IT Solution of the Year, Award Reception

Patriek Sijin Karayil, Search TeamNational Instruments

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Initial Benefit Statement

• Systematic content integration and discovery through innovations leveraging single-sourced metadata administration.

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Market need/History of the problem

• Over 2000 Products• Direct Operations in 40 countries• Sell Products to 25,000 companies in 90 countries

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What is NIDNA?

• Organize and Integrate NI’s information and universally Deliver it

Consistent Categorization & Enterprise Metadata

Dynamically

Combine

Search & Navigation Platforms

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Enterprise MIS, ERP

Accounting, Financials,Inventory

Forecasting,Production

HR, expense reporting

Business Inteligence

Content Management Systems

Lotus Notes

Parts Number Management System

Web Analytics Tools

Oracle

Vignette

ManualsCertifications

Drivers

Catalog

Customer Solutions

Example Programs

ProductSpecifications

Agile

Custom Oracle

WebTrends

NI SW Products

ConfigurationTools

Development Tools

