The Army of a Defense Department embarked on a total technology platform upgrade for their Logistics Information Management System. Following the upgrade, the reporting tool utilized for data warehousing and analysis was not able to cater for the new reporting requirements.
In searching for a suitable replacement, the Army identified a need for a solution capable of querying data from more than 60 distributed data sources across the country, and producing centralized reporting on a consolidated basis. Routable queries – the ability to interpret a query and automatically route it to the relevant database to extract data from that unit – were a non-negotiable requirement. The product also had to comply with the following criteria:
a. User friendly
b. Self-service capability
c. Different options of view for the same data model
d. Data mining online and in real time
e. Data mining, interrogating data on data sources at different levels of deployment (Command and Control levels)
f. Export capability
Having gone to market to assess available options, the Army identified the Intenda solution as the best product with the most favorable pricing model.
Within 3 months, all the report requirements had been completed. This enabled the Army to stop making use of Intenda resources, and today, it is completely self-service.