Introducing
Networked BI
T I M E T O C O N N E C T Y O U R E N T E R P R I S E T H R O U G H D ATA
Introducing Networked BI
Connecting The Enterprise Through Data
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DO YOU TRUST YOUR DATA?
Businesses today do not operate like a collection of disconnected silos. Your BI and analytics solution
shouldn’t either. But this is what happens with expanding data ecosystems and desktop-based data
discovery tools that can't deliver enterprise-wide analytical governance and business accessibility.
Business employees are forced to make decisions in a vacuum and work with conflicting and unreliable
interpretations of the data. As these analytical silos proliferate, companies suffer from what experts call
a “spreadmart effect”, which undermines trust in the data and leads to poor decision-making.
“Lack of trust is one of the greatest, and mostly unspoken, barriers to success in business intelligence
programs.” —Howard Dresner, Dresner Advisory Services
Today's Organization with Silos of Data
Reports
Dashboard
Rept
#1
Rept
#2
Rept
#3
Legacy BI
Tools
Ent BI (EMEA)
Ent BI (APAC)
Enterprise DW
Data Extract Prep
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Local Data
Discovery
Tools
Corp Data on
Desktop (Sales)
DBMS
Impala, Spark,
NoSQL
Big Data Tools
Corp Data on
Desktop (Mktg)
Cloud Data
Big Data
NETWORKED BI: HARNESS YOUR COMPANY’S
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Sales
Data
Warehouse
Marketing
Existing Data Stores
EMEA
Finance
Apps
Clouds/Database
ERP,CRM,SCM
APAC
Big Data
Birst Networked BI is a breakthrough approach to analytics that connects every part of your organization
via a shared analytical fabric that every person can easily access and extend. It eliminates analytical silos
once and for all, empowering everyone with self-service BI capabilities that enable you to leverage the
collective intelligence of your organization.
Introducing Networked BI
Connecting The Enterprise Through Data
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BIRST: A NEXT GENERATION PLATFORM
FOR ENTERPRISE BI AND ANALYTICS
Birst is the only enterprise BI platform that connects together the entire organization through a network
of interwoven virtualized BI instances on-top a shared common analytical fabric. This gives teams
accessibility to governed, consistent data, for better accuracy and company-wide agreement on numbers
that matter. Birst delivers the speed, self-service, and agility front-line business workers demand, and the
scale, security, and control to meet rigorous corporate data standards. Birst delivers all of this and more,
with low TCO via public or private cloud configurations and improve efficiencies that add to the bottom line.
BIRST ADAPTIVE USER
EXPERIENCE
BIRST MULTI-TENANT
CLOUD ARCHITECTURE
BIRST USER DATA TIER
ENTERPRISE DATA TIER
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7 REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERING TRUSTED
DATA AT BUSINESS SPEED
Legacy BI platforms have failed to keep up with evolving business demands for speed and agility,
while desktop-based discovery and visualization products lead to the proliferation of analytical silos
and unreliable data. Birst is the only solution that meets the 7 critical requirements for success that
leads newfound efficiencies, cost savings and improved bottom line.
Requirements
Values
Unify data from multiple source
systems or complex structures
Rapidly refine any data anywhere, retire
ETL tools, give users trusted insights and
a complete view of the business.
Analyze complex business
processes or business models
Align stakeholders by unifying business
processes using virtual – not physical
– instances. Reduce IT BI costs.
Blend centralized and decentralized
data and analytical content
Give users the ability to augment global
governed data with their own local data.
IT is no longer a “reporting factory”.
Create and maintain reusable
metrics and definitions
Stop arguing over metrics and where data
comes from. Enable transparent
governance. Reduce admin resources.
Empower users with role-specific
analytical tools
Drive higher user adoption. Extend ROI of
tools like Excel and Tableau by connecting
them to networked data.
Deliver fast time to value with
iterative and agile deployment
Make the business productive in less
time. Deploy faster with instant, automatic
upgrades. Optimize FTEs.
Economically scale on-demand
– both users and data volumes
Instantly scale as your requirements
change. Support massive data volumes
and the largest user communities.
Introducing Networked BI
Legacy
Discovery
Connecting The Enterprise Through Data
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THE NETWORKED BI DIFFERENCE
Networked BI enables businesses to deliver governance that moves at business speed, eliminating
data silos once and for all and giving people freedom to work with data on their own terms.
Siloed vs Networked
Siloed BI
• Inconsistent and unreliable data
• Different people receive different answers
• Long wait times to access data
• High costs to support ETL, data prep,
and reporting
• Constant maintenance backlog,
user frustration, upgrade cycles
Networked BI
• Single networked view of data
trusted by all users
• 100% alignment across the enterprise
• Users empowered with self-service
analytical tools
• Lower total cost of ownership,
upgrade in place
• Higher adoption and lower risk
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DELIVERING RAPID BUSINESS VALUE IN
ENTERPRISES AROUND THE GLOBE
Birst customers leverage the power of Networked BI in a variety of use cases, including providing local
agility with global governance or creating a new revenue stream from their data. In today’s fast business
climate, where data driven companies win, leading companies are leveraging Networked BI for newfound
cost savings, streamlined operations and a significant competitive advantage.
Analyze complex process
Migrate from Legacy BI
5X increase in inventory turns
TOP 5 INVESTMENT
from optimized global supply
chain process.
MANAGEMENT CO.
Sales, Mktg & Fin’l Analytics
Hadoop as part of data strategy
“Cloud First” Strategy
Create revenue via your data
Deploy sales and marketing
analytics to global team aross
22 regions in 24 weeks.
Create single user data tier from
over 100’s of millions of rows of data
for internal and external users.
Drive higher customer satisfaction
and 60% price premium with analytics
on internal data.
Deploy enterprise BI across
cloud architected company
to increase revenue 25%.
Introducing Networked BI
Reduce resources by 50%, gain 2x
performance, and user adoption
with OBIEE replacement.
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A few of our customers:
About Birst
Birst is the global leader in Cloud Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics for the Enterprise. Birst’s Networked BI platform redefines the way BI is delivered and consumed, eliminating
analytical silos to dramatically improve the speed, alignment and economics of BI across the enterprise. Learn more at www.birst.com.
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Introducing
Networked BI
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