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DRUM Meeting

DRUM Meeting. Tuesday, April 3 0 th , 2013 Staples Headquarters, Broomfield, CO. DRUM Agenda – 04-30-13. DRUM Agenda – 04-30-13. Officers. DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13. Officers – Responsibility Overview. Laura Sprowls President

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DRUM Meeting

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  1. DRUM Meeting Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 Staples Headquarters, Broomfield, CO

  2. DRUM Agenda – 04-30-13 DRUM Agenda – 04-30-13

  3. Officers DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  4. Officers – Responsibility Overview • Laura SprowlsPresident • Fill any vacancy of office by appointment for the unexpired term of office • Chief Executive Officer, with general supervisory responsibility over the DRUM • Conduct all business meetings of the DRUM and the Executive Board • An ex-officio member of all committees except the Nominating Committee • Authorized as a signatory on checks drawn on the DRUM's general account • Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Board DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  5. Officers – Responsibility Overview • TBD VP of Membership • Help to promote, contact and encourage MicroStrategy clients to join the DRUM • Maintain records of names and address of members • Maintain and provide a current membership list to the DRUM • Maintain a copy of the current bylaws of the DRUM and make copies available to any member who requests such • If the President is absent, act in the place of the President • Authorized as a signatory on checks drawn on the DRUM's general account • Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Board DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  6. Officers – Responsibility Overview • Tom VentkerVP of Marketing/Public Relations/Logistics • Responsible for management of all external communications of the DRUM to ensure continuity of DRUM’S mission and objectives including but not limited to: membership brochures, flyers, websites, social media • Responsible for minutes of each general meeting • Responsible for minutes of each Executive Board meeting • Responsible for contract and event management for all meetings • Responsible for reviewing and approving all mailings to members • Authorized as a signatory on checks drawn from the DRUM’s general account • Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Board DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  7. Officers – Responsibility Overview • Susan Gaine VP of Programming • Plan, prepare and co-present an agenda for each regular meeting • Obtain and coordinate program speakers • Make meeting arrangements for regular meetings • Authorized as a signatory on checks drawn from the DRUM’s general account • Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Board DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  8. Officers – Responsibility Overview • Mary Pohl Treasurer • Maintain proper records of all cash receipts and disbursements • Deposit all moneys received in the DRUM's general checking account • Authorized as a signatory on checks drawn from the DRUM’s general account • Maintain legal documents of the DRUM • Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Board DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  9. Officers – Responsibility Overview • Arnold SlabbekoornMicroStrategyLiaison • Represent the issues and concerns of the DRUM to MicroStrategy • Communicate MicroStrategy issues and concerns back to the DRUM DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  10. Officer Updates • Next Meeting • Time: End of June / Beginning of July • Location: TBD • Featured Topic: TBD • Meet Up • Everyone should join DRUM on Meetup • User Group Finances • Start-up Money • Membership Dues DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  11. Membership Dues • Corporate Base Members • Annual Membership dues for Corporate Base Membership • $300 per year per company or entity • Four designated base members per fiscal year. • $75 per person designated over and above the four base members • Per-Meeting Membership dues for a Corporate Entity • $100 per company or entity • Four designated members per meeting • Individual Members • Annual Membership dues for Individual Membership • $100.00 per fiscal year • Per-Meeting Membership dues for Individuals • $30.00 per meeting DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  12. Feature Presentation 1 • Mobile Deployment – Melissa Sener (Chipotle) • 3 Options for MicroStrategy Mobile App Deployment to Apple Devices DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  13. Mobile Deployment Options Option A – Emailing MicroStrategy Mobile Link • Each end user downloads the MicroStrategy App from Apple App Store • MicroStrategy administrator uses MicroStrategy Mobile Server to generate a “Configuration Link” which points to the MicroStrategy project • MicroStrategy administrator sends the configuration link to end users using email or adds the link to an internal company web page Benefits: • Easy for developers • Fast • Cheap Drawbacks: • Less control over look and feel of your app • No control over version of MicroStrategy • Complexity of installation for end users DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  14. Mobile Deployment Options Option B – Apple App Store Distribution • Enroll in the Apple iOS Developer Program • Recompile the MicroStrategy Mobile App using Apple Developer License and MicroStrategy Mobile SDK • Submit your app to Apple for approval (average wait is 6 days per Shiny Development) • Once Apple approves you can distribute the compiled app to Apple App Store Benefits: • Easy for end users • Control over MicroStrategy version that your app uses • Ability to brand your app (users can see something other than the MicroStrategy button) Drawbacks: • Time • Complexity • Cost ($99/per yr for Apple Lic, need a Mac for SDK, need SDK MicroStrategy licenses) DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  15. Mobile Deployment Options Option C – Enterprise Deployment • Enroll in the Apple iOS Developer Enterprise Program (1 to 2 weeks for processing) • Recompile the MicroStrategy Mobile App using Apple Enterprise License and MicroStrategy Mobile SDK • Distribute the compiled app to users via Enterprise Deployment such as a server you have in house Benefits: • Easy for end users • Control over MicroStrategy version that your app uses • Ability to brand your app (users can see something other than the MicroStrategy button) • No need to submit for Apple’s approval for unlimited internal deployment Drawbacks: • Time • Complexity • Cost ($299/per yr for Apple Lic, Mac for SDKdevelopment, SDK MicroStrategy licenses) DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  16. Feature Presentation 2 • MicroStrategyat Staples – Arnold Slabbekoorn & Tricia Connor (Staples) • Infrastructure • Mobile DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  17. MicroStrategy at Staples • Business area support • Staples Advantage Contract Sales • Staples Advantage Contract Merchandising • Corporate Finance and BU Finance teams • Store operations • Store & Online Marketing • Store & Online Merchandising • IS/IT department systems • Customer Service Support • Global Finance & Accounting • Supply Chain and Inventory Mgmt & Control functions • Enterprise Reporting and Analytic tool (Apollo) • Current version: 9.2.1 HF9 • 15 internal associate developers • 1-5 On-off site contractors (project based) • 3 full time admins and 1 offshore admin contractors • 30 active projects in production • 2000+ enabled user ID’s • 700+ users login weekly • Supporting 7 Styles of BI • Mobile BI • Scorecards & Dashboards • Enterprise Reporting • OLAP Analysis • Advanced & Predictive Analysis • Alert & Proactive Notifications • Advanced visualizations • MicroStrategy Products • MicroStrategy Desktop/Architect • MicroStrategy Mobile • MicroStrategy Office • MicroStrategy Report Services / OLAP Services • MicroStrategy Distribution Services • MicroStrategy Narrowcast Services • MicroStrategy Visual Insight • MicroStrategy Web • MicroStrategy Admin Components: Command Manager, Object Manager, Health Center, Enterprise Manager, Intelligence Server, SDK. • NOT IN USE! • Multi-Source • Transaction Services • Integrity Manager • System Manager (new in 9.3.x) • Cloud products • Wisdom products

