1. OMB Data Visualization Tool Requirements Analysis: Information Builders Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community http://semanticommunity.info/ AOL Government Blogger http://breakinggov.com/author/brand-niemann/ July 23, 2013 http://semanticommunity.info/Data_Science/Free_Data_Visualization_and_Analysis_Tools/Information_Builders 1

2. Background DRAFT White Paper for OMB Pittsburgh, July 11, 2013. Start With the End in Mind, Avoid Tool Wars, and Develop Well- designed Spreadsheets That Can be “Dragged and Dropped” Onto a Tool That Creates Statistics and Visualizations in the Public and Private Clouds. Focus on Requirements Analysis by First Comparing Magic Quadrant Leaders on Common Data Sets. Spotfire Was Able to Reproduce Birst, Microsoft, QlikView, and Tableau Data Visualizations With Dynamically Linked Visualizations. Broaden This Requirements Analysis to Include More Sample Data Sets and Tools. Information Builders Is a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. 2

3. Gartner BI Magic Quadrant: Information Builders Information Builders Strengths and Cautions Excerpts WebFocus is fully integrated with the firm's iWay integration platform, which provides adapters for multiple data sources, as well as data federation, profiling and quality capabilities, geocoding and real-time search index management, business activity monitoring, complex-event processing, file-based integration and master data management. This integration makes Information Builders a good fit for organizations without a data warehouse, and for operational reporting. A key challenge for Information Builders is to address its lack of a data discovery offering. The WebFocus server has the intelligence to deliver content to any device while taking on native gesturing and menu characteristics. The only non-product-specific limitations related to an inability to gain user buy-in to an enterprise approach. Nevertheless, almost two-thirds of respondents consider Information Builders to be the enterprise BI standard. Email: – Brand, Thanks for your interest in our products and services. We have successfully received your request and it is currently being processed. – An Information Builders representative will be contacting you shortly. Sincerely, Kathy Drago, Services Director 3 Note: Bolding by the author to highlight key points. Source: http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1DYKLUR&ct=130206&st=sbhttp://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1DYKLUR&ct=130206&st=sb

4. Information Builders: Home Page 4 http://www.informationbuilders.com/

5. Information Builders: Demo 5 http://www.informationbuilders.com/demos

6. Information Builders: Fraud 6 http://www.informationbuilders.com/demos/4699#Active Technologies

7. Information Builders: Fraud Detected 7 http://mktdemos.informationbuilders.com:8080/approot/predictive/predicting_unemployment_fraud_Rstat.htm http://mktdemos.informationbuilders.com:8080/approot/predictive/predicting_unemployment_fraud_Rstat.pdf

8. Information Builders: No Fraud Detected 8 http://mktdemos.informationbuilders.com:8080/approot/predictive/predicting_unemployment_fraud_Rstat.htm

9. Information Builders: Comparison 9 http://mktdemos.informationbuilders.com:8080/approot/predictive/predicting_unemployment_fraud_Rstat.htm

10. Information Builders: Detail 10 http://mktdemos.informationbuilders.com:8080/approot/predictive/predicting_unemployment_fraud_Rstat.htm

11. Information Builders: Detail in Spreadsheet 11 http://semanticommunity.info/@api/deki/files/25122/InformationBuidlers.xlsx

12. State and Local Government Unemployment Fraud: Cover Page 12

13. State and Local Government Unemployment Fraud: Detail 13

14. Some Conclusions and Recommendations Semantic Community Was Able to Build the State and Local Government Unemployment Fraud Information Builders Demo in Spotfire Using MindTouch and Excel. The Information Builders Detail Had to Be Screen- Scraped Into Excel to Use in Spotfire. MindTouch and Spotfire Are More Versatile Than Information Builders For Mashups. Semantic Community Will Continue to Use The Gartner BI Magic Quadrant Leader Tools and Their Sample Data Sets and to Recreate Visualizations and Dashboards. 14