1Introducing Networked BI Connecting The Enterprise Through Data

Introducing

Networked BIT IME TO CONNECT YOUR ENTERPR ISE THROUGH DATA

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

Legacy BITools

Enterprise DW

Discovery Tools

Big Data Tools

Dashboard

Ent BI (APAC)

Local DataImpala, Spark,

NoSQL

Corp Data on Desktop (Sales)

Corp Data on Desktop (Mktg)

Reports

Ent BI (EMEA)

Data Extract Prep

Rept#1

Rept#2

Rept#3

DBMS Cloud Data Big Data

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NETWORKED BI: HARNESS YOUR COMPANY’S COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

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.

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Apps Clouds/DatabaseERP,CRM,SCM

Existing Data StoresData Warehouse

Big Data

Sales Marketing Finance EMEA APAC

BIRST: A NEXT GENERATION PLATFORM FOR ENTERPRISE BI AND ANALYTICSBirst 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 SPEEDLegacy 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.

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Requirements Values Legacy Discovery

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.

Align stakeholders by unifying business processes using virtual – not physical

– instances. Reduce IT BI costs.

Give users the ability to augment global governed data with their own local data.

IT is no longer a “reporting factory”.

Stop arguing over metrics and where data comes from. Enable transparent

governance. Reduce admin resources.

Drive higher user adoption. Extend ROI of tools like Excel and Tableau by connecting

them to networked data.

Make the business productive in less time. Deploy faster with instant, automatic

upgrades. Optimize FTEs.

Instantly scale as your requirements change. Support massive data volumes

and the largest user communities.

Analyze complex business processes or business models

Blend centralized and decentralized data and analytical content

Create and maintain reusable metrics and definitions

Empower users with role-specific analytical tools

Deliver fast time to value with iterative and agile deployment

Economically scale on-demand – both users and data volumes

Introducing Networked BI Connecting The Enterprise Through Data

THE NETWORKED BI DIFFERENCENetworked 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.

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Siloed BI Networked 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

• 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

Siloed vs Networked

DELIVERING RAPID BUSINESS VALUE IN ENTERPRISES AROUND THE GLOBEBirst 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 process5X increase in inventory turnsfrom optimized global supply chain process.

Sales, Mktg & Fin’l AnalyticsDeploy sales and marketing analytics to global team aross 22 regions in 24 weeks.

“Cloud First” StrategyDeploy enterprise BI across cloud architected company to increase revenue 25%.

Hadoop as part of data strategyCreate single user data tier from over 100’s of millions of rows of data for internal and external users.

Create revenue via your dataDrive higher customer satisfaction and 60% price premium with analytics on internal data.

Migrate from Legacy BIReduce resources by 50%, gain 2x performance, and user adoption with OBIEE replacement.

TOP 5 INVESTMENT

MANAGEMENT CO.

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A few of our customers:

About BirstBirst 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.

9Introducing Networked BI Connecting The Enterprise Through Data

Introducing

Networked BIT IME TO CONNECT YOUR ENTERPR ISE THROUGH DATA