{"id":1436,"date":"2010-08-17T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2010-08-17T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T15:00:55","slug":"cloud-computing-dissecting-the-components-of-business-intelligence-in-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-dissecting-the-components-of-business-intelligence-in-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing: Dissecting the Components of Business Intelligence in the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

To understand anything better, a good idea is to break the concept down into smaller components. \u00a0And Cloud Computing is one area that a lot of people really would like to understand better. \u00a0The Gartner Group has tried to do that by dissecting the meaning of Business Intelligence in the Cloud, or what Gartner calls ‘Cloud Computing Analytics<\/a>‘, \u00a0into six component pieces:<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Data Sources<\/li>\n
  2. Data Models<\/li>\n
  3. Processing applications<\/li>\n
  4. Computing power<\/li>\n
  5. Analytic models<\/li>\n
  6. Storing results<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    SaaS-based Business Intelligence applications are looking attractive to a lot of marketing organizations now, but Gartner points out that these applications in themselves may not be of much value without the actual data to analyze, and that data is often currently in-house and controlled by the IT group. \u00a0In order for the scenario to work where marketing uses BI in the clouds, marketing will often need to secure good cooperation from IT to get access to their data and data models. \u00a0Gartner says that SaaS-based BI vendors tend to directly target sales and marketing groups, trying to get their foot in the door without having to deal with tech-savvy IT people.<\/p>\n

    It’s good to have the checklist of six components available when comparing and analyzing the various companies in the marketplace that call themselves cloud analytics vendors. \u00a0There is a wide variety of vendor interpretations about what cloud analytics is and that is reflected in the range of different types of features available in their offerings. \u00a0Some vendors offer “social networking analytics”, others offer more of a data warehouse analytics database.<\/p>\n

    The Gartner report summarizes the situation by saying that “Cloud analytics isn’t a single, uniform product or technology category. \u00a0To gain any business advantage from it, enterprises must have a clear idea of what they mean when they use the term.”<\/p>\n

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    To understand anything better, a good idea is to break the concept down into smaller components. \u00a0And Cloud Computing is one area that a lot of people really would like to understand better. \u00a0The Gartner Group has tried to do…<\/span><\/p>\n

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