Oracle Business Intelligence and Essbase Solutions Guide

This book highlights the practical aspects of using Oracle Essbase and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) as a comprehensive BI solution. It explains the key steps involved in Oracle Essbase and OBIEE implementations. Using case studies, the book covers Oracle Essbase for analytical BI and data integration, using OBIEE for operational BI including presentation services and BI Publisher for real-time reporting services, Self-service BI– in terms of VLDB, scalability, high performance, stability, long-lasting and ease of use that saves time, effort, and costs, while maximizing ROI.

With his beginnings in the US intelligence community more than 25 years ago, Rosendo Abellera has made a life-long career out of utilizing data as a critical asset with intelligence and analytics. During the 1990s, his earlier career in software development resulted in the creation of four commercial software packages and culminated in a role as a Database Performance Engineer at a prolific, multi-vendor database benchmarking and optimization lab (sponsored by Oracle, EMC, and Intel) which launched his career in Data Warehousing (DW).

As a pioneer and early adopter of modern DW as well as Business Intelligence (BI) tools and technologies for the commercial world, he personally architected BI/DW solutions for leading companies such as Comcast, Diamond.com, Global Signal, John Hancock Financials, and Mercury Systems. In addition, he has consulted to a multitude of major organizations across various industries regarding BI and DW including AAA, Boston College, British Telecom, ESPN, Harvard University, LexisNexis, Pfizer, Staples, State Street, Toyota, and US Steel. With a passion for architecting, implementing, and continuously honing the craft, he has held key management positions to establish the DW and BI practices of several organizations including Accenture. Rosendo is a veteran of the US Air Force and the National Security Agency (NSA) where he served worldwide (primarily in Europe and Asia) as a linguist and certified intelligence analyst for several languages. He received commendations for his service overseas and for the First Gulf War.