health check: maintaining enterprise bi
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Grab some coffee and
enjoy the pre-show
banter before
the top of the hour!
H TTechnologies of 2017
HOST:Eric Kavanagh
@eric_kavanagh
THIS YEAR is…
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PANALYST:
Robin BloorChief Analyst, The Bloor Group
GUEST:
Stan GeigerSenior Product Manager,IDERA
Insights Drive Today’s Businesses
Building consensus is critical
Every part of the cycle needs data
Data should be in the DNA
A data-driven culture is critical
Don’t be afraid to look back!
Performance Issues Erode Trust
Patience is a virtue?
Not in the world of IT!
User expectations are changing
Performance is mandatory
40 seconds = 40 minutes
Lack of trust is a silent killer
Once gone, very hard to build
Can Artificial Intelligence Help?
Still Learning to Speak Silicon
If You’re Not Data-Driven?
INTRODUCING
Robin Bloor
Monitoring BI
Robin Bloor PhD
The Role of BI
BI is the feedback loop for corporate systems
The Driving Force: Insight = Analytics
And Optimization?
The Begetting of BI
Desire for knowledge begets user requests
User requests beget analytics projects
Analytics projects beget data lakes
Data lakes + analytics beget insights
Insights beget BI
A Full BI Platform: Much Simplified
Corporate Reality
BI Disruption
u Data Volumesu Data Sourcesu Streaming & speed of arrivalu Unstructured Datau Social (unclean) datau IOT Datau Data Provenanceu Computer Power (parallelism)u Machine Learningu New Analytic workloads
Bi is not a static situation.
The Internet of Things
Event-driven Architectures
Real-time Everything
The Future BI Landscape Includes…
BI: Of The User, By The User, For The User
u Data Flow Integration/automationu Performance/timeliness (overall)u Data Coverage: Data sources, also
structured/unstructured datau Data Cleansingu Data access skillsu Visualizationsu Shareabilityu Actionability
The issues in summary:
About BI Monitoring…
Unless the BI SERVICE is dependable and timely it isn’t a SERVICE
INTRODUCING
Stan Geiger
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM HEALTHMonitoring the Microsoft BI Stack
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE
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MICROSOFT PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
§ Source Data• Relational Databases (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.)• NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Hbase)
§ Data Storage and Aggregation• SQL Server Database• Azure Data Warehouse• Analysis Services (SSAS)
§ Presentation/Analytics• Excel• Reporting Services (SSRS)• PowerBI
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You don’t know what you don’t know.
Noam Chomsky
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PLATFORM MONITORING§ Availability
• Resource Availability (up/down)• Root Cause Identification
§ Performance• Server level performance metrics• Resource level performance• Identify bottlenecks
§ Utilization• User Sessions• Requests (queries, reports, etc.)
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When you need it, and don't have it…you sing a different tune.
Bert Gummer, Tremors 2
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