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Delivering More BI with Less Effort

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Efficient Architecture: More BI with Less IT Effort

MicroStrategy 9

  • Fewer IT Personnel Delivering for More Users: MicroStrategy requires fewer IT staff because of its unified architecture, single and reusable metadata and single point of administration for the whole BI platform.
  • Dynamic Report Personalization: MicroStrategy’s advanced prompting capability allows a single report to span hundreds of different versions without IT support.
  • Automated and Centralized Administration Tools: MicroStrategy provides an integrated, automated administration environment to help IT staff efficiently monitor and fine-tune the BI environment.


Three-Year Cost of Ownership is Dominated by IT Personnel Costs

Note: The figure is based on over 300 interviews conducted across numerous platforms, presented in composite form. Source: IDC, 2007

OBIEE Plus

  • More IT Personnel Necessary for Fewer Users: OBIEE Plus requires more IT resources to maintain disjointed technologies with multiple metadata repositories and products, each with separate administration tools.
  • Limited Dynamic Report Personalization: OBIEE Plus report developers most likely need to maintain more reports and disconnected metadata layers, given the limitations in prompting capabilities each product offers.
  • Multiple Decentralized Administration Tools: OBIEE Plus provides multiple administration tools with limited automated capabilities with no centralized view for monitoring and managing the BI environment.

MicroStrategy is Recognized for its Ability to Support More Users with Fewer IT Administrators

Source: A leading industry analyst firm’s survey of 480 customers, January 2009
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