The real future of business intelligence rather than the retro future we've been building, and where to look for inspiration and innovation in the future.
5. Perspective: the short term lens “ Open source is not worth paying attention to.” An industry analyst I don’t want to make too much fun of, January 2006 Where the analysts are on the adoption curve
6. Perspective: the lens of the past “ All the calculations that will ever be needed in this country could be done on the three digital computers now being built… No one else will ever need machines of their own, or would be able to afford to buy them.” Douglas Hartree, 1951
15. Conclusion: 100% of IT will administer BI in ten years Time BI Dev / Admins 2017
16. Problem: linear extrapolation “ If the automobile had followed the same development as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year killing everyone inside.” Robert Cringely Time Anything Reality
31. Old style Standard tools, 1 size Kitchen sink Big central app . Controlled process Force users New style Many tools, custom fit Simplicity Big central platform, small dist apps Get out of the way Attract users
32. “ When technology delivers basic needs, user experience dominates” Don Norman
36. Expectations from a younger generation What happens when the first MySpace crowd hits the workforce?
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38. The Timeline of Significant Events 1985 – Born 1985 – Nintendo releases Super Mario Brothers 1985 – GPL is created 1990 – start school 1991 – First web browser 1993 – First popular web browser 1993 – Linux version 1.0 released 1995 – Amazon and eBay founded 1995 – First usable version of Windows 1996 – Secondary school! 1997 – First Harry Potter book!! 1997 – Term “weblog” coined 1998 – Teenager! 1996 – OMG! First modern IM! 1998 – Google founded 1999 – Napster and the rise of p2p 2001 – the iPod debuts 2003 - College 2005 – YouTube is created 2006 – Graduation, video of drunken party on YouTube 2007 – Welcome to your new job
42. Businesses are going through a shift to more decentralized processes and decision making. Hierarchy Bureaucracy Network
43. Well vs plumbing BI is still using the old assumptions of hierarchy and centralized control. We are still using the language of control. Control is an illusion.