Contact

Center

Marketing

Order

Management

& Fulfillment

Supply

ChainFinancials

Human

Resources

PackagedETL Maps

UniversalAdapters

IVR, ACD, CTIHyperionMS ExcelOther Data Sources

BAW Schema

―Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be‖ - Kahlil Gibran

http://www.sap.com/index.asp

http://www.siebel.com/

http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/public_index.jsp


OBIEE on Cloud

―Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be‖ - Kahlil Gibran

• No Server Side Caching, no shared cache• Simple changes to queries like group,

ungroup, add columns, re-query the DB• If you drag 20 attributes, 20 queries of

the DB• Multiple SQL Statements for repeated

actions within a query, such as adding items to an LOV

• Resource Intensive, Need More Hardware to Perform

• Cognos 8 is not aggregate aware- it relies on the DB optimizer

• Cognos 8 can’t do time based aggregations / Query Fragmentation such as last period, first period – must do in a cube

• Cannot easily join data from 2 DBs• PowerPlay - limited cube capacity, static,

data duplication, proprietary• ReportNet against PowerPlay performance

isssues due to translation layer• Analysis Studio performance issues

Business Objects Cognos 8


Recap !!!

Let us briefly recap what we have discussed so far.

We looked at what cloud computing really is?

We further discussed why BI on cloud makes sense?

Then we explored why OBIEE is a perfect product for cloud computing

In the process we also presented some key challenges that you might

experience based on your needs

And we kind of overlaid in context of what successful and famous people

had to say to help us at least think in a different way.

Let us now introduce a bit of creativity and get on to the next segment that is

built upon what we discussed till now.


Mind Mapping ‘Challenges’

―Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a

different way‖. – Dr. Edward de Bono


Key Challenges

―Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if

you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The

mind can only see what it is prepared to see‖. Edward de Bono


OBIEE on Cloud

―Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked

at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer

exists.‖ Edward de Bono


OBIEE on Cloud

―Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge‖. Kahlil Gibran

AWS

1. Set up Cloud

a/c

2. Build App using

shared

components

3. Set up policies

and SLAs

4. App users gain

access

5. Scale up or

down based on

need

6. Charge back

based on usage


OBIEE Presentation Stack - AWS



OBIEE Application Stack - AWS



OBIEE DB/DW Stack - AWS


Storage is pooled across all

databases

Storage capacity is shared

Heavily loaded databases

draw from shared disks

Storage no longer a

bottleneckHigh Memory Instances:

Option 1: 17.1 GB physical memory, 6

virtual core processor, 420 GB local

disk space and 64 bit platform





virtual core processor, 1690GB local


High CPU Instances:




Option 2: 7 GB physical memory, 20




The Creative Decision Making

―The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting,

self-cleansing. Not so with technology. ‖ ~E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, 1973


Your Options for OBIEE on Cloud

• Cloud centric OBIEE infrastructure– Multi-tenant subscription model

– Single tenant subscription model

– On Premise private cloud model

• Co-existence with on Premise BI solutions– On Demand CRM analytics with on premise CRM Analytics

– Custom analytics application with on premise custom or out of the box customized analytics application

– Out of the box analytics applications with on premise OBIEE technology deployment

• Elastic capability of Cloud Computing is not an option for now

• Pay by usage is also not an option for now

―We must become the change we want to see‖. ~Mahatma Gandhi


The Balancing Act!

• Map your BI needs to the options available for OBIEE on Cloud

• Do a trade-off analysis on various scenarios

• Work with the BI Cloud Computing service company that can fulfill your needs

Priorities

• Lower cost of BI acquisition

• Deliver quality BI to business

• Generate measurable value to

your organization

Challenges

• Security and Governance

• Lack of skilled BI resources

• Ability to meet the SLAs

"Remember that life's a great balancing act...‖— Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)


The Balancing Act!

Gartner predicts that by 2012, more

than 35% of global 5000 companies

will regularly fail to make critical

decisions because they don't have

access to timely information and the

analysis to do so.

By 2010, 20% of organizations will

have an industry-specific analytic

application delivered via software

as a service (SaaS) as a standard

component of their business

intelligence portfolio.

By 2012, business units will control

at least 40 per cent of the total

budget for BI

Predictions Options

Facts: BI Implementation rate and BI user acceptance is very low.Source: Aberdeen Research, Gartner and Forrester Research

―The mind is everything; what you think, you become”. Gautama Buddha


The Trade Offs

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.‖

— J. K. Rowling


Our Offerings on Cloud - elearning

―A man can learn only two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter

people‖. - Will Rogers


Our Offerings on Cloud

"The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.‖ -Peter Drucker


Our Offerings on Cloud - Demo

―Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think

anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.‖ -Bill Gates

http://174.129.209.10:9704/analytics


Wrap-up

In our second segment, we introduced creativity and looked at some

creative approaches to solving common challenges that we face today.

Then, we looked at leveraging key BI capabilities through Cloud

Computing and discussed various options that you might have.

Then we did a balancing act of priorities, challenges, predictions and

options setting the stage for a Trade-Off Analysis of OBIEE on Cloud.

We then showed you what we offer in Cloud Computing and then took you

through a brief demo.

I hope I was able to present why OBIEE on Cloud, difference between

reality and perception when it comes to OBIEE and how we could best

leverage Cloud computing to the best of our advantage.


Q & A

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―Enjoy Change!Savor The Adventure And

Enjoy The Taste of New

Cheese‖ ~ Spencer

Johnson, Who Moved My

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