Bull has notably developed expertise on the following technologies:

	Extraction and Transformation Tools (ETL): From front-office to back office applications, Bull has an in depth knowledge in extracting data from existing application (such as finance, production or purchasing applications,..) to feed the datawarehouse. Bull notably relies on technologies from software vendors such as Ascential, Informatica and Hummingbird.
	DataWarehouse: Bull has developed strong and long term partnerships to provide complete datawarehouse solutions on SQL server (entry and mid-size projects), Oracle (mid-size projects) and Teradata (large projects) technologies, for either finance, marketing or other data analysis. Bull can also rely on a broad range of other database infrastructures to build datawarehouse solutions, such as Sybase or open source solutions.
	Business Intelligence, data-mining and reporting : Last but not least, Bull integrates and deploys technologies ranging from Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion and SAS software to analyze finely datawarehouse data and get value from it.

Traditionally business intelligence systems were quite ‘restitution’ oriented. Based on replicated databases (infocenters), these systems have progressively been replaced by business oriented datawarehouses and ODS.

However, the challenge today is no more to decide whether a datawarehouse is needed or not, but to ensure that the collected data are reliable and pertinent. Indeed, the trend is focusing on the data importation process for business intelligence systems, with the progressive replacement of in-house developments by advanced ETL tools. More and more, the performance of restitution tools in web architecture also becomes a key choice criteria. Last but not least, multidimensional OLAP tools experience a repositioning towards packaged analytical solutions. These solutions, however, require adaptations to fit the specific needs of each enterprise.

In addition, Business Intelligence solutions must take into account the constant evolutions of business needs :

	shorten the analysis and decision cycle
	ease access to analysis tools, at each level of the enterprise or of the partners networks
	manage the exponentially growing amounts of dataTo answer these needs, BI solutions must integrate more and more components, with an increasing complexity.

Bull answers this challenge with a unique expertise :

	a dedicated team of more than 100 Business Intelligence and Datawarehouse specialists
	tight partnership agreements with the leading market software and hardware vendors
	An expertise and experience in sectorial solutions, consulting, integration and project management in this fieldWant to know more how Bull can help you deploy the business intelligence solutions the more fitted to your needs ? Contact us