Book description
Open Source BI solutions have many advantages over traditional proprietary software, from offering lower initial costs to more flexible support and integration options; but, until now, there has been no comprehensive guide to the complete offerings of the OS BI market. Writing for IT managers and business analysts without bias toward any BI suite, industry insider Lyndsay Wise covers the benefits and challenges of all available open source BI systems and tools, enabling readers to identify the solutions and technologies that best meet their business needs. Wise compares and contrasts types of OS BI and proprietary tools on the market, including Pentaho, Jaspersoft, RapidMiner, SpagoBI, BIRT, and many more. Real-world case studies and project templates clarify the steps involved in implementing open source BI, saving new users the time and trouble of developing their own solutions from scratch. For business managers who are hard pressed to indentify the best BI solutions and software for their companies, this book provides a practical guide to evaluating the ROI of open source versus traditional BI deployments.
- The only book to provide complete coverage of all open source BI systems and tools specifically for business managers, without bias toward any OS BI suite
- A practical, step-by-step guide to implementing OS BI solutions that maximize ROI
- Comprehensive coverage of all open source systems and tools, including architectures, data integration, support, optimization, data mining, data warehousing, and interoperability
- Case studies and project templates enable readers to evaluate the benefits and tradeoffs of all OS BI options without having to spend time developing their own solutions from scratch
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- SECTION 1: Introduction and market overview
- SECTION 2: A deeper look at OSBI
- SECTION 3: BI strategies for success – tying in OS adoption with BI success
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SECTION 4: Justifying OSBI projects
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Chapter 10. Selling an OSBI project to the business
- A closer look at ways of selling OSBI
- Community OSBI adoption
- Commercial after community
- Commercial for the first time
- New to BI
- BI expansion
- Rip and replace
- Embedded applications
- Sorting out the different models and what it means to business units
- Why sell to the business
- Selling framework
- The bottom line for OSBI adoption in organizations
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Chapter 11. Evaluating ROI and TCO
- Developing valid definitions of ROI and TCO
- Total cost of ownership
- ROI and TCO similarities and differences
- Why ROI and TCO are important to software selection
- Developing an evaluation framework for your OSBI project
- Putting everything together
- What is time to value?
- A look at long-term ROI and TCO
- Chapter 12. Developing a cost-benefit analysis for OSBI: A practical look at ROI and TCO calculations
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Chapter 10. Selling an OSBI project to the business
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SECTION 5: Understanding the technology behind business value
- Chapter 13. A look at technical considerations
- Chapter 14. Understanding integration and data preparation
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Chapter 15. Working within an OS environment
- Introduction to developers
- A word about Java
- Development within a community OS environment
- Development within a commercial OS environment
- Free software access without source code
- Support available to developers
- Community involvement and vendor differences
- Collaboration with other developers
- Participating in vendor software development
- Upgrades, bug fixes, and the list goes on
- Looking ahead at developer requirements
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Chapter 16. Required skillsets
- Technical skills
- Java Programming
- IT project management
- Network and database optimization
- Metrics and analytics development
- Data modeling
- Data integration
- Business skills
- Business requirements
- Business unit interrelationships
- Business sponsor
- Business rules expertise
- Navigating the political maze
- Tying it all together
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Chapter 17. Technical benefits and challenges
- Expanding on the differences in technical versus business benefits and challenges
- A look at the technical benefits of OSBI adoption
- What about commercial OS and free software trials?
- The issue of support and proprietary limitations
- Weighing the benefits against the challenges
- Understanding technical challenges
- What types of challenges exist?
- Understanding the real benefits and challenges of software development
- SECTION 6: Takeaways/recommendations
- Index
Product information
- Title: Using Open Source Platforms for Business Intelligence
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
- ISBN: 9780124158764
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