Tim Hinson CIS3380 TR Fall 2005

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Tim HinsonCIS-3380 TRFall 2005
Oracle
Management Information Systems (MIS)
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Overview

• Management Information System (MIS) Defined
• Oracle Database Systems
• Oracle Background
• Oracle Mission
• Oracle Products Off-The-Shelf
• Customers
• Partners
• Sources

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Management Information System (MIS)

• Defined
• Management Information Systems (MIS) A
  management support system that produces
  pre-specified reports, displays, and responses on
  a periodic, exception, demand, or push reporting
  basis.
• In other words it produces usable information so
  that managers can make informed decisions about a
  given situation or a future course of action.

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Oracle

• Company Description
• Worlds largest enterprise software company
• Provides software and services that allows
  companys to get the most up-to-date and accurate
  information from their business systems.
• Help companies to manage, use, share and protect
  their valuable information systems.

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Background of Oracle

• Oracle established 30 years ago by Larry Ellison,
  Bob Miner and Ed Oates
• First commercialized relational database
• Other milestones
• 1979 First commercial SQL RDMS
• 1986 First client-server database
• 1997 First Web database
• 2003 First to introduce Enterprise Grid Computing
• 2004 First single customer view from multiple
  data sources

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Oracles Vision/Mission

• Simplify Speed information delivery with
  integrated systems and a single database.
• Standardize Reduce cost and maintenance cycles
  with open, easily available components.
• Automate Improve operational efficiency with
  technology and best practices.

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Products-Off-The-Shelf

• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Software package for tailoring business process
  like business intelligence, collaboration, and
  content

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Products-Off-The-Shelf

• Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control
• A single tool to monitor and manage every Oracle
  software element in your grid, and also Web
  applications, hosts, and the network in between.
  Grid Control is also extensible via an SDK so
  customers can use it to monitor additional
  components

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Products-Off-The-Shelf

• E-Business Suite
• Database and application server products in a
  single, consolidated technology package.
  Featuring tight integration with Oracle's
  infrastructure management tools such as Oracle
  Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control, offers
  scalability, performance, and high-availability,
  reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for
  enterprises of all sizes.

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Products

• Custom Solutions
• If off the shelf products do not meet the needs
  of the customer then custom programs can be
  developed. Whether it is modifying existing
  programs or starting from scratch.

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Customers

• United States Air Force
• 7th Civil Engineers Flight, Dyess AFB
• Poc Randy.Payne_at_dyess.af.mil
• Dyess AFB Fire Protection Flight
• Poc Roger.Martinez_at_dyess.af.mil

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Customer Product

• Automated Civil Engineers System (ACES)
• USAF Fire Department (ACES FD)
• Originally developed for Air Force Civil
  Engineers
• ACES FD developed after success with ACES
• Both systems are Management Information Systems
• Developed to manage the vast amount of
  information generated so upper management could
  make sound decisions
• Both are stand alone with their own servers on
  site
• Servers located in each fire department is
  connected with headquarter systems through the
  intranet
• 10 years and 10m for initial development

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Customer

• Systems Purpose
• Manage individual departments resources and
  track statistical data
• Provide upper management (Headquarters) with data
  for decision making

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Customer

• Data Uses
• Statistical data used to justify fiscal budgets
• Track personnel
• Individual departmental manning positions
• Headquarters availability of deployable forces
• Status of resources (vehicles, deployment kits)
  for immediate use

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Customers Experience

• Initial setup
• Coordination with other organizations for
  individual server slow (resent operating
  instructions moved all servers to central
  locations)
• Learning curve approximately 2 months for average
  user (to learn all areas necessary)
• Loading of data from the past two years took 4
  months before complete

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Customers Experience

• Long term use
• After learning curve operation became smoother
• Faster access to data
• All management positions , local and
  headquarters, now had access to same data
• Upgrades usually have a shorter learning curve
• System is still going through evolutions as
  requirements/needs change

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Oracle Partners

• Oracle currently has 14,000 partners. Just a few
  are listed
• Thor Technologies provider of cross-platform
  provisioning solutions.
• Noetix business intelligence solutions
• Lumigent Technologies Information security
  management solutions

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Sources

• Oracle
• Website www.oracle.com
• Dyess AFB 7th Civil Engineers
• Dyess AFB Fire Protection Flight
• Thor Technologies
• Noetix
• Lumigent Technologies

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Sources - Continued

• Lumigent Technologies
• Mr. Yasir at Oracle
• Would not give his e-mail but did give a little
  info of the company.