Prerequisite: This course assumes knowledge of DW fundamentals and basic BI concepts.
As the face for the data warehouse, the BI tool is the most important component to business users. Select a great tool that facilitates insights, and users will embrace business intelligence. Fail to manage your BI tool portfolio, and you will waste money on shelfware, frustrate users, and never achieve a single version of the truth.
Understanding strategic and functional differences between solutions from "Big 4" and BI pure plays is critical to developing a successful BI tool strategy. The morning session will highlight recent events and what it means for BI buyers, provide a methodology for making better BI investments, and review major components and features of a BI platform. Specific product examples are interwoven for illustrative purposes.
This session addresses how to maximize scripted demos as part of your selection process. With a one-of-kind BI bake off, three leading BI vendors participate in carefully scripted demos so you can see the tools in action and compare how they fulfill critical criteria. Vendors use a consistent sample data set so you get a true side-by-side comparison.
You Will Learn
- An overview of the business intelligence market and vendors’ positions
- A framework for evaluating business intelligence vendors and suites
- Functional differences between leading BI suites
- How three leading vendors fulfill key criteria (through carefully scripted demos)
Geared To
- Project sponsors and BI directors; business analysts; BI application owners