Open Source Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

For the last few years, business intelligence -- commonly referred to as BI -- has consistently ranked as a top priority for government CIOs, according to Gartner and other research organizations. Unfortunately the high cost of traditional BI solutions has been a barrier for many agencies. However recently open source business intelligence has emerged as an effective, low-cost alternative. US Federal government agencies that have adopted open source BI as a strategic alternative include the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Labor, as well as the USDA, the Federal Court System, the Peace Corps, and many others.

The presentation will provide an overview of open source BI Government adoption, profile several specific solutions, as well as provide a broader view of the total cost of ownership of open source software solutions.

About the Speaker:

John Keese is the President of Autonomic Resources. Autonomic Resources is a Federal Systems integration firm focusing on information assurance, encryption and protection, and emerging technology insertion, deployment and sustainment. Within this role, some of his key areas of responsibility include Business Development, Operations and setting the technology roadmap for the firm’s services and product selection. John is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Open Source Software Institute, whose charter is the adoption of commercial open source technologies with the Federal government. This chairmanship has John involved with several Federal open source initiatives including Homeland Open Security Technology (DHS), Open Source Corporate Management Information System Security (DISA), as well as several other open source initiatives within the Federal government.