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The Extraprise Information Factory - An architecture for Collaborative Business Applications

The Extraprise Information Factory - An architecture for Collaborative Business Applications. Naeem Hashmi Founder Information Frameworks. Race to real time is On…. Introduction.

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The Extraprise Information Factory - An architecture for Collaborative Business Applications

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  1. The Extraprise Information Factory - An architecture for Collaborative Business Applications Naeem Hashmi Founder Information Frameworks

  2. Race to real time is On…

  3. Introduction • Founder and CTO of Information Frameworks, an author, thought leader, speaker and world-renowned expert on emerging Information Architectures, Integration and Business Intelligence Technologies. • Author of the best selling book titled, SAP Business Information Warehouse for SAP, 2000. • Technical Editor SAP BW Certification Guide, authored by Catherine Roze,2002 • Co-AuthorSAP BW Handbook, 2002 • Member of Intelligent ERP magazine's board of editors • 25+ years of experience in emerging Information Technology research, development, and management; Information Architectures; Enterprise Application Integration e-business; ERP applications; Data Warehousing; Data Mining; CRM; Internet, Object and Client/Server Technologies and Strategic Consulting. • Email- nhashmi@infoframeworks.com url: http://infoframeworks.com Tel: 603-432-4550 Naeem Hashmi

  4. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

  5. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

  6. Internet & e-Business Intelligent Collaboration Legacy Applications Portals Business, Internet, & Intelligence Convergence!

  7. Technical Architectures Dictionary/ Reference • TA1 • TA2 • VITAL • … • … Data Collection Left Side Data Access Right Side * End User Services Business Applications Data Warehouses (Corporate Information Factory) * Virtually Integrated Technical Architecture Life cycle

  8. The eBusiness @ Work Today Thank You. Today Source: The Computer World, July 2000

  9. Today Wow. Banker must be in a good mood today. Donations were much higher than the past 3 years! Gee.. Thanks 2 3 I should i-fax charity Tax-credit info to donor’s Tax Attorney Source: The Computer World, July 2000 4 Tomorrow BUT, First, Let me also check banker’s Donations to others compared to me! Not Good. Donor has given more to the others sitting around the corner. 5 6 THE Big Question? Why What am I doing wrong here? Am I not dress well? or Am I not cute? or My Business Services Provider is not sending me right information to target right donors at the right corner at the right time ! A big cultural, business and technical challenge:Providing intelligence services to the masses…Just like a Utility An extremely complex task to implement Integrated and Business Intelligence-aware Internet Centric Environment 7 Let me check Banker’s giving History 1 … And Tomorrow

  10. Collaborative Applications - Major Challenges • Intelligence • Internal, External • Structured, Unstructured • Integration • Applications, Data, and Functions • Internal, external • Infrastructure • Portals, Security, Workflow • Hardware/Software/Applications • Operations and Management

  11. Evolving to new Information Architecture New Architecture TA2 Strategic Dictionary/ Reference Content Intelligent Infragistic Data Collection Left Side Data Access Right Side CRM Analytics Tactical End User Services B2x Integration Information Flow Portal Collaboration

  12. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

  13. The Extraprise Information Factory Definition “The Extraprise Information Factory is a Technical Architecture to construct and deploy scalable, extendable, distributable and integrated solutions needed to support integrated critical applications.” Under this architecture, the Strategic, Tactical, eBusiness, Business Intelligence and Operational applications are tightly integrated under common infrastructure.

  14. The Extraprise Information Factory • Defines four types of Information Integration Layers to construct collaborative business application components • Tightly Integrated • Loosely Integrated • File Based Integrated • On-Demand Integrated

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  20. Collaborative Applications - Major Challenges • Intelligence • Internal, External • Structured, Unstructured • Integration • Applications, Data, and Functions • Internal, external • Infrastructure • Portals, Security, Workflow • Hardware/Software/Applications • Operations and Management

  21. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

  22. SAP Technology Stack PortalInfrastructure User Centred Collaboration Web Application Server Web Services J2EE and ABAP Business Intelligence Framework CRM E-Procurement SCM PLM SAP R/3 Enterprise Non-SAP Applications External ... Exchange Process C Collaboration Source: SAP SAP Technology Framework

  23. Business Intelligence is a process to monitor key indicators about business environment, customers, partners, suppliers, regulations, competitors, industry trends and their impact on the business strategy and help define/improveprofitable business model Traditional Business Intelligence Applications • Executive Information Systems • Decision Support Systems • Enterprise Information Systems • Management Support Systems • OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) as well as technologies such as: • Data Mining • Data Visualization • Geographic Information Systems Today, Business Intelligence goes beyond traditional definition that includes: • Balanced Score Cards • Click-Stream Analysis • CRM Analytics • SCM Analytics • Closed-Loop Analytic • Full-Circle Analytics BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS What in Business Intelligence?

