THE MODERN ANALYTICS ENVIRONMENT

Rusty FriouxAnalytics Strategist

WHAT IS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYTICS?

Data-driven, business decision making

Companies selling analytics services IBM, Accenture, Deloitte: $ 8 Billion in service revenue

ANALYTICS ARE HERE AND THEY’RE BIG BUSINESS

ANALYTICS FOR EVERY PIECE OF THE BUSINESS

Retain its workforceMinimize financial riskReach new clientsPredict supply chain disruptionOptimize sales performanceIncrease manufacturing

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ISBN-13: 978-0133833034

WHY NOT?

Analytics are “voodoo’

Analytics require expensive hardware and software

You need “data scientists”

It’s “Big Data” for the biggest of the big

Results in…Improved employee utilizationFaster sale closingsEarly identification of “red” projectsBetter financial performance

NOT JUST FOR THE BIG…

FINANCIAL

WORKFORCE

SALES

OPERATIONS

DATA MART

OUR METHODOLOGY

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STRATEGY INTEGRATION ANALYTICS INTELLIGENCE DISTRIBUTION

THE MODERN ANALYTICS ENVIRONMENT

SSASSQL

Server

SSIS

SSRS

Excel

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THE MODERN ANALYTICS ENVIRONMENT

SSASSQL

Server

SSIS

SSRS

Excel

Excel Power Pivot

Excel Power Query

Excelw/ Power View

plus…

LET’S TAKE A LOOK…Pick the right question

Model data with Power Pivot and Power Query

Explore data with Power View

Distribute with SharePoint and Power BI

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS With Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Customer RetentionFraud DetectionPredictionClassificationAdvanced Modeling

BIG DATA / IOTWith Microsoft Azure IoT Tools

HD Insight (Hadoop)Stream AnalyticsEvent Hub

HOW DO WE GET STARTEDSparkhound Assessment ModelWhat should we build?What tools should we use?What ROI can we expect?POC