Overview
After Oracle purchased Siebel Systems in 2005, they soon realised that in Siebel Analytics they had acquired a hidden gem in the product portfolio. The product has since been re-branded as Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) and now forms the cornerstone of Oracle's BI strategy. Siebel Analytics was embraced by the users of the Siebel CRM application and many have deployed reports and dashboards to thousands of users, however Siebel never generated enough interest outside of the CRM community. Oracle now positions OBIEE as their flagship BI product and a serious challenger to the traditional BI vendors, such as Business Objects and Cognos.

The position now taken by Oracle has left many Discoverer users wondering about their options. Should they stick with the tried and trusted Discoverer platform, now referred to as Oracle BI Suite Standard Edition (OBISE), or should they seriously consider migrating to the Enterprise Edition?

In this white paper we take an impartial look at the OBIEE platform from the Discoverer users' perspective and attempt to answer some of their questions.

White Paper Contents

• High Level Overview of Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
  • Architecture Perspective
    • Components
    • Metadata
    • Caching
  • End-user Applications
• Metadata Administration
  • Physical Layer
  • Logical Layer
  • Presentation Layer
  • Other Modules
  • OBISE - OBIEE Terminology Comparison
• Building, Deploying and Running Reports
  • Oracle Answers
  • Oracle Interactive Dashboards
  • Oracle Delivers
  • Web Catalog
  • OBISE - OBIEE Terminology Comparison
• Conclusion

Please send an email to info@rosetta-stone.co.uk to request a free copy of this whitepaper, or call us on +44 (0)1932 724006.

About Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone are leading UK experts in Oracle BI Suite EE / Siebel Analytics. Founded in 1998, we have been working with the product prior to its acquisition from nQuire by Siebel in 2002. We continue to deliver cutting edge OBIEE implementations after Siebel has become part of Oracle Corporation.