Why OpenBI?

BI Veterans

You already invested significantly in data warehousing and business intelligence.

Are your maintenance costs outpacing the ongoing value created for your customers?

Is there an extranet intelligence project being delayed because of the high, per-user pricing of your preferred BI vendor?

Have you seen the value of open source technology through replacement of other costly infrastructure? (e.g. Linux, JBoss, Tomcat, MySQL)

Aren’t you curious as to whether OS can “move up the stack” – providing similar value for all or some of your BI/DW platform?

OpenBI can help you answer these questions.

Spreadsheet Warriors

You understand the benefits of business intelligence but cannot justify the high cost of owning proprietary BI software.

Have you dedicated one or more FTEs to time consuming source data extracts, integration and cleansing chores?

Have you stretched MS Access and Excel to their limits and cluttered your email servers with massive report file blasts?

Do you find yourself in meetings debating about whose data is most correct?

Have you successfully implemented open source technologies such as Linux, JBoss, MySQL and Firefox?

Do you wonder if there is a similar, high-quality, low-cost open source BI alternative?

OpenBI can help you answer these questions.

The Leader in Open Source Business Intelligence Solutions
OpenBI helps our clients bring intelligence to their business strategies and operations through the integration of open source business intelligence (OSBI) technologies. We start by understanding your business drivers, focusing on critical decision processes and their attendant performance metrics. We then identify the necessary reporting/analytical applications and data integration investments upon which your success depends. Next, we provide pragmatic solution recommendations that reflect your existing BI investments and organizational capabilities. Finally, we provide development and integration assistance to ensure that your solution endures.

Veteran Expertise
Our team has over 70 years of combined business technology services, primarily in business intelligence. We have collectively established a professional reputation for high quality service, professional and personal integrity, and unwavering commitment to our clients. When you engage with OpenBI, you are assured of our obsession with your success.

Affordable, High Quality Solutions
The high cost of current BI deployments can be traced to the pernicious combination of per-user software pricing with the high cost of proprietary, best-of-breed technology integration. Although the quality of proprietary solutions has improved significantly over the past decade, the pace of innovation is decelerating. As a result, OSBI technologies are catching up (in some cases passing) the overall quality of proprietary components.

For example, a typical BI environment is composed of an ETL tool like Informatica, a database such as Oracle, a query and reporting tool like BusinessObjects, an OLAP engine like Essbase or Cognos, and an analytics tool like SAS. The cost of purchasing and integrating these software components can easily run over $1MM in initial software licensing, with ongoing maintenance contracts surpassing $200k/year. An OS-based solution can be delivered at a fraction of this cost, with similar -- in some cases better -- functionality.

Open & Proprietary Integration
OpenBI is committed to providing our clients with the expertise necessary to make educated decisions on the use of OSBI technologies. We focus on reducing your risk of utilizing open source, while simultaneously decreasing your time to benefit through pre-integrated, pluggable OSBI architectures that work with your existing technologies. By finding the right combination of OS and proprietary technologies, we can help you achieve immediate financial savings while ensuring long-term platform viability.