[Datamart-News] Brio/Hyperion upgrade project status

[WALLACE Aaron * SCD SARS]

Hello everyone,

 

In March, I alerted you of the finished business case, which detailed
the potential purchase of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management
System 11 (see below email). 

 

As of June 1, 2010, the SCD has purchased System 11, including support,
under our current budget. This purchase has many benefits to the state:

 

*        It allows for the statewide upgrade of all desktop versions of
Brio/Hyperion to the current supported Oracle product.

*        Unlimited user access is provided through a single statewide
license; no additional license fees or software purchases are needed for
new users. 

*        Agencies will no longer receive and pay separate annual
Brio/Hyperion maintenance invoices for each of their desktop licenses.
Instead, DAS will pay all support/maintenance on behalf of the State of
Oregon through one central annual invoice.

*        The state's financial community can continue to use the
estimated 50,000 .bqy files that currently exist - users do not have to
rebuild their queries.

*        The current Brio/Hyperion infrastructure is maintained, thereby
reducing the costs to implement System 11.

*        From an end user perspective, System 11 functions the same as
prior Brio/Hyperion versions, so no additional training is necessary.

*        Increased compatibility - AJAX, Linux, XML, .NET, SOAP, J2EE,
WSDL, 64 bit support, etc. 

*        System 11 provides the potential for future expansion as a
statewide web-based application with additional audit capabilities.

 

The State Controllers' Division is currently in the process of
determining the best course of action to properly implement this upgrade
on a statewide level. I understand that all users will want to be
upgraded as soon as possible; however, we ask that you be patient as we
work through this process.

 

Thanks again for your support. 

 

Aaron Wallace

Sr. Datamart Business Analyst

State Controller's Division

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From: datamart-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:datamart-news-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of
WALLACE Aaron * SCD SARS
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:24 PM
To: datamart-news at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: [Datamart-News] Finished Datamart Business Case

 

Hello everyone,

 

The business case in support of the purchase of Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management System 11 has been posted to the Datamart
Website:  link <http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/SARS/datamart.shtml>  

 

The purpose of this business case is to evaluate whether it is in the
best interests of the State of Oregon to acquire a single statewide
license for System 11 that would replace the nearly 700 existing
Brio/Hyperion desktop licenses. Oracle no longer supports the legacy
desktop licenses and has no plans to provide a software patch when
current users migrate to a new operating system beyond Windows XP. The
business case examines the pros and cons of the various alternatives and
recommends the purchase of the System 11 enterprise license without the
Web-based features.

 

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.  Based on the
latest information, it appears we may be able to complete this
acquisition in the current biennium.

 

Aaron Wallace

Sr. Datamart Business Analyst

DAS-SCD-SARS

 

 

 

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