tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post6985694687362791087..comments2023-07-12T23:51:00.904-07:00Comments on The ElastiCube Chronicles: Choosing a BI Vendor - Making the Short ListElad Israelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07558330790219988349noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-23813478676894084562011-02-15T11:27:58.434-08:002011-02-15T11:27:58.434-08:00Touche'! I like the decision we made with our...Touche'! I like the decision we made with our BI vendor choice. I wish you much success with your product. There is enough demand, room and need for everyone.<br /><br />I look forward to coming back and reading your blog as I have found it informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-71692540608814201932011-02-15T10:41:08.256-08:002011-02-15T10:41:08.256-08:00I will give you that IB provide a complete solutio...I will give you that IB provide a complete solutions, as do IBM, SAP and others.<br /><br />I am not a fan of IB products, much to the same extent that I am not fan of IBM or SAP products. I envision BI far more flexible, dynamic and agile. These companies are too old, they use old design patterns that rely on ancient technology.<br /><br />And don't get me started about the cost of implementing one of those monsters. :)Elad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-54285088631779652012011-02-15T10:33:01.456-08:002011-02-15T10:33:01.456-08:00I'd be interested to hear about your experienc...I'd be interested to hear about your experience with Information Builders products. We use it to access both legacy operational data and information in our data warehouse. We use their ETL product to populate the data warehouse. We allow users that need up to the minute information to access they legacy data while everyone else accesses the warehouse. We originally had 200 users and have recently expanded this to 5000 users. This was done with a self service application which meant little to no training for the users and further reducing the TCO for our company.<br /><br />One business unit purchase another BI tool solely because they won the 'beauty contest'. Once we got it in house, we realized we needed a hardware upgrade and professional services to roll out the app. This was because they underestimated the resources needed to roll this out to more users. We gave them access to our WebFOCUS application and they are happy.<br /><br />I agree with your point about finding a complete solution, not just pretty visualization. The WebFOCUS Proof of Concept using our data proved it could deliver the kind of content needed for our organization with far less training than the other vendor. The other Proof of Concept had more sizzle but did not return the answer sets needed to help us make businees decisions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-40297866847072982462011-02-15T07:45:53.868-08:002011-02-15T07:45:53.868-08:00Thanks for your comment.
I have to say, however...Thanks for your comment. <br /><br />I have to say, however, that my experience with Information Builders software, they cannot make this claim either :-)<br /><br />EladElad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-18013799832380873222011-02-15T07:35:10.797-08:002011-02-15T07:35:10.797-08:00Great criteria. Based on this criteria, the BI pr...Great criteria. Based on this criteria, the BI products sold by Information Builders seem to satisfy these requirements. An organically developed BI tool (WebFOCUS) that also integrates with an organically developed integration suite (iWay software) that can access any data anywhere in the enterprise. It can access operational and/or staged data. It can easily scale without requiring significant hardware investments as the number of users grow. If it is used to develop self service applictions, the TCO falls as each user accesses the application.<br /><br />Not many BI vendors can make that claim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-44001031941692158702010-12-09T14:51:33.657-08:002010-12-09T14:51:33.657-08:00Hi 'Anonymous',
There are quite a few. H...Hi 'Anonymous',<br /><br />There are quite a few. Here's a sample:<br /><br />1. Our product (Prism) does not require as much hardware as PowerPivot does to handle large data sets<br /><br />2. Prism has much more data integration capabilities than PowerPivot<br /><br />3. Prism allows advanced multidimensional analysis without coding or OLAP<br /><br />4. Prism makes it much easier for workgroups to work together on the same data and does not require replicas of the data to be placed on each computer in order for multiple users to work on it<br /><br />5. Prism does not require SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 R2 for sharing<br /><br />But like I always say, the best way to compare is to do it yourself. You can download a trial here:<br /><br />https://www.sisense.com/prism-free-trial.aspx<br /><br />EladElad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-47722396709148558152010-12-09T14:37:03.599-08:002010-12-09T14:37:03.599-08:00What is the difference between your product and Po...What is the difference between your product and PowerPivot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-76548161693818662972010-10-25T20:07:03.500-07:002010-10-25T20:07:03.500-07:00Bill,
Everything can be found at http://www.sisen...Bill,<br /><br />Everything can be found at http://www.sisense.com<br /><br />You can download the free trial here:<br />https://www.sisense.com/prism-free-trial.aspx<br /><br />You can request a free live guidance here:<br />http://www.sisense.com/live-demo.aspxElad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-47629687501831340202010-10-25T19:54:52.890-07:002010-10-25T19:54:52.890-07:00Elad,
Where can I learn more / See a demo or tes...Elad, <br /><br />Where can I learn more / See a demo or test your application?Bill Cabirohttp://www.strat-wise.com/noreply@blogger.com