SaaS data access & integration best practices for BI

Presenters:

Cameron Deed Senior Consultant, Yellowfin Murray Dunn Vice President, The Connection Cloud

Today’s agenda

•  The adoption of SaaS and volume of SaaS data is rapidly increasing…

•  What are the challenges this creates for business?

•  Why are we challenged with Access to SaaS data?

•  How can we better address these challenges?

The volume of SaaS data is rapidly increasing…

We’re entering the age of ‘Big Data’

To the moon and back…

Big Data = SaaS data?

Why is this a potential problem?

Why is the ability to access and integrate your SaaS data vital?

Traditional challenges when accessing your SaaS data…

•  Crea%ngreportandAnalyzingdatafrom•  Mul%pleSaaSapplica%ons•  CloudandOn‐premiseapplica%ons

•  Snapshotswhenyouneedit,real‐%mewhenyouneedit•  Extendingthecapabili%esofSaaSapplica%onrepor%ng•  FormaBngdataincludingchartsandgraphs•  Analyzinglargedatasets(BigData)

So, how do companies solve this challenge today?

•  The.CSVfileshuffle

•  TheDataWarehouseProject

•  DataReplica%on

The .CSV File Shuffle

The .CSV File Shuffle

The .CSV File Shuffle

The .CSV File Shuffle

The On-Premise Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

The Data Warehouse Project

Data Replication

Data Replication

Salesforce 

DATA 

Zuora 

DATA 

Zendesk 

DATA 

NetSuite 

DATA 

Eloqua 

DATA 

Data Replication

Salesforce 

DATA 

Zuora 

DATA 

Zendesk 

DATA 

NetSuite 

DATA 

Eloqua 

DATA 

 Data Integra:on / Data Synchroniza:on 

Data Replication

Salesforce 

DATA 

Zuora 

DATA 

Zendesk 

DATA 

NetSuite 

DATA 

Eloqua 

DATA 

 Data Integra:on / Data Synchroniza:on 

SaaS Access & Integration

Best Practices for BI

Best Practice #1

Keep it in the Cloud

Integrate in the Cloud

Best Practice #2

Maintain One Source of the “Truth”

Maintain One Source of the “Truth”

Best Practice #3

Time to Value

Deliver immediate value to your business users

Time to Value: How long does it take to deliver actionable data to your business?

Best Practice #4

Use Standards When and Where They Exist

Use Standards Where They Exist

Use Standards Where They Exist

SSL SQLODBC JDBC

Best practice #5

Cloud Data Virtualization

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Cloud Data Virtualization

Real‐%me*and*

WarehousedData

So, how can you make these best

practices a reality?

Solution: Connection Cloud & Yellowfin

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CloudWarehouseData

Solution: Connection Cloud & Yellowfin

Solution: Connection Cloud & Yellowfin

Solution: Connection Cloud & Yellowfin

Demonstration

Summary

•  Your number of SaaS applications, and volume of SaaS data is growing rapidly - so how are you going to leverage it?

•  Access to SaaS-based data presents new challenges

•  Best Practices: •  Consider Time-to-Value Delivered as the new measure of

Success •  Keep it in the Cloud •  One Source of the Truth •  Use standards when and where they exist •  Cloud Data Virtualization is the Cloud Data Approach

•  Yellowfin and Connection Cloud Deliver the Ultimate Time-To-Value solution

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@YellowfinBI

@ConnectionCloud

More information

Yellowfin www.yellowfinbi.com Connection Cloud www.connectioncloud.com Feedback & Questions cameron.deed@yellowfin.com.au murray.dunn@elasticintelligence.com

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