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INTRODUCTION For many organizations, Microsoft has been the default choice when considering a business intelligence (BI) solution. This is due in great part to the familiarity that developers feel with Microsoft products and the widely available skill sets related to developing in this environment. However, many of our customers have found that using Microsoft presents considerable challenges and disadvantages, particularly when flexibility and rapid turnaround are valued. This paper outlines the key features and benefits of LogiXML technology and compares it to Microsoft business intelligence offerings. We present a comparison of not only specific product attributes, but implications for development efforts, time to launch, and total cost of ownership. Comparing LogiXML with Microsoft is actually very similar to a "build vs. buy" comparison. Due to the toolset-like nature of Microsoft BI products, Microsoft is more analogous to building an application from scratch whereas LogiXML technology represents a more structured, out-of-the-box solution. KEY LOGIXML FEATURES & BENEFITS 100% browser based Open, Web-based high performance XML architecture Works on any web browser with zero client footprint Hundreds of "Pre-Built" Elements Microsoft is a popular choice for business intelligence, particularly for companies that already own SQL Server. Developers feel comfortable building in it, and the skillsets required to develop in this environment are widely available. However, its important to understand that Microsoft BI is akin to choosing build is the build vs. buy question. This paper compares and contrasts Microsoft business intelligence with LogiXML, including product features as well as the implications for development effort required, time to market, and total cost of ownership. It also advises in which situations an organizations should prefer one solution over the other.
At the heart of Logi technology is Logi Studio: an elemental design environment which lets you simply choose from hundreds of powerful and configurable pre-built elements, including many complex analysis tools and visualizations. For example: Analysis Grids, Ajax-driven Dashboards, Charts, Graphs and complex mapping tools (including tree/heat map explorers) , integration with GIS capabilities (including 200 customizable region-based maps and data visualization tools).
Unified Platform
LogiXML is a completely unified platform built entirely on a single technology base. Therefore, once you learn how to use our products, this knowledge translates to every component within the platform, speeding your development cycles. SO HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO MICROSOFT? Now that weve spent time elaborating the key attributes of Logi XML technology here is an analysis of how it compares to Microsofts offerings:
Many IT professionals find these to be rather unappealing options, since they require evaluating a new product or components, and/or a lot of work to build and make sure it integrates with the rest of the Microsoft stack. Additionally, while SQL Server and other products support different types of security architectures, Analysis Services only has support for using integrated Windows NT security models to access cubes and therefore creates integration challenges.
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Moreover, for client/ad hoc tools, you need Report Writer, a desktop product, or Excel - another desktop application. In addition to requiring separate licenses, these products don't even talk to one another in the same ways, as they were built by different companies and subsequently acquired by Microsoft. Each product requires a separate and often disconnected development environment with different design and administration features. Therefore to manage Microsoft BI, you must have all of these development environments available and know how to use them all. This requires either the support of several developers with distinct skill sets or a developer who can learn the specifics to work with each distinct component in their stack. In general, it can be very difficult to put together a complete solution since you need many different products and skills to get this up and running.
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