EPM everywhere. And Dodeca which is EPM. So there you are.

Big news in Essbase-land, big news in EPM-Land. Again, if you’re not following me on  @CameronLackpour  you’re not getting this truly as it happens. Perhaps that sort of breathless reportage is not for you but I’m wearing my index finger down to the bone on my phone.

No matter, here’s the latest slides. Again, I have to think quite a bit about what I’ve seen. Put that down to pronounced dullness considered thought. As the conference continues I’ll do my best to reflect on what I hear.

For Oracle’s slides (and probably AppliedOLAP’s), remember: ALL OF THIS IS SAFE HARBORED. What does that mean?

The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features orfunctionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

With that out of the way, think about this: Freeform Planning cubes = Essbase SaaS.

Here we go.

Oracle EPM

Matt Bradley kicking it off.

Agenda

Number of customers

Pricing

Cloud features past, present, and future

Sales Planning

Profitability and Cost Mgmt

Financial Close

HFM through the ages

Applications Unlimited

The BIG NEWS – EPM 11.2 on-premises

EPMA must die, Die, DIE!

Seriously, someone should have put Old Yeller out of its misery. Seriously, that thing aged me 10 years in 10 minutes.

Limited user DRM as EPMA’s replacement

What else bought the farm? Surely someone will miss Interactive Reports, but why?

On-premises recap

EPM Cloud

Free Form Planning = Essbase SaaS. And why not?

Predictive planning

Cloud reporting, so long FR in the not too distant future

And now to a special surprise: Dodeca

One day, one day, I shall do a Dodeca implementation. One day.

An incredibly blurry reason why Dodeca is Totes The Best

Dodeca as planning-with-a-small-p

Reporting with Dodeca

Presenting Abbott’s use case

Dodeca as ETL

All sorts of cool stuff, but “Buddy”? All I can think of is Bobby Darin singing, “My Buddy”. I used to sing it to my cat. Really. But I’m an odd duck. Also, undoubtedly TMI.

Not quite done for today as there’s the evening entertainment. If you happen to go, stop by the MindStream Analytics booth and say hello.