BI Is For the Business
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BI is for the BusinessLunch PresentationCode Mastery Minneapolis – BI Track
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Chuck WhittemoreMagenic Lead Business [email protected]
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Impressive Array of Technical TopicsBusiness Intelligence Track Windows 8 Development Track
Using SSRS Reports with SSAS Cubes Introduction to the WinRT API
BI with xVelocity In-Memory Analytics Data Access and Asynchronous Programming for Windows Store Apps
Enabling and Managing the BI Stack in SharePoint 2010 Implementing Windows 8 Design Principles
Data Mining with the Tools You Already Have Game Development in Win8
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That’s great, but…• Your business customers really don’t care• They pay attention to their pressing business challenges• They have an insatiable appetite for answers• They’ve grown impatient waiting for solutions
Business Challenges
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Data Nebula
Data Collaboration
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Device to discover hidden insight…
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Business IntelligenceBI Characteristics• Discovered insight• Strategic innovation• Tactical implementation
Successful business intelligence solutions enable users to continually discover patterns in their data that are difficult and expensive to find without BI
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BI Toolset
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BI Client ToolsExcel
The ubiquitous and familiar data analysis tool has evolved to become the de facto BI interface
PowerPivotEnables users to build relationships between different data sources, publish PowerPivot workbooks to SharePoint, and be utilized by other BI tools such as Power View for enriched analysis
Power ViewProvides business users with an interactive data exploration, visualization, and presentation experience
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So, what’s in BI for Business?
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BI Usage
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Bottom Line• Answers business questions in a timely, accurate and cost
effective manner
• Bridges business strategy with daily activities in innovative and unprecedented ways
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But that’s not the whole story, is it?• The rest of the story is about YOU• Learn and master BI tools and capabilities• Understand your company/client’s business• Take on the challenge to solve difficult problems• Embrace the ability for business users to answer their own questions• Leverage the power of partnership
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Thanks for your attention!
More information can be found in The Business Side of SQL Server 2012 blog: http://magenic.com/Blog/TheBusinessSideofSQLServer2012.aspx
I can be contacted at [email protected]