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
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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
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