Back From Collaborate 09

May 8, 2009 by Jim Glazar

So I am back from Collaborate 09 and have to say that overall had a pretty good time. On Sunday we had our OAUG OBI SIG meeting and had a great Build vs. Buy panel discussion. The folks from Humana and Gallup provided a lot of insight into the decisions that went into their OBI EE implementations. Ray Payne who heads the OAUG came by and said that Oracle is looking at possibly sponsoring a conference that would be specific to EPM much like the old Hyperion Solutions conferences. I will post more details as I get more information. I also got a chance to meet several of the OAUG Hyperion SIG Board Members and look forward to working with them more closely as Hyperion EPM and Oracle BI continue to merge under the Oracle EPM umbrella.

On Monday morning I attended the key note speech given by Charles Phillips. One of the key announcements that relates to Oracle BI was the rollout of BI Apps version 7.9.6. One of the key additions is the inclusion of Project Analytics. Another announcement was the enhancements to their Beehive product which includes new collaboration functionality to compete with the Microsoft suite of tools such as SharePoint. Oracle is touting the integration of this product in comparison to Microsoft's disjointed applications. Charles also went on to highlight Oracle's accomplishments this year and this list was pretty extensive.

The participant estimates for the conference was around 4500 so not too bad considering the current economy. It was a great opportunity to network and forge new partnerships and I look forward to Collaborate 2010 which will be at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas.

OAUG OBI SIG Meeting Agenda

May 1, 2009 by Jim Glazar

As a Board Member on the OAUG OBI SIG I highly recommend that those of you who will be at Collaborate on Sunday May 3rd attend the OBI SIG meeting as there will be some great discussions on OBI EE. The agenda for the meeting is below.

Join us at Collaborate 2009
Sunday May 3, 2009
1:00-3:15PM

Here is the Agenda:
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm - Introductions

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm - Oracle Business Intelligence – Direction & Vision
Alan Lee, Director,Product Management, Oracle BI Product Management Team will speak to current and future state of Oracle’s BI solution. Mr. Lee is currently leading Essbase Product Management. He has over 12 years of experience in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing and has been working with Oracle Business Intelligence for over 5 years.

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm - Point - CounterPoint - "Buy vs. Build"
"Do I Buy or Build my Business Intelligence Solutions?"
Hear experts from Humana and Gallup discuss the different approaches their organizations took in creating their BI solution and answer questions from the audience.

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm - BI RoundTable Discussion – Ask the Experts A panel of BI experts from Oracle Corporation, including Shad Syfert, Alan Lee, Michael Schrader, Gayl Czaplicki from Oracle Corporation, Gallup, Humana and the OBI SIG Board will take any and all questions from the audience.

Look forward to seeing you there.