Top tools used in Business Analytics

2. Tools used in Business Analytics
1. SAP BusinessObject and BI, SAP Lumira, SAP
2. Oracle BI, E-Business Suite, Oracle
3. SQL Server, SharePoint, Power BI Microsoft Corporation
4. IBM Cognos, Watson Analytics, IBM
5. SAS Enterprise, SAS Visual, SAS Institute Inc.
6. Tableau, Tableau Software
7. Qlik Sense and QlickView, Qlik Tech International

3. ● Business Analytics Tools from SAP
○ SAP BusinessObject and BI
○ SAP Lumira

4. Positives
● SAP BI has a large range of functionalities.
● SAP BO is mostly in demand by large enterprises as SAP ERP is already implemented.
● Each suite can integrate with each other. Hence, Lumira can be integrated with BO and HANA respectively.
Watch for
● The high cost of deployment hence probably adoption only by large enterprises.
● Costly training but still high availability in the Indian market.

5. ● Business Analytics Tools from
Oracle
○ Oracle BI
○ E-Business Suite

6. Positives
• Primarily deployed in large scale enterprises, due to the earlier deployment of Oracle ERP suite.
• A Large suite of applications available for all business scenarios and industry verticals.
• A Large set of integrators, outsourcers who work on implementing these solutions.
Watch for
• Difficulty to use, and need trained manpower to develop reports.
• Weak business end user self-service offering.
• Training on Oracle technologies is readily available in India.

7. Business Analytics from Microsoft
○ SQL Server
○ SharePoint
○ Power BI

8. Positives
• The optimum cost of ownership.
• Freemium offering for their Power BI suite targeted at Excel users.
Watch for
• Costly training.
• A confusing mix of the product portfolio.
• Power BI primarily for the self-service user, whereas SQL and SharePoint are more developers
focused.

9. ● Business Analytics Tools from IBM
○ IBM Cognos
○ Watson Analytics

10. Positives
• Strong enterprise BI/BA implementation support.
• IBM Cognos well suited to large enterprises IT type implementation.
• Has a strong administration, IT developed reports and dashboard features.
Watch for
• Watson Analytics cloud-based strategy could be a game changer for enterprise self-service users.
• Training modules for Cognos are easily available in India.

11. ● Business Analytics Tools from SAS
○ SAS Enterprise
○ SAS Visual

12. Positives
• SAS Enterprise BI has vast adoption amongst large to medium enterprises.
• Product portfolio covers most of the features required for BI/analytics.
• Suitable for enterprise IT as well as business end users.
Watch for
• Limited adoption of SAS Visual Analytics.
• License cost very high.
• SAS training is costly, and reading material is not available freely.

13. ● Business Analytics Tools from
Tableau Software
○ Tableau

14. Positives
• Easy to learn – enterprise users need not be a specialist in BI.
• Easy to use for data discovery – Users can import data from Excel files and manipulate them.
• Availability of online training material (both free and paid) and large online community.
Watch for
• Limited portfolio of tools.
• Not strong in enterprise IT-driven BI reporting.
• Training is costly in India. But self-learning material available on company’s website.

15. ● Business Analytics Tools from Qlik
○ Qlik Sense
○ QlickView

16. Positives
• Easy to use due to their easy dashboard creation particularly for self-service.
• Easy to manage – enterprise IT can use it for governed data discovery.
• Easy availability of online training material and tutorials.
Watch for
• Qlik Sense is relatively new, there are risks in adopting a new product.
• Limited acceptability in enterprise IT-driven BI reports

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