Managed Self-Service Business Intelligence

Managed Self Service BI

Organisations need to be agile. They need data and information today that they didn't need yesterday. They need to make decisions on new information that they cannot wait for traditional IT development life-cycles to produce.

..balance agility and controlBuilding a true, enterprise-wide business intelligence capability now means enabling users to build reports and perform analysis themselves, with the data they need, without being hindered or obstructed by unneccessary process and bureaucracy -  but also ensuring the organisation maintains a certain level of control.

Managed self service BI is about giving you the ability to balance this agility and control. It makes true BI a reality across the enterprise, with the average user able to pull data from different sources and analyse it in a meaningful way.

Users can create reports and analyses themselves, on their own desktops, but data is still visible and controlled by IT teams through a central data repository.

Microsoft offers Managed Self-Service BI through a combination of SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010 and Excel 2010 and PowerPivot.

Why we like this approach: A managed self service BI capability can be introduced in days and weeks rather than weeks and months, when compared to traditional BI and Warehousing initiatives

Fast time to market

A managed self service BI capability can be introduced in days and weeks rather than weeks and months, when compared to traditional Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing initiatives. 

It empowers end users

Users can get their hands on real-time data and use applications that they already know, including Excel, to create the reports they need, when they need them.

It improves organisational effectiveness

You can share insights across your business. Important and critical data is stored in one place and teams can make decisions based on shared dashboards, reports and scorecards.

It enables IT efficiency and developer productivity

Developers spend less time creating ad-hoc reports and answering routine questions but still maintain data visibility and control through a central data repository.

It provides a business intelligence/data warehouse roadmap

Embarking on a large data warehousing and business intelligence initiative is a difficult and complex exercise, particularly when the requirements are loose, unstructured and subject to change.  By initially provisioning a self service BI capability organisations can pinpoint exactly the data the organisation is relying on the most.

If you would like to contact us to find out more about Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions please call 0845 0091591.



Reporting and Visualisation

Successful reporting and visualisation will give you a consolidated and reliable overview of your organisation that increases the reach of your business intelligence.

With our expertise, we can deliver professional-looking reports and interactive dashboards, and deploy them enterprise-wide with minimal effort.

Data Warehousing

Whether it's a departmental data mart, or an enterprise scale corporate data warehouse, ensuring accurate data is available to the right people at the right time is critical to successful decision making.