November 25, 2009 – Minneapolis, MN (USA) – 123OLAP and BI Consulting Group have announced a partnership to offer training courses under the BICG University umbrella. With the partnership, the BICG University course catalog has expanded to include topics such as Oracle Essbase, Hyperion Planning, and Hyperion Financial Management in addition to the existing curriculum covering all aspects of Oracle Business Intelligence.

“We are extremely excited to partner with a firm that has a similar approach to course development as BICG,” said Amy Mayer, President of BI Consulting Group. “We pride ourselves on developing courses based on real-world experiences and 123OLAP has that same philosophy.”

The announcement of the partnership comes on the heels of BI Consulting Group’s formalization of a Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Practice to accompany their best-in-class Business Intelligence (BI) Practice.

“123OLAP is renowned for their expertise in Hyperion and Essbase,” said Mike Zajec, VP of BICG’s EPM Practice. “By combining the expertise of BICG with the expertise of 123OLAP, we now have a training offering that is the leader in both Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management.”

Registration is available online through http://www.BICGUniversity.com. Courses are offered via computer-based training (CBT), self-paced, online classroom, or onsite (domestic or international). The complete BICG University course catalog now includes:

Oracle Business Intelligence Courses

OBIEE 101: Dashboard Fundamentals
OBIEE 201: Answers for Power Users
OBIEE 301: Dashboard/Report Application Development
OBIEE 302: Dashboard/Report Best Practices: Theory and Design
OBIEE 350: Advanced Dashboard/Report Application Development
OBIEE 390: OBI Springboard
OBIEE 401: Repository/Metadata Application Development
OBIEE 402: Server Architecture
OBIEE 403: Oracle BI Application Architect
OBIEE 450: Advanced Repository/Metadata Application Development
OBIEE 650: Oracle Warehouse Builder

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Courses

EPM 710: Applied Oracle Essbase
EPM 720: Advanced Oracle Essbase Workshop
EPM 730: Aggregate Storage Option (ASO) / MDX Query Language
EPM 740: Analytic Integration Services AIS/EIS
EPM 750: Oracle Essbase Upgrade
EPM 760: Oracle Essbase Power-User
EPM 770: Oracle Essbase Excel Add-in/Smart View
EPM 810: Applied Hyperion Planning
EPM 820: Applied Hyperion Planning with Essbase
EPM 830: Applied Hyperion FDM Administrator
EPM 840: Applied Hyperion Planning Power-User
EPM 850: Hyperion Planning Interactive End-User
EPM 910: Applied Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) & Financial Reporting
EPM 920: Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) Financial Reporting/Reports

Reporting & Tools

OBIEE 501: BI Publisher for Power Users
EPM 510: Web Analysis/Analyzer
EPM 520: Excel Add-In/Smart View
EPM 530: Financial Reporting/Reports
EPM 540: VBA/Spreadsheet Toolkit


ABOUT BI CONSULTING GROUP
BI Consulting Group (BICG) is Oracle's premier consulting partner focused exclusively on Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI). Service offerings include consulting services, support, and education. The experts at BI Consulting Group have successfully completed some of the most complex implementations of Oracle BI in the world. Along the way, BICG has been honored with Oracle's Above and Beyond Award for Business Intelligence and the Oracle Excellence Award for the creation of innovative and standards-based technology solutions. BICG has also been named the BI/EPM Partner of the Year by Oracle and the #1 consulting firm for customer satisfaction by VendorRate. www.biconsultinggroup.com

11/25/2009
Jeremiah Johnson