Case Study: Intel achieves faster BI insight and lower IT costs with Microsoft BI

Intel Speeds Efficiency, Saves Money, and Improves Insight and Agility with On-Demand BI

Intel Corporation, a global leader in manufacturing advanced integrated digital technologies, faced a significant challenge with its outdated business intelligence (BI) systems. The cumbersome process required employees to wait months for new reports from IT, hindering the company's agility and competitive edge. To address this, Intel sought a modern, self-service BI solution to empower its sales and marketing staff with faster, on-demand insight.

Microsoft implemented a BI solution based on SQL Server and Windows Server, which included self-service, tabular data models for use with Microsoft Excel and SharePoint. This allowed Intel’s IT team to create data models five times faster and achieve up to 10 times greater data compression. The results were transformative: custom queries surged to 248,000 per month, employees created their own reports in minutes instead of waiting for IT, and the company realized significant time and cost savings, ultimately improving its competitive advantage.

Intel

Ken Burns

Product Manager, IT Customer Capability