Open Source
Breadboard BI - Unlocking ERP Data Using Open Source Tools
This white paper details an effort to unlock ERP data using open source tools.
The Transformative Economics of Professional Open Source on Business Intelligence Technology Selection and Evaluation
This white paper focuses on the technology consideration and evaluation dynamics and the significant advantages for prospective customers that professional open source business intelligence can present.
Integrating Data in the Information System, an Open Source Approach
Today, many organizations are deploying new systems - relational database management systems (RDBMS), business applications such as customer realtionship management or enterprise resource planning, data warehouses, etc. Any new technology deployment in an enterprise information system requires the newly-deployed system to interoperate, in one form or another, with a number of other applications or databases, to guarantee the consistency of data in the overall information system. This White Paper describes a number of real-life interoperability scenarios and explains how an Open Source approach helps solving the interoperability challenge.
Practical Open Source Data Integration: Case Studies and Implementation Examples
As open source shifts into the mainstream, it becomes more and more pervasive in the information system, and many organizations are adopting open source solutions for increasingly mission-critical uses. Discover, through a series of case studies and real-life implementation stories, the high-performance and reliability of open source data integration.
Delivering Business Intelligence with Open Source Software
The high cost and complexity of enabling business intelligence (BI) technical infrastructure has inhibited adoption for many companies, but the advent of fully functional, usable and industrial strength Open Source solutions has made BI much more accessible. Rigorous selection criteria must, however, be employed when choosing the technology platform, and the supplier, for this demanding application. This white paper reviews:
• The four key attributes common to all good BI systems,
• The challenges of implementing BI,
• Open source platforms for BI and
• Open source supplier service and support considerations.
