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Notes of this Enterprise Edition of the firm’s database. IBM allegations $25,000 per processor just for
the Enterprise Server Edition of its relational database with included but basic build and manage
capabilities. OLAP, data mining, and sophisticated build and manage are all additional. Hyperion
allegations $28,000 per processor just for OLAP with packaged construct and manage capabilities.
Figure 5.1 depicts BI model in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

5.4.6 Oracle’s Business Intelligence Platform Strategy

Oracle is a software business with two foremost lines of business: databases and applications.
The present flagship proposing of the firm’s database business is Oracle9i. This is an object/
relational database administration scheme designed and positioned to support all types of
Internet-based applications. Oracle9i integrates what Oracle terms a “complete and integrated
infrastructure for building business intelligence applications.” So, Oracle’s business intelligence
platform strategy to supply a comprehensive business understanding platform built on and
integrated inside its flagship database system.

Did u know? Oracle Business Intelligence is an integrated, intuitive, and interactive business
intelligence solution that provides comprehensive report creation and delivery
capabilities, from data preparation to final presentation, against multidimensional OLAP
or relational data sources.

Partnerships

Partnerships do not play a major function inside Oracle’s business intelligence platform. The
“complete and integrated infrastructure” means that every platform component is provided by
Oracle and is founded on Oracle9i. Oracle’s R&D organization controls the creation, development,
and support of the whole platform. Like Microsoft, Oracle uses partnerships for business platform
tools and applications, although the firm actually strives against with these partners with its
own business intelligence tools and applications. Because Oracle’s business intelligence platform
does not include colleague technology, Oracle has the significant advantage of control over the
platform’s components, technology and integration.

Oracle’s Business Intelligence Platform

Oracle9i is the foundation of Oracle’s business understanding platform. OLAP functionality is
supplied by Oracle9i OLAP and data mining functionality is supplied by Oracle9i data mining.
Both are characteristics of Oracle9i Business Edition. Build and Manage functionality is provided
by two toolsets. The first, Oracle Business supervisor, is the major management structure and
DBA toolset as well as the toolset for OLAP construction and organization. The second is Oracle9i
Warehouse Builder. This toolset, a component of Oracle Internet Developer Suite, presents
capabilities for managing relational data warehousing resources, conceiving relational data
warehouse forms, and ETL.

Package and Pricing

From a packaging perspective, Oracle boasts little bundling. All the constituents of its business
intelligence platform are individually bundled and cost and the construct and manage components
have separately cost and bundled sub-components. Oracle9i Business version is cost at $40,000
per processor. Oracle9i OLAP is cost at $20,000 per processor. Oracle9i data Mining is cost at
$20,000 per processor. And, Oracle Warehouse Builder is priced at $5,000 per entitled client. Add

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