BUSINESS OBJECTS ENTERPRISE XI:
Architected for Mission Critical Applications
Rob Rohloff, OEM Sales Consultant
XI FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
USER INTERACTION TIER
Complete end-user interface support
Out-of-box BusinessObjects InfoView portal Enterprise portal integration for Java and .NET Dashboards and performance management
Trusted information
Discussions—What are people saying about it? Encyclopedia—What does it tell me? Microsoft Office as a managed BI environment
DEVELOPER SERVICES
Comprehensive SDK’s for corporate developers and partner BI integration
Access the repository, scheduling, and administration environment within applications or portals for custom development Full web application server support via Web Services, Java, .NET, and COM
Includes industry standard portal integration kits
COMPLETE PLATFORM SERVICES
Services-oriented architecture
Services available on Windows, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Red Hat Linux
Viewing and interaction for end-users
Integrated scheduling and distribution On-report analysis for intuitive information exploration
Management and administration for IT
Central repository for all content and users profiles (user, role, and document security) System auditing for performance tuning and compliance requirements
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
Award winning, modern, service-oriented architecture
CLUSTERED MULTI-SERVER DEPLOYMENTS
CLUSTERED PLATFORM AND WEB SERVER SUPPORT
DATA SERVICES
Flexible access to virtually any data source
Industry standard support for ODBC, OLAP, XML, JDBC, and native data drivers Enterprise application connectors for leading ERP and CRM providers
Metadata creation and management
Providing a business view of complex data for non-technical users Data level security for personalized, secure views of information Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) services Data cleansing, data profiling, and impact analysis
BI TOOLS & CONTENT
Complete BI tool support
Specialized tools for all BI end-user requirements
3rd party documents
Tie related documents to business intelligence
Support for Adobe PDF and desktop productivity
tools including Microsoft Office
Programs and hyperlinks
Navigate between content and other content or
applications
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Productivity tools for IT
Central Management Console for
complete administration and configuration
Designer tool for creation and
modification of the metadata (Universes)
Import wizard to move content from
one environment to another.
XI FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
PROVEN SCALABILITY, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
Third Party Validation via Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Certification Proven Stability – remains stable under situations
of high load, high stress or limited resources.
Proven Availability – remains available after being
subjected to crash and failover conditions
VeriTest benchmark of BusinessObjects Enterprise platform
Available for download from www.veritest.com
PROVEN SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
• Benchmark testing program to prove performance and scalability • Proven ability to scale both vertically and horizontally • Proven ability to scale and maintain performance
Number of Active Users*
6.0
Response Time By Request, User Load, CPUs*
5.0
4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 4 cpu 8 CPU 16 CPU 32 CPU
Median Response Time (sec)
4.0
Live Data
3.0
Saved Data Logon CMS Query
2.0
Schedule DrillDown
1.0
0.0
500 users 4CPU
1000 users 8CPU
2000 users 16CPU
4000 users 32CPU
* Scalability Benchmark Test on IBM AIX
LARGE DEPLOYMENT EXAMPLE
Business Objects’ OnDemand (SaaS) solution Platform is BusinessObjects Enterprise XI R2 40,000+ users
SUMMARY
1. Proven, services-oriented architecture
2. Fault tolerance, load balancing, and fail-over
3. Extensible, future-proof design 4. Complete web-based admin environment 5. Multi-level caching and adaptive page server 6. Full support for third-party security systems 7. Comprehensive SDKs including Web Services 8. Customer and lab-tested performance and reliability
QUESTIONS?
BUSINESS OBJECTS ENTERPRISE XI:
Architected for Mission Critical Applications