28th Edition - The President Post

www.thepresidentpost.com The President Post
October 12, 2011 B7
Technology
Industry Experts:
RI Organizations to Benefit
from Next Generation Business
Intelligence Solutions
Organizations are increasingly turning to business intelligence appliances which
fuse applications, infrastructure and productivity tools into a single system which
help organizations optimize employee productivity and decision-making, while
simplifying the delivery of applications for IT.
IIndonesia’s businesses
stand to benefit greatly
from the next generation of
business intelligence solutions.
This is the message
heard by dozens of leading information
technology executives at
an information session in Jakarta
hosted by Microsoft featuring industry
analyst firm Forrester Research,
Inc. and co-sponsors HP
and Intel Corporation.
John Brand, Vice President at
Forrester Research, was a featured
speaker at the business intelligence
event.
According to a recent Forrester
report, “No other software segment
enjoys the same positive
market dynamics of advancing
technologies, business innovation,
and companies’ implementation
plans.”
Microsoft’s approach to business
intelligence is to offer a
cloud-ready information platform
to help customers more effectively
take command of their expanding
data in order to optimize their
operations, find greater efficiencies
and capitalize on new opportunities.
Today the company’s solutions
help their customers drive
insights throughout their information
work base so that all employees
are empowered to gain
strategic value from vital information.
They do this by delivering
business intelligence solutions
through the market’s leading productivity
and collaboration platforms,
Microsoft Office and Microsoft
SharePoint, while providing
powerful management tools built
for IT professionals on the SQL
Server platform.
In Microsoft’s goal to deliver
pervasive business intelligence
to organizations as quickly and
efficiently, they have also partnered
with HP to create a range
of data management appliances
from self-service BI to the highest
end of Data warehousing that
meet transforming organizational
needs.
Increasingly, organizations are
turning to business intelligence
appliances which fuse applications,
infrastructure and productivity
tools into a single system
which help organizations optimize
employee productivity and
decision-making, while simplifying
the delivery of applications for
IT.
“Today, business intelligence
appliances are becoming an increasingly
important vehicle in
our journey to the cloud. Customers
get the flexibility they need in a
solution that delivers results right
out of the box,” said Dan Kogan,
Senior Director SQL Appliances
solutions, Microsoft Asia Pacific.
“Looking ahead, business intelligence
will be more pervasive.
Business intelligence shouldn’t
be a specialty. It should be a natural
part of everyone’s job. In the
future, companies that best manage
explosive data growth and derive
the best insights from it will
be the most competitive.”
As data volumes continue to
grow at exponential rates, the upcoming
SQL Server “Denali” will
give customers even greater confidence
in their mission critical applications
and help them unlock
breakthrough insights across the
organization.
The technology itself is designed
to quickly build solutions across
traditional servers, appliances,
and private and public clouds.
“The cloud not only makes
managing the oceans of data easier
and less expensive, it can help
companies create new capabilities
and products that weren’t before
possible,” said Novi Tandjung, Microsoft
Indonesia.
“We see business intelligence
becoming more pervasive. Business
intelligence shouldn’t be a
specialty. It should be a natural
part of everyone’s job.”
Papua is committed to accelerate
its development and
accomplish a higher goal to
coordinate steps with national
development with other
provinces in the country.
A smart step far from conventional
approach is taken
to improve the performance
capabilities of the provincial
government through an optimum
utilization of IT.
The Head of Information
Technology and Communication
Management (DPTIK)
of Papua Province, Kansiana
Salle stated, “Papua
would like to own an access
to broad information that
comes with autonomy management
and is beneficial
for the residents and Provincial
Government. Other
than becoming an information
resource for the people,
this facility needs to become
a reflective evaluation
tool for the Provincial Government
regarding its development
performance. On
the contrary, we need to put
into account a wise economic
and investment scale considering
the vast geographical
area the province has,
reaching out to a total population
of 2,851,999 people
and a number of other priorities
that must not be set
aside.”
Papua Builds Cloud-based
Integrated Knowledge Centre
DPTIK Papua Province
and Papua Central Statistic
Agency (BPS) as the agents
of the Provincial Government
spearheaded the initiative
and present cloud-base portal
www.papuadev.info which WAS
introduced widely to public on 10
October. The portal will function
as ‘Knowledge Centre’ and is expected
to become a source of reference
for local leaders and decision-makers.
The investment
to build the platform is an initial
step for Papua information and
communication system to moving
forward towards Cloud Computing
- fully supported by Microsoft
Indonesia technology.
“We are completely aware of the
strategic role played by technology
in supporting Business Process
Re-engineering (BPR) within
the Provincial Government administration.
Only by utilizing an
appropriate IT support will Papua
Province be able to do a quantum
leap,” claimed Totok Asbi Irianto,
Head of Network Technology Development
and Data from DPTIK
Papua Province.
The decision to take the route
through Cloud Computing takes
into consideration the Province’s
current situation and sound investment.
“Cloud Computing is
essentially a new computing style
where data sharing, information
and other IT elements are provided
through a service run by external
party and is paid per-use.
The service is scalable and elastic,
which translates into a flexible
capacity of usage according to
user’s demand. The capacity scale
can be lifted or reduced anytime,”
explained Amalia Fahmi, SMS&P
Director Microsoft Indonesia.
“Through this approach, Papua
Province does not have the necessity
to invest on hardware and
maintenance room. These truly
bring economic value to the government,
since the service is provided
by a group of sources in
sharing mode. Users also benefit
from various available payment
solutions, with a complete track
record and credible measurement,”
she added.
Kansiana shared the mutual
feeling, “This breakthrough is
definitely reducing our IT investment,
as capital expenditure for
hardware, software, communication
network, data server and
other tools can be eliminated significantly.
We can thus prevent
redundancy in the provision of IT
equipments in every working unit.
The lack of IT experts in Papua
can also be managed by building
upon external party who is more
experienced. The remaining human
resources can be allocated
to the working units, to focus and
contribute in other development
sectors.”
The main objective to present
the public with complete information
and valuable knowledge
about Papua Province in a timely
and accurate manner, through an
affordable effort, can be positively
achieved by Cloud approach. “The
direct benefit is not limited to only
budget efficiency by shifting capital
expenditures into operational
expenditure. The Government is
now able to concentrate on achieving
their primary goals, to do an
effective regional development, to
establish a more simple operational
system management,
to achieve a more secure
collaboration in a more
lean organization, and a
more secure yet centralized
data management, as well
as easier applications maintenance
since they no longer
need to be installed in the
connected computer network,”
Amalia further elaborated.
Totok said the Central
Statistics Agency recorded
millions of Papua people
still have low income,
but on the other hand there
are untapped potentials including
small-medium businesses
in Papua who do not
have the power to purchase,
maintain and secure their
own information system.
They only have minimum
access and capability to process
data and information
in order to support their independent
business development.
Cloud Computing
has become very appealing
to local business community
and is the right solution
to deal with technology complexity
as well as to keep up
with rapid technology innovation
– even before they hit
their Return on Investment
(ROI).
“We believe, in a near future,
Papua business community
can step ahead to
Cloud as demonstrated by
the Provincial Government,”
declared Totok.