Unleashing the Power of Information State of Washington IPMA January 2006

Slide 2 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Tools and Trends Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting - Introduction/Overview - OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool - Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage Q & A Topics

Slide 3 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. TOOLS – And Many Ways of Getting the Information to Users Type 1: mass availability  Creating and sending out reports to end-users Type 2: interactivity  Reports can generate more questions than answers; need a tool that allows for this iterative process Type 3: proactivity  Getting to the next level – going from looking in the rear-view mirror to looking out the front windshield While keeping an enterprise-wide view  Satisfy these uses in a coordinated way  Coordinate all BI efforts to control costs Right place, right time, right way

Slide 4 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. TOOLS – Many Current BI Approaches Fall Short Spreadsheets, SQL queries, local databases  Problems: consistency, security, poor user productivity; small BI feature set as part of database; analyzing one database only ERP/CRM reporting and analysis  Problems: great for reporting off one system; most companies have many Traditional business intelligence (BI) tools  Problems: diverse user needs; plethora of tools; high TCO Homegrown solutions  Problems: starts out cheap, gets more expensive with every expansion and evolution Organizations have tried to address these needs in the past

Slide 5 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. TRENDS – The Leader in Consolidated Platform Reporting Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence For Consolidated Platform Reporting Source: Forrester Research Inc.

Slide 6 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Tools and Trends Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting - Introduction/Overview - OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool - Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage Q & A Topics

Slide 7 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Tools and Trends Live Examples in Enterprise Reporting - Introduction/Overview - OFM Standard Reporting and Ad Hoc Tool - Ad Hoc Reporting The broadest product coverage Q & A Topics

Slide 8 Copyright © 2005 Business Objects S.A. All rights reserved. Business Objects Delivers My Questions. My Insight. One BI Platform