  18. MicroStrategy Infrastructure • 2 clustered development servers • 1 UAT/stage server • 3 clustered production servers • Linux RH / AIX / Apache/ Tomcat • Web / Mobile/ Application server on the same box (currently project ongoing to separate web and mobile from the i-servers) • Narrowcast Server (1 Dev and 1 Production Windows Server) • 15+ different database connections across 30 projects. • Main database platforms: • Teradata • DB2 9.7 • Oracle 11g • Netezza • SQL Server 2005/2008 • MySQL Server

  19. MicroStrategy Mobile - Staples • 2 Apps delivered on iPad so far • US Retail Stores App – using MicroStrategy QuickStrike • Contract Sales App – developed internally • Lessons Learned • Executive Sponsorship is crucial for success • Involve your Marketing/Design team for design/high-res images • Make it an iterative project with your business sponsors • Work with multiple team members • Ensure all your data is present in your data warehouse and use intelligent cubes for fast performance • Geo Code your location data upfront • Involve your IS Admin and Security teams – network, firewall, VPN approval early in the process • Build some Enterprise Manager Usage Reports

  20. Feature Presentation 3 • MicroStrategyMicrosoft Office Plugin – Arnold Slabbekoorn& Tricia Connor (Staples) DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  21. MicroStrategy Office • MicroStrategy Office lets every Microsoft® Office user run, edit and format any MicroStrategy report directly from within Microsoft applications such as Excel, PowerPoint® and Word. DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

  22. MicroStrategy Office • Usage Information (per calendar quarter) • 100 unique users • 4,000+ PowerPoints executed • Implementation • Requires special installation for any computer that will run MSTR Office • End user training for execution, setting changes and troubleshooting execution issues • Development Information • Challenges • Formatting graphs • Too much data per slide • Prompt Ordering • How are updates applied? • MicroStrategy Administration Information • Runs on 1 production server in our clustered environment • Minimal administration effort (other than user installs)

  23. MicroStrategy Release 9.3.1 • Update from Dan Murphy

  24. Q & A • What topics would you like to see covered/addressed at future DRUM meetings? • Governance DRUM Meeting – 04-30-13

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