SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Show Me the Money Jacques Mostert djl.mostert@gmail.com @SQLBuddy sqlinbuddy.wordpress.com Welcome #134 Johannesburg
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Acquire You have to start somewhere. Lets buy some data. How? Buy People Salaries Contractors Marketing Data Mining (Recursive) Forced Registration Via Websites/Training/Conferences Telecomunications. That bloke that phones you to update your details or try and sell you another cell phone contract. Coffee Machine Office Space Security SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Acquire – Sanity Check Buy People Salaries Contractors Marketing Data Mining (Recursive) Forced Registration Via Websites/Training/Conferences Telecoms Coffee Machine Office Space Security
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Storage Hard drives SAN Blades IT Dept Backup Tapes Server Components Offsite Backups Disaster Recovery Site Security to Server Room and Hardware Data Centres SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Storage – Sanity Check Hard drives SAN Blades IT Dept Backup Tapes Server Components Offsite Backups Disaster Recovery Site Security to Server Room and Hardware Data Centres
Brand Transformation Presentation Licensing Server (Windows) Client Access Licenses Sharepoint (the Evil system) SQL Server 3rd Party Tools Office IIS Exchange Mobile BI Apps Master Data/ Data Quality Software (more detail later) Backup Software Security (Firewalls etc.) SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
Licensing – Sanity Check SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Licensing – Sanity Check Server (Windows) Client Access Licenses SharePoint SQL Server 3rd Party Tools Office IIS Exchange Mobile BI Apps Master Data/ Data Quality Software Backup Software Security (Firewalls etc.)
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Cooling Air conditioners Maintenance Power Generators Water Fire Control Environmental Control Building a Server Room Security to Building SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Cooling – Sanity Check Air conditioners Maintenance Power Generators Water Fire Control Environmental Control Building a Server Room Security to Building Air conditioners Maintenance Power Generators Water Fire Control Environmental Control Building a Server Room Security to Building
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Potential, Strategic Data drives a business How would you know what to buy if you did not know what you sold in the first place. There is a reason all the great companies invest in Data and BI How do you tie a profit to the future? SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
Potential, Strategic – Sanity Check SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Potential, Strategic – Sanity Check Data drives a business How would you know what to buy if you did not know what you sold in the first place. There is a reason all the great companies invest in Data and BI How do you tie a profit to the future?
Master Data/Data Quality SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Master Data/Data Quality Cost of software Portions can be automated Very manual process Long implementation cycle Setup Usually trial and error No one size fits all Did I mention cost of software SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value
Master Data/Data Quality – Sanity Check SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation Master Data/Data Quality – Sanity Check Cost of software Portions can be automated Very manual process Long implementation cycle Setup Usually trial and error No one size fits all Did I mention cost of software
SQL Server Saturday 134 Presentation The Point Your data is valuable without it organizations cannot survive. The data is the life of the organization, can you put a price on a life. Business basics you have to spend money to make money. You need 3 things to make business work. People, data and coffee. If it was up to me even coffee would on the asset register and consuming it mandatory. Booyah. The bean counters should have our data as an asset, and maybe give us a bigger share of the pie……. SQL Saturday #134 Data has “R” value