BI in the Cloud Sky is the limit

Vishal Agrawal Product Technical Architect Infosys Tech Ltd Anand Govindarajan Principal Technology Architect Infosys Tech Ltd

Current state of BI systems

Key characteristics
High infrastructure requirements Unpredictable load High upfront investment High development & maintenance costs Longer duration for provisioning Dependency on IT

Issues
Limited adoption Longer cycle time for BI application Restricted Availability

Cloud BI systems
Benefits
Utility model of computing Lower entry and maintenance costs Massive processing power on-demand Faster time to develop applications Reduced Risk Multiple ways to consume the BI capability Multiple deployment and delivery models

Cloud BI Systems
Scenarios
Short lived BI projects Quick prototyping BI systems for small & medium businesses Enterprise BI applications Data mining Custom applications (e.g. Web 2.0, Mobile application etc)

Cloud BI delivery models

Public Cloud
SaaS (Software as a Service) PaaS (Platform as a Service) IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - SaaS
Key characteristics
Prepackaged end to end BI solution on the cloud Easy management Easy integration of the enterprise and external data Unlimited auto scaling Easy to implement (within days, weeks) Business focus (CRM) Multiple vendors available to choose from

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - SaaS
Challenges
Security No flexibility in choosing vendors for specific parts of your solution No flexibility in design Not suitable for custom applications

Usage scenarios
Short lived BI projects BI systems for small & medium businesses

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - PaaS
Key characteristics
Enabling platform available on the cloud Pay per use for the services Unlimited on demand scaling Automated software updates Flexibility in design Focus only on the design, development Low entry costs Choice of multiple vendors

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - PaaS
Challenges
Need to design & develop the application Security

Usage scenarios
Custom applications Enterprise BI systems BI systems for small & medium businesses Data Mining Prototyping Short lived BI projects

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - IaaS
Key characteristics
Deploy own solution on the cloud Pay for the Infrastructure used (Need not procure the hardware) Unlimited on demand scaling Complete Flexibility in design Easier Cloud porting Best of Breed solutions (can choose best options for Infrastructure, DB, BI) Low upfront costs

Cloud BI delivery models

Public cloud - IaaS
Challenges
Manageability Need to design, develop the solution (more development time) Need to pay upfront software licensing fee Building horizontal scaling in the application

Usage scenarios
Enterprise BI systems Data mining Custom Applications Prototyping Short lived BI projects

Cloud BI delivery models

Private cloud
Key characteristics
Deploy the solution on the private cloud (own data center) On demand scaling Save the Infrastructure cost (by sharing the resources across applications) Complete Flexibility in design Complete control on the security

Cloud BI delivery models

Private cloud
Challenges
Manageability Need to design, develop the solution (more development time) Building horizontal scaling in the application Higher upfront cost

Usage scenarios
Enterprise BI systems Data mining Prototyping Short lived BI projects

Cloud BI delivery models

Hybrid cloud
Key characteristics
Deploy the predictable load on the private cloud (own data center) Push unpredictable spikes on the public cloud On demand scaling Optimize the Infrastructure cost Complete Flexibility in design Better control on the security (keep the confidential data in the private cloud)

Cloud BI delivery models

Hybrid cloud
Challenges
Manageability Need to design, develop the solution (more development time) Building horizontal scaling in the application

Usage scenarios
Enterprise BI systems Data mining Prototyping Short lived BI projects

Current State of the BI market place

SaaS
Good data, Pivotlink, LogiXML, Pentaho

PaaS
Business Objects, SAS, Microsoft Azure, Vertica, Greenplum, Google apps

Current State of the BI market place

IaaS
Infrastructure
AWS, Rackspace, GoGrid

Cloud Management
Elastra, Rightscale

DB/DW
MySQL, Oracle, SQL server,

BI
JasperReports, Pentaho

Conclusion
Cloud BI is set to change the BI landscape Lower the entry barriers for the organizations Result in much better adoption of BI systems Result in new innovations

References
The Case for Data Warehousing-in-the-Cloud http://esj.com/articles/2009/06/17/dw-cloud.aspx Business Intelligence in the Clouds http://www.informationmanagement.com/infodirect/2009_111/100150461.html When to Implement BI in the Cloud http://portals.tdwi.org/blogs/wayneeckerson/2009/06/i mplementing-bi-in-the-cloud.aspx BI SaaS Vendors Are Not Created Equal http://www.informationmanagement.com/blogs/business_intelligence_bi_soft ware_as_a_service_saas-10016138-1.html

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