HP & Business Intelligence
From time to time, we're going to take a look at what various vendors are up to in the Intelligent Economy.
In this case we'll take a look at HP's vision for Business Intelligence.
Yale Tankus spells it out for us in his blog. It's all about "synchronizing strategy & execution."
But how?
If you look beyond the sales-talk, you'll see there is flesh on the bones. HP has built an enterprise management framework around "process aware" business intelligence. Admittedly it's still somewhat IT-centric, but they're headed in the right direction, with partnerships with SAS, Cognos, and Hyperion among others.
What's going to tie all of this together in a manageable way? SOA. And according to HP, their SOA Manager product.
Let's watch the fun. The first step will be getting HP consulting up to speed on SOA. The challenge is not in the vision, but in the execution. The first integrator to get their talent base up to snuff is going to win this game.
Are you listening, IBM Global Services?