BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVICES FOR COGNOS, BUSINESS OBJECTS & MICROSOFT BI

Decision Makers, Do These Pains Sound Familiar?

  • Our information management process is inefficient
  • We need self service BI applications
  • Our users cannot get information in a timely manner or in the right context
  • Collecting and verifying the data is challenging
  • Everyone is working with different numbers across different BI tools
  • Our information is spread across hundreds of disconnected spreadsheets
  • We are unable to model scenarios and conduct ‘what if’ analysis
  • Our data volumes are growing exponentially and lack consistency

VLink BI Service Offerings:

  • Current State and Readiness Assessments
  • BI Tool Evaluation and Selection
  • BI Architecture Definition and Audit
  • Dashboard and Scorecard System Design
  • Reporting System Design and Implementation
  • Data Integration Process Design and Improvements
  • Data Warehouse Project Management and Coaching
  • Data Marts, Cubes, Universes, Data Integration and ETL Design
  • User Acceptance Testing, User Training
  • Product Migration and Up-Conversion planning
  • BI environment maintenance
  • BI Architect, Product Specialist and Reporting Expert Outsourcing

VLink BI services provide the full range of capabilities to support the needs of business users and IT managers

VLink’s seasoned BI practitioners understand what it takes to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain or migrate an effective, fully functioning BI environment. Utilize our end-to-end BI project capability, or employ our resources on a limited focus engagement. Regardless of the nature of your needs and how your data is now stored, VLink experts have the experience and skill to build the reports, analysis and dashboards you need to manage your business with information delivered where, when and how you need it.

VLink BI Tool Evaluation and Selection service provides a vendor-neutral perspective to the complex task of choosing the right BI software

VLink understands that selecting the right BI tool for your organization is essential to meet organizational and business goals. VLink consultants brings a well-defined and proven methodology to the process of determining which of the many available BI tools will fit the budget, timeframe, industry, technology infrastructure and operational needs of our customers. From understanding an organization’s business goals and requirements, to creating a short list of acceptable products, to developing demos and negotiating with vendors, VLink’s BI Tool Evaluation and Selection process is thorough and complete, and your best option for a making a successful choice.

VLink BI experience can leverage your current or planned BI software and tools investment

VLink BI experts can support your Cognos, Business Objects and Microsoft Business Intelligence software project or maintenance requirements. VLink can also deliver customer-focused, end-to-end Data Warehouse solutions using the toolset that is right for your business needs. With hands-on experience that extends across the leading BI tools on the market today, VLink is committed to solving our clients’ business problems with the most current and appropriate BI technology available.

VLink BI consultants are ready to support your project or maintenance requirements

VLink BI consultants work everyday to support mergers and acquisitions, build or extend BI capabilities, support project initiatives, migrate databases, create reports, test Data Warehouse environments and maintain BI implementations. VLink is ready to work with you at your site, or take your project requirement off-site to our development center. Either way, VLink brings responsive, value driven technical excellence to all of its engagements.

VLink Cognos and Business Objects specialists are available for migration support

VLink Cognos and Business Objects experts know that upgrading between releases can be challenging and tedious. They know that questions typically arise such as, ‘Can content be upgraded or does it have to be rewritten? Can some content be eliminated? What content is being used effectively?’ At VLink, we believe the key to a successful upgrade involves a thorough assessment of the current environment, expert planning and experienced project management. VLink BI consultants can perform successful Cognos upgrades whether it is between releases Series 7 to either ReportNet or Cognos 8.4, or from ReportNet to releases of Cognos 8, or between older and new versions of Business Objects.

VLink BI end user training

The ultimate success of any business software implementation is the adoption and use of the solution by the user community for whom it was deployed. Adoption is often dependent on the training and supports users receive. Understanding how a BI tool works, and how to access desired information is the key to getting real value from a BI investment. Training also presents an opportunity for business users and the IT staff to develop a meaningful dialogue about the tool and its use. This rapport can have important value when future upgrades are required. VLink BI trainers are expert at facilitating end-user training. Training is available on-site or via web-based instruction.