  24. Business Intelligence Process Industry Trends, Regulations, Economic Climate Competitors, Financial Drivers, Research Customers Partners Suppliers Sales/Marketing Services EXTERNALRESOURCES Partners Suppliers Customers Collection Management Consolidation Aggregation Integration and Delivery COLLABORATION KNOWLEDGE MGMT BUSINESS PROCESSE INTEGRATION Business Intelligence TIMELY ACCURATE RIGHT PLACE SECURE Users Systems Integration Business Units R&D Employee INTERNALRESOURCES Business Applications, Data Warehouses, Research Expertise, Knowledge Repositories, Libraries

  25. +420 InfoCubes +1700 Queries +90 ODS Objects SAP Business Intelligence SAP Business Intelligence consists of the following four solutions: • SAP Business Information Warehouse • Data Warehousing Solution • Business Analytics • Business Content • Knowledge Warehouse • Knowledge Management • Enterprise Portal • Information Integration and Delivery

  26. Reporting and Analysis Reports Data Access Data Warehouse Data Extraction Transformation Data Sources SAP Business Information Warehouse A complete Data Warehouse Solution. Analytical Applications Platform Integrated with SAP Business Applications Source: SAP Source: SAP

  27. SAP BI Integrated Framework & EIF

  28. Portal client Information Consumers Portal Content Dir Portal Builder User/Role Mgmt iViewServer Information Management BI Unifica- tion KM Y! Enterprise Portal Solution Information Sources CRM .... Business Application Groupware Web SAP Information sources Source: SAP SAP Enterprise Portal • Personalization • Customization • Presentation an Navigation • Aggregation • Categorization/Taxonomy/Search • Unification • Collaboration • Workflow • Administration& Single Sign-on • Integration • Business Intelligence

  29. Portal client Portal Content Dir Portal Builder User/Role Mgmt iViewServer BI Unifica- tion KM Y! Enterprise Portal Solution CRM .... Business Application Groupware Web SAP Information sources Source: SAP SAP Enterprise Portal - Unifier • Unification • Ideal for providing an Integrated Information view across applications • Consolidation of structures/unstructured content • Not an EAI Tool • On-Demand Integration • Very important for Collaborative solutions UNIFIER

  30. SAP Exchange • Technology for Collaborative applications • Based on XML messaging model for business process driven information exchange across applications • Integration Mode: • Loosely Coupled applications • Not for true real-time application Integration • Scalability • Ideal for Event centric applications – not for large data oriented applications

  31. SAP Exchange Infrastructure Share CollaborationKnowledge Execute CollaborativeBusiness Processes EnsureCollaborationReliability to 3rdparty or SAPcomponents Integration Server IntegrationRepository IntegrationDirectory Integration Engine AdditionalIntegrationServices IntegrationMonitor configured knowledge to businesspartners to other publicor privateexchanges

  32. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

  33. Recipe for Successful cBusiness • Tight Integration with Business Intelligence • Supports Integration modes • Tightly Integrated • Loosely Integrated • File Based Integrated • On-Demand Integrated • Business Process Driven • Flexibility • EIF helps identify information Integration classes to construct right collaborative applications

  34. Web AS SAP xApps People (Enterprise Portal) Web AS Information (Business Intelligence) Processes (Exchange Infrastructure) MicrosoftProject Docu-mentum Oracle11i People-soft mySAPCRM LotusNotes R/3 Web AS Web AS Source: SAP Collaborative Solutions - SAP xApps New paradigm to develop new web-based application on top of existing business and applications.

  35. SAP xApps • BENEFITS • Extend the value of existing systems • Business Intelligence Driven • Can adapt to changing business drivers • Quick design and implementation life cycle • ISSUES • Latency • Security • Performance

  36. Closing Remarks • If you want your information supply-chain to adapt to the changing business drivers, the Business Intelligence has to be at the center of your cBusiness universe and infrastucture supports solid integration capabilities to drive information flow across the enterprise. • The EIF offers a good Information Architecture to formulate future cBusiness applications.

  37. Agenda • Business Applications - Today and Tomorrow • Technical Information Architecture • Evolution of The Extraprise Information Factory • The SAP Technology Framework • The Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Exchange • Framework for Successful Collaborative Applications • Q&A

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