enterprise bi & soa
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Information-Delivery Transformation through Solutions
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Topics
• Who we are and what we do• Actuate and SOA• How have we helped our customers be
successful
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Services Oriented Solutions
Packaged Offerings
Deployment StrategySession
Tech
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Industry solutions
Tech. Audit Fast Start RTTV
Enterprise Systems Integration Solutions
Frameworks
Flexible Framework Pre-built libraries
Enterprise Dashboards
Content PresentationFramework
Business Solutions
Financial PerformanceManagement
Customer Self Service Applications Sales Management
Collaborative Program & Project Execution
Onsite Offsite/Offshore Fixed bid Turnkey
ConsultantsMore than 40% of Consultants with over +7 years of Actuate experienceGood mix of business/industry knowledge and consulting skills
MethodologyDisciplined, structured and templates enabled project execution
Knowledge BaseExtensive repository of reusable code/components including access to technical experts
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Information Application Platform
CRM SCM OtherHRMSERP
IT Management
Actuate Server Centric Architecture
Portal Process Integration Web Apps Content
Enterprise Reporting ServicesManagement
Console
EmployeeBusinessPartner Customer
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Actuate has been SOA Ready for a long time
• Industry leading set of reporting services• Introduced in Actuate 6
• Fully standards compliant (SOAP, XML, HTTP)• Web Service Description Files (WSDL) for leading tools• .NET and JSP Portal Integration• Open Data Access• Full support for Automation
Actuate Web Services (60+ APIs)• Report Generation and Printing• Viewing Services• Report Encyclopedia Management• Server Administration Services• Security and Authentication Services
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SOA vs. Enterprise Reporting: Different Focus
Enterprise ReportingDataInformationPost transaction processing
SOATransaction processingBusiness Process
ManagementSimilar Objectives
ReusabilityPlatform Transparency
ER SOA
Process, Transactions& Data
Process Metrics, Performance & History
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Enterprise Services Consumption
Centralized Report Encyclopedia
Usage Monitoring & Logging
Cluster and System Administration
Data Access Services
Workflow and Application
Integration Services
Security Management
DataSources
Relational Flat Files ERPLegacy XML
<XML>
Databases Warehouses/Marts Operational Data Stores Legacy Systems
Message Bus
Actuate Services
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Integration with ESB (MQ Series)
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New Web Services Connector
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Integration with Oracle Apps and ESB
Portals, JSF pages, Microsoft Office• Actuate consumes
Web services exposed by the Oracle ESB Integration Interfaces
• Faster Design to Deploy
• Time• Real Time Access to
Critical Business Indicators
• Integrated Reporting and Analytics
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UDDIRegistry Points to service description
Points to service
SOAP
Communicates XML Messages
Actuate Informatio
nServices
Service Consumer
Find service, its description and its capabilities and constraints
Applications.NET, Java, ISVRuntime Binding
Business AnalystsVisibility of Business Service Portfolio
DevelopersReuse services Administrators
Manage Business Services
Publish Service and Service definitions
WSDLWSDLWSDL
Publish service metadata
Think Services not Objects
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IT application scenarios with Actuate’s SOA
User Productivity Enablement
Integrate Actuate with Existing Portals
Enabling User Collaboration
Business Task Management
Integrating Business Processes
Enterprise Informaton sharing
Business Information Management
Enterprise Reporting, Query, and Analysis
Business Planning and Analytical Services Enterprise Data Access
Workflow enablement Enabling Application-to-Application Processes
Enabling Business-to-Business Processes
Business Process Management
Enabling Platform Interoperability
Business Task Management
Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting ActuateApplications Enabling Platform Interoperability
Reporting application Life-Cycle Management Implementation/Design methodologies Server Operations
Application Authorization & Security
Authentication and Single Sign-On External and Internal User/Authorization Management
Consolidation via COEs Enabling Cross Platform deployments
Enterprise Reporting Operations Applications Consolidation Enterprise Knowledge
Management
Service Oriented Architecture Web Services via Information Delivery APIs
IT Services Implementation Scenarios