Datazen – an overview Frank Geisler

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Who Am I…? CEO GDS Business Intelligence GmbH Chapter Leader PASS Chapter Ruhrgebiet Microsoft P-TSP MVP SQL Server Author Speaker Topics: Business Intelligence, SharePoint, SQL Server Programming, Software

Agenda  Company Overwiew  What is Datazen?  Datazen Approach  Integration with Microsoft Product Stack  Mobile-centric KPI Repository  Team Collaboration  Offline Mode  Product Elements  Comparison of Platforms  Datzen Architecture  Demo

Datazen Software Inc. – Company Background  Formerly “ComponentArt”, incorporated in 2002  Microsoft partner for over 12 years  Known for Data Visualization development frameworks  10,000+ customers worldwide  Background in complex BI front-end implementations  Released Datazen mobile BI product in February 2013  Datazen immediately recognized by Gartner, Forrester and TEC  The product is rapidly gaining traction among customers, partners and analysts  Avanade acquired a Datazen white label license in early 2014 (Avanade Touch Analytics)  Microsoft acquired a Datazen license for an internal deployment to 1,000 users  Microsoft acquired Datazen on April 2015  More information is available at

What is Datazen?  Datazen is a “mobile first” product  All parts of the product stack are designed for mobile scenarios first, then up-scaled to larger form-factors  The *only* BI product with native clients for all mobile platforms  Windows 8, Windows Phone  iOS  Android  HTML5 Output

What is Datazen?  Touch-based dashboard designer  Single publishing environment for all platforms and device form-factors  Microsoft stack integration  SQL Server, SSAS  SharePoint  Excel  Azure  Windows 8  Windows Phone  Security ( AD, third party)

Datazen Approach: Create Once, Publish to Any Device  Rapidly Publish BI Content o Easy to Use / Supports Self-Service o Perfect Experience on Any Device o Mobile Dashboard Designer / Publisher  Off-Line Support o All platforms, 100k records  Advanced Data Access o Connect to Most Data Sources o Real-time Queries / Personalization o Output Caching o Big Data Support  Attractive licensing model  Customer needs only SQL Enterprise with Software Assurance. There is no price for Datazen Server or client tools.

Integration with Microsoft Product Stack SQL Server  Datazen Server relies on SQL Server and/or SSAS for data storage & real-time queries  Non-trivial deployments (500+ users) require dedicated SQL/SSAS resources  On average customers need to dedicate 8 net new SQL EE cores per 1,000 Datazen users Azure  Datazen Server can be deployed on-premise or in customer-managed Azure environment  The product is designed for Azure: all server elements are stateless and scaled without sticky sessions  A typical Azure deployment for 1,000 users requires 5 Azure XL VMs and 1GB of Azure cache Devices  Datazen Publisher is available in Windows 8+  There is a Desktop App for Windows 7 (Beta)  Datazen is the only enterprise mobile BI product with native support for Windows Phone

Mobile-centric KPI Repository Quick, Timely Insights  Connected to live data sources  Showing the latest values and trends  Related dashboards provide detailed analysis  Pin KPIs on Windows devices

BI Dashboards for All Device Form-factors Data Visualization and Analytics  High level of visual polish  Touch-centric data interaction  Perfect scaling to any screen form-factor  Detailed analysis, drill-downs and drill-throughs  Offline dashboard usage

Integrated Team Collaboration Staying On Top of BI Hub Activity  Participate in KPI & dashboard conversations  See when new dashboards and KPIs are published  Collaborate on the go from any device

Comprehensive Custom Branding Make Datazen Your Own Corporate branding incorporated throughout the entire product UI Custom dashboard styles and all native app shells included Windows 8, iOS, Android, Windows Phone as well as browser view

Datazen and Off-Line Mode  Full off-line capability across all platforms  Ability to support 100k cached records with low response time  Drill-throughs enabled in off-line mode  Efficient data synch capabilities (data always available)  Granular controls for managing network conditions and synch conditions

Datazen Product Elements (Native Apps for All Mobile Platforms) Details available at:

Comparison of Platforms Secure Connection to Datazen Server Access shared Dashboards and KPIs Collaborate over BI Hub Manage multiple connections Store KPI Data on device for offline usage Store Dashboards on device for offline usage Create and publish Dashboards

Architecture Overview

Datazen White Label Option Overview  Custom white label Datazen apps are available for all platforms (as an add-on to server license)  Datazen branding is removed, apps are named and branded as per customer requirements  Customer’s default server information is pre-populated for seamless connection process  White label apps can be published to public mobile stores or internal corporate stores  Fresh white label app builds are provided with each Datazen version update  Support contract includes assistance with the publishing process in all mobile stores  The entire Datazen product stack is designed to accommodate white label scenarios White Label Example: Avanade Touch Analytics  Windows 8 Viewer app Windows 8 Viewer app  Windows 8 Publisher app Windows 8 Publisher app  iOS Viewer app iOS Viewer app  Android Viewer app Android Viewer app  Windows Phone Viewer app Windows Phone Viewer app

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