What are the issues involved in building and deploying a business intelligence (BI) portal?
Is there an example of how the BI portal is helping a company streamline its processes?
How is the implementation of a BI portal defined and described?
How does BI help organizations seeking competitive advantage from data gathered?
How is extract, transform and load (ETL) technology used?
What are the requirements and processes involved in information delivery?
What security and benefits should a BI portal deliver –- and what are its limits?
Is there an outline of the roles and responsibilities of the BI portal development team?
What are the pitfalls and problems associated with building a BI portal?
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Steve Illingworth, senior director, Business Intelligence Products at Oracle Corporation, examines the issues involved in building and deploying a business intelligence (BI) portal. The program also includes interviews with industry expert Matt Rhodes, team leader for Advanced Technologies at Henkel Consumer Adhesives in Avon, Ohio, who explains how the BI portal is helping Henkel streamline its processes. Illingworth begins the presentation by defining and describing the implementation of a BI portal. He explains that building BI systems is a high-growth industry because data volumes are growing, and organizations are seeking competitive advantage from the data they have gathered. Illingworth examines BI portal goals; describes how extract, transform and load (ETL) technology is used to introduce information into a database; and discusses database functionality. Next, he explores the requirements and processes involved in information delivery. Then, Illingworth describes what the BI portal should deliver - for example, security and benefits - and details its limits. Finally, he outlines the roles and responsibilities of the BI portal development team, from librarian to metadata architect.
Viewers of this program will:
~ Understand the advantages and disadvantages of various BI portal solutions;
~ Learn the pitfalls and problems associated with building a BI portal;
~ Be able to identify the essential components of a BI portal; and
~ Know how to save time and money when building an organization’s BI portal by aligning users’ needs with the development process.
Viewers of the CD and online versions of the program have access to white papers that include: 'Business Intelligence and the Enterprise Portal'; 'Business Intelligence: Components of an Optimal BI / Ad Hoc Query Environment'; 'Business Intelligence: Differences Between Web and Non-Web Applications'; 'The Power of Portals'; and 'Enterprise Information Portals: Meeting the Needs of Technology and Business.' Web links include: 'Fifteen Rules for Enterprise Portals'; 'Bringing Business Intelligence to the Portal'; 'Enterprise Portals: A New Business Intelligence Paradigm'; 'The Outside-In Portal'; 'The Oracle Way: The Whole-Problem Situation'; 'Intelligent Solutions: The Good, the Quick and the Easy'; 'Enterprise Portal Development'; 'The Problem With Unstructured Data'; 'Deploying the Next-Generation Enterprise Portal'; 'Portal Power'; and 'Scoping Out Portals.'
PROGRAM TOPICS:
INTRODUCTION
AGENDA
PROGRAM ROI
ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE FEATURED IN THIS PROGRAM
DEFINITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A BI PORTAL
Integration of Components Into a BI Portal Solution
BI Portal Integration Issues
IT Infrastructure Integrated BI Portal Problem: Protracted and Complex Implementation
IT Infrastructure Integrated BI Portal Problem: Escalating Maintenance Costs
IT Infrastructure Integrated BI Portal Problem: Poor and Incomplete BI Solution
Finding Commonalities Among Unintegrated BI Solutions
BI Portal Functionality
BI Portal Integration
Matt Rhoades: Henkel's BI Portal Solution
Matt Rhoades: Henkel's BI Portal – Maintaining and Disseminating Information
Matt Rhoades: Henkel's BI Portal – Oracle Drives Interoperability
GOALS OF BI PORTALS
Four Steps for Implementation Into the BI Portal
BI Portal Step One: Get Data Into the Database Quickly and Easily – ETL
BI Portal Step One: Data Input – ETL Technology: Database Support
BI Portal Step One: Data Input – ETL Technology: Metadata Creation
BI Portal Step One: Data Input – ETL Technology: Cube Creation
BI Portal Step One: Data Input – ETL Technology: Admin and Security
BI Portal Step One: Data Input – ETL Technology: Current Components
BI Portal Step Two: Data Location – Ad Hoc Query Analysis
BI Portal Step Two: Data Location – Query and Analysis Technology Support
BI Portal Step Two: Data Location – Reporting Technologies
BI Portal Step Two: Data Location – UI Look and Feel: Integrated Management
BI Portal Step Three: Communicate Findings Quickly, Easily, Widely
BI Portal Step Four: Integrate Into the Overall Solution – Development Environment
BI Portal Step Four: Integrate Into the Overall Solution – Performance Features and Goals
Matt Rhoades: Java Development and BI Portal Solutions
Java Development and BI Portal Solution: Complete Scope and Integration
DELIVERY OF INFORMATION VIA THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PORTAL
BI Portal Information Delivery: Technology Requirements
BI Portal Information Delivery: Open Portlet Architecture
BI Portal Information Delivery: Simple Access to Relevant Information
BI Portal Information Delivery: Self-Service Publishing Within a BI Portal
BI Portal Information Delivery: Staying Up to Date to Ensure Availability
WHAT SHOULD A BI PORTAL DELIVER?
BI Portal Ingredients: Common BI Documents
BI Portal Ingredients: Common Security Server
BI Portal Ingredients: Aggregation Engines
BI Portal Ingredients: Pluggable Architecture for Services
BI Portal Ingredients: Common Administration Service
Benefits and Limitations of a BI Portal
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A BI PORTAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
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