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As Broadcom’s “Go-To” Analytics Platform, Incorta Speeds Access to Information and Improves Employee Productivity
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries
- Semiconductors
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Predictive Quality Analytics
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- Data Science Services
The Challenge
Broadcom, a global communications semiconductor powerhouse, was facing challenges in generating new analytical dashboards or reports based on data from various software solutions, including Workday, Oracle ERP, Model N, Oracle Demantra, and Microsoft Excel. The process was time-consuming, taking up to twelve weeks. As technology advanced, Broadcom sought to shorten this dashboard and report development cycle and reduce report run times. The company was looking for a solution that could integrate with other applications, especially Microsoft Excel, which is used by 90% of the company. The solution also needed to be cost-effective, easy to maintain, and minimize the number of peripheral technologies required for solution support.
About The Customer
Broadcom is a global communications semiconductor powerhouse built on 50 years of innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence. As a leading designer, developer, and supplier of a broad range of digital and analog semiconductor connectivity solutions, Broadcom serves the wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage, and industrial markets. Broadcom has built a reputation as a true innovator, not only in how they’ve aggressively grown their business, but also in how they tackle the challenges of running their internal systems to keep pace with that growth. Multiple business units at Broadcom make decisions relying on information housed in a variety of software solutions, including Workday, Oracle ERP, Model N, Oracle Demantra, and Microsoft Excel.
The Solution
Broadcom found a solution in Incorta’s analytics platform. Incorta easily combines data from crucial enterprise systems, enables access to point solutions like Excel, and accelerates the creation of new analytical applications while also reducing report run times. Incorta’s innovative Direct Data Mapping architecture aggregates complex business data in real-time, eliminating the need for a data warehouse and traditional star schema approach. By completely removing the need for costly join operations, Incorta reduces report run times from hours to seconds and lets users create new reports and dashboards in days instead of months. Incorta simplifies security by offering single sign-on and the ability to retain other applications’ security parameters—including row-level security for data access.
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