An Overview of Cognos 8 BI,Senior IT/Business Audience that looking for guidance on how to leverage business intelligence to create and competitive advantage,When to use this presentation,Agenda,The Drive to Business Optimization Introduction to IBM Cognos 8 BI Cognos 8 BI for Business Users Cognos 8 BI for IT Summary,Source: Accenture survey released January 4, 2007,Todays Reality,“ . IT Spending to Surpass $7.3 Trillion in 2007 .”,Headline news,And yet . Managers Waste 2 hours a day searching for information Over 50% of managers use the wrong information at least once a week Over 50% of information managers receive is perceived as having no value Source: Accenture 2007 How does your organization increase the return on those information assets?,New Initiatives Increasingly Focus on OptimizationOrganizations Striving for Competitive Advantage,Faster Processing, Reduced Costs,Competitive Advantage,Business Optimization Growth is 2 Times Faster than Business Automation,Includes Hardware, Software and Services. Does not include Networking, Printer, or Standalone Printer or PC Markets. CGRs 2006 20011. Opportunity estimates based on analysis done by the IBM Market Intelligence Department. IBM Market Intelligence data is provided for illustrative purposes and is not intended to be a guarantee of market opportunity.,$594B 5.1% CGR,Call Center Operations,ERP open, enterprise-class platform Simplified deployment and upgrade management Predictable performance, scale Snapshot of system health and proactive admin,Example: Snapshot of System Health,Need callouts,Example: Proactive Administration,Need callouts,Cognos Meets the Needs of IT Architects,Develop and govern IT standards Best fit with current and future enterprise architecture Complies with the technical environment strategy,Modern SOA architecture Standards-based platform Environment-neutral platform Infrastructure flexibility,IT ARCHITECT,Easily Integrates with Existing Environments,Any J2EE application serverApache Tomcat (incl.), IBM webSphere, SAP NetWeaver, BEA WebLogic, Oracle Application Server 10G,Environments (Simultaneously available),Any combination of Windows, Unix or LINUX (RedHat),Operating Systems,App Servers,Routers/Firewalls,All standard gateways supported,CA ERwin, Oracle Designer, Business Objects Designer, Sybase PowerDesigner, CA COOL, Rational Rose, XML/XMI, OMG CWM,Metadata Integration,Modeling tools,Source catalogs,Relational databases, ERP,SOAP, XML, WSDL, HTTP(S), OMG CWM, XML/XMI, WSRP,Interoperable and Extensible,Standards,Extend,Open, Web Services API to programming language of choice including Java, Microsoft .NET Framework, COM & Perl,*This slide provides guidance on supported environments. Please refer to documentation for confirmation on conformance.,PowerCubes: High Performance Dimensional Cache,Industry Standard OLAP Providers: Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Essbase,Relational,XML, WSDL, LDAP, JDBC, JDBC,IBM DB2 UDB, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Teradata, other,Modern,SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel, salesforce,ERP,OLAP,Open Data Access,Cognos Data Manager, Informatica PowerCenter, IBM Information Server (Ascential) Metabroker, Composite, IBM II,ETL & EII,Industry Standard Portals including IBM, SAP, Plumtree, WRSP) Enterprise Search, BPM, Office, 3rd party Applications,Embed,Cognos 8 BI,Any combination of LDAP, NTLM, Active Directory, Netegrity, SAP, Cognos 7, custom,Security,Intel, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris,Platforms,IBM Cognos Business Intelligence,Enables broad range of users to make better decisions, faster: Full range of BI capabilities: all user communities will receive relevant information how, when and where it is needed Open enterprise-class platform: IT will have a platform that will cost effectively scale to meet growing user demands Frameworks and proven practices: projects get off to the right start with expertise to ensure success on the journey to performance management,Computer-based & Classroom Training Cognos 8 BI v3 “Whats New”,ExpandedProven Practices Enhanced Online Access to Resources,Guardian Services Migration & Upgrade Services Enhanced BICC Services,Solutions to Accelerate Success,IBM Cognos 8 BI Enables Better, Faster Decisions,Broad Range of Users Simplified role based interfaces Targeted content and capabilities Flexible and scalable platform Better Decisions Based on accurate, complete information Aligned with strategic goals and initiatives Based on proven practices Faster Information when users need it How they need it Where they need it,