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BI booming in Philippines but challenges remain
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MANILA--Anyone that needs proof business intelligence (BI) and analytics is indeed flourishing in the Philippines need only look at retail giant, SM. The country's biggest mall operator has placed so much emphasis on the technology that it created a separate BI unit under its IT department.
By forming a dedicated division, SM has effectively ushered BI into the big league--a place once reserved only for software tools such as ERP and CRM.
With the exploding commercialism in the country, mall operators such as SM and its main rival Robinsons have all taken up BI and analytics as a way to examine customer trends and to understand the needs of the market.
So far, the software implementations have brought visible results to SM, an executive told ZDNet Asia.
"Unlike before when we had to process transactions for hours, we now see in minutes which branches had consistent sales and those that still have enough supplies," said Pauline Lovino, a BI specialist at the BI division of SM's IT department.
Vendor trends also reflect BI's increasing importance and relevance. German vendor SAP, for instance, has made its BI offerings the main bait for its flagship ERP product.
But the significance of BI and analytics in the Philippines can perhaps be gleaned from SAS Institute, which anchored its success on just three inter-related offerings--BI, analytics and data mining. Some of the largest players in the local market, including the country's tax agency, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, are using SAS software.
Cost, data volume hamper adoption
That said, BI and analytics has remained the domain of large companies such as SM and Robinsons. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the country have generally shunned the technology, primarily due to cost.
Among large BI vendors, the cost of the BI and analytics software varies by implementation and typically depends on the scale of the project.
The cost factor, interestingly, has opened a window for open source BI providers which have begun to entice SMBs to deploy BI and analytics at a fraction of the cost of proprietary software.
One such vendor is Orange & Bronze (O&B), a local firm specializing on open source solutions which is the Philippine partner of U.S.-based open source BI provider Pentaho. O&B also forged a tie-up in October 2010 with India-based open source firm GrayMatter Software Services, which said it had signed up a large Philippine retailer to help improve their customer retention process using Pentaho BI solutions.
"BI tools help them better understand the buying behavior of their customers, customer spend and products of interest" said GrayMatter executive Prem Kakani. "This helps them in building better loyalty programs [and better target] marketing efforts to help serve their customers better."
The adoption of BI and analytics software in the healthcare area is quite different, however--at least among government medical institutions.
According to Dr. Alvin Marcelo, former director of the National Telehealth Center, BI has "not yet taken traction in the public sector mainly because of lack of large volume datasets". To that end, only institutions with such resources can seriously consider BI for now, he said.
However, Marcelo cited PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Agency) as an example of a "ready" organization, noting that it has "terabytes of data".
"In fact, there [has been] a heightened interest in BI in PhilHealth since 2005, and this is part of their [technology] roadmap," he said. "The next most ready [agency] would be the DOH (Department of Health)."
Healthcare BI hotting up
Marcelo, an advocate of open source software, also suggested there are BI opportunities waiting to be tapped by the sector. Large volume datasets, he noted, already exist in many health facilities.
"Those which have purchased telemetry systems [such as Holter] and imaging [equipment including MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) systems] may not be aware but there is BI potential with those datasets," he said. "You only need to be creative and imaginative to extract the intelligence from them."
He added that most healthcare institutions in the country are looking at BI deployment, but said they "will have to contend with EMR (electronic medical records) first for their practice management" for them to accumulate enough data. Realistically, "individual practices" can look to performing simple content analysis of EMR data while hospitals which have access to larger datasets would derive more value from BI, he stressed.
Tech giant IBM, which also sells BI software, agreed with Marcelo's assessment. "Local healthcare service providers will need to transform to patient-centered, information-rich organizations. This means building proficiency in health analytics is a must to deliver evidence-based, coordinated and accountable care," Big Blue said.
Marcelo noted that BI offerings "have been costly", but the entry of open source BI has made the technology accessible to even smaller players. "I think [open source BI providers] are serious contenders in the BI space," he said.
This interest in open source BI is now growing, according to Pentaho distributor O&B and GrayMatter, which executives said they are "currently in discussions with some of the healthcare providers in the Philippines".
"We are confident of succeeding in acquiring a couple of clients in this vertical in the coming months," said GrayMatter's Kakani.
Melvin G. Calimag is a freelance IT writer based in the Philippines.
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GrayMatter Becomes Platinum partner with Pentaho
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Pentaho Teams with Partners Worldwide on Fast Track BI Seminar Series
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GrayMatter and Pentaho announce South East Asian BI tour!
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Seminar Series to Demonstrate How Organizations Can Benefit from Open Source BI and How Pentaho will Help Them Go From Data to Dashboards in Minutes.
Bangalore, India (Feb 21, 2011) – GrayMatter, one of the world’s leading Pentaho Consulting Partners, and Pentaho Corporation, the open source business intelligence (BI) and data integration (DI) leader, announced today the South East Asian Business Intelligence Tour. The seminar series will visit five cities around the region and is expected to attract several hundred leading business intelligence and data integration developers and architects as well as business analysts and executives. Attendees will leave these seminars much better prepared to build BI applications more quickly, adapt to changing business requirements more easily, and achieve faster time-to-value at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.
The seminars will focus on how open source BI helps reduce the overall cost of BI implementations, interactive workshops showing how Agile BI enables greater collaboration between IT and business users, customer case studies in a variety of verticals, and live demonstrations BI.
The South East Asian BI Tour kicks-off on April 4th 2011 and includes:
- April 4, Singapore
- April 6, Manila
- April 8, Kuala Lumpur
- April 11, Jakarta
- April 15, Mumbai
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GrayMatter, Orange & Bronze demonstrate Pentaho open source business intelligence software to PH companies.
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London Borough of Camden Delivers Outstanding Citizen Service With Pentaho BI Suite Enterprise Edition.
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Cloud Computing and Open Source Luminaries Headline Pentaho.
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GrayMatter won “ Most Valuable Global Partner of year ”.
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Cloud Computing and Open Source Luminaries Headline Pentaho Partner Summit 2009
Partner of the Year Awards Showcase Robust BI Solutions; Global Partner Network Comes Together to Discuss Technology and Market Opportunity
ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - March 10, 2009) - Pentaho Corp., the commercial open source alternative for business intelligence, today announced the keynote speakers and nominees for "Partner of the Year" awards for its upcoming Partner Summit, BI Acceleration, happening in Menlo Park, California on April 2nd and 3rd.
Bernard Golden, CEO of Hyperstratus, author of "Virtualization for Dummies," and Cloud Computing expert will discuss "The Era of Cloud Computing: Implications for Technology and Service Providers." Zack Urlocker, vice president of products, database group at Sun Microsystems, will present on "Open Source's Next Inflection Point." Larry Augustin, angel investor and former chairman of VA Linux will discuss "The Future of Software: Why Open Source is a Safe Bet." Bryan Senseman, partner, co-founder and CTO at OpenBI, a leading open source business intelligence services firm, will share his firm's real-world experience implementing cloud-based business intelligence using the Pentaho BI Suite.
Since its inception in 2005, Pentaho's partner program has attracted a diverse group of leading firms across multiple segments. OEMs and ISVs have worked with Pentaho to allow them to embed business intelligence features in their applications at a fraction of the cost of traditional proprietary BI software. Resellers and Systems Integrators have worked with Pentaho so that they can deliver robust BI solutions to end-customers without the customers' budget being consumed by expensive BI software license fees. Pentaho's growing partner community now includes more than 100 companies around the globe.
"We've developed a partner ecosystem that dwarfs any other in open source BI, and we're still only beginning to address the total market for our ecosystem as we transform the BI market together," said Lars Nordwall, senior vice president of Business Development at Pentaho Corporation. "We look forward to recognizing the success of our top partners, and connecting with new organizations that recognize the opportunity that Pentaho provides for their organization."
The following are this year's award categories and nominees for Pentaho's "Partner of the Year" Awards.
Reseller of the Year, by Geography:
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North America
- Unisys
- Carahsoft Technology Corp.
- Red Hat
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Europe, Middle East and Africa
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Asia-Pacific
- Bizcubed
- BrainChild
- Gray Matter Software
- Latin America
Partner Community Contributor of the Year:
- Chris Lavigne, Breadboard BI
- Ingo Klose, SHS Viveon
- Nicholas Goodman, Bayon Technologies
- Paul Stöllberger, Aschauer EDV
Embedded Business Intelligence Partner of the Year:
- BE-Centric
- Sircon Corporation
- Spidex Software
- Sun Microsystems
System Integrator Partner of the Year:
- Accenture
- Aeturnum
- Saama Technologies
- Satyam Computer
Technology Partner of the Year:
- HP
- Oracle
- Red Hat
- Sun Microsystems
High-Performance Data Warehousing Partner of the Year:
- Infobright
- Netezza
- Teradata
- Vertica
Most Valuable Partner of the Year:
- Bayon Technologies
- GrayMatter Software
- Red Hat
- Sun Microsystems
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GrayMatter becomes Infobright partner.
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TORONTO, Mar 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, today announced the
launch of the Infobright Partner Program to enhance the distribution and
adoption of Infobright technology throughout the world. The partners were
selected based on their expertise in business intelligence and focus on
delivering end-to-end open source solutions for enterprise customers.
"The Infobright Partner Program is a major initiative to attract and
support the remarkable number of international technology companies that
are recognizing the value of Infobright," said Paul Desjardins, vice
president of business development at Infobright. "The program will help
our partners deliver our popular open source data warehouse as a key part
of their business intelligence offering, while allowing them to expand
their business opportunities with Infobright Enterprise Edition."
The following companies have recently joined Infobright's Partner Program:
Europe
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Ancud IT - Beratung GmbH (http://www.ancud.de) is a leading open
source systems integrator in Germany that integrates open source solutions
for business intelligence, collaboration, business process management and e-
commerce in complex portals.
- Azinta Systems (www.azinta.com), based in the UK, is a systems and
services company dedicated to using innovative technologies to solve
complex business problems, reducing costs and increasing customer revenues.
- Linalis (www.linalis.com), headquartered in Switzerland, has been
Making IT Happen since 2002 and is a specialist open source systems
integrator providing consultancy, services, training and resources.
- Road2Biz of Portugal (www.road2biz.com) is a specialized enterprise
consulting firm that delivers new business innovations with open source
solutions.
- Smile (www.smile.fr), the leading integrator of open source solutions
in France, explores the best solutions in the areas of content management,
portals, ERP, business intelligence, CRM, systems and networks.
- Upsys (www.upsys.se), based in Sweden, is an IT consulting company
that focuses on software development, databases, IP telephony and technical
advice.
Americas
- Borja (http://www.borja.cl), based in Chile, specializes in business
intelligence.
- Solutions Managed (www.solutionsmanaged.com), based in the U.S., is a
professional services company that specializes in enterprise performance
management and analytic applications design and development.
- SQL Power (www.sqlpower.ca), a leading Canadian consulting firm,
specializes in business intelligence, data migration and performance
measurement
- Visao, LLC (www.visaocompany.com), based in the U.S., specializes in
technical solutions that help businesses run more efficiently and better
connect with other business and customers.
Asia
- BrainChild Hong Kong Ltd. is a leading business intelligence solutions
provider in the Asia-Pacific region.
- GrayMatter (http://www.graymatter.co.in), based in India, is a
software solution provider involved in developing business applications,
providing technology consulting to its global clients starting with
planning, development, deployment, maintenance and support across a range
of technologies.
Proven alternatives to today's high-cost, high-maintenance data
warehouse products, Infobright Community Edition (ICE) and Infobright
Enterprise Edition (IEE) offer the industry's lowest total cost of
ownership and unmatched operational simplicity. The columnar database is
ideal for analytics, and the self-managing Knowledge Grid architecture
reduces typical implementation and ongoing management costs by up to 90
percent.
About Infobright
Infobright, the open source data warehousing company, has pioneered the
development of self-managing data warehouse software. The critical need
for business intelligence, coupled with the dramatic growth of corporate
data, has outpaced IT's resources and budget within many companies.
Infobright's technology solves this problem by delivering a highly
scalable analytic data warehouse that reduces ongoing management by up to
90 percent and costs significantly less than other data warehouse
solutions. Infobright's solution is being used by companies in online
marketing, financial services, telecommunications and other industries to
provide rapid access to critical business data with unmatched operational
simplicity. For more information, please visit www.infobright.com.
All names referred to are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
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February 24, 2009 GrayMatter Launches Pentaho BI Services to South East Asian market
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