StepAhead Solutions: OBIEE Experts

Scenario 1:

"I have heard a lot about OBIEE and I want to try it, but I do not wish to risk investing in it right away. I first want to see if this is the right product for me and see if it really works as it is claims."

Solution:
Clients in this situation can subscribe to our OBIEE Technology platform, where OBIEE is installed, configured, and ready-to-go for the client. While this environment will not have a data model for the client, our Services organization will demo the application and install the demo data model for the client to test out various business scenarios. Since this a pay-as-you-go model, clients can use the infrastructure as long as they want.

Scenario 2:

"Nice! I have played around with OBIEE and like what I see. But can I now build a custom business model and see how it works with our data?"

Solution:
Our services team then engages with the customer and begins work on the solution. In less than 8 weeks, we will deliver a custom solution spanning one subject area, 3 dashboards and 25 reports. This will be a hybrid model.

Scenario 3:

"Got it. Let us dive a bit deeper, and implement an analytics application out-of-the-box to see how it looks like with our data - Pure Vanilla."

Solution:
In this context, we install the required analytics application 7.9.6.1 and configure Informatica, DAC, metadata, and run a full ETL using the hybrid model. Our services team fixes errors in the Oracle Answers and will demo the dashboards OOTB. At this point, the data might not make sense, since every business is unique, and therefore, some level of customization is required to deliver the right value to clients. Such an OOTB deployment will typically take less than 6 weeks to complete.

Scenario 4:

"I think we are ready, and want a custom project with the OOTB OBIEE analytics application."

Solution:
Our services team then engages with the customer in building customizations and delivers components as required by the customer. This engagement typically last between 8 to 16 weeks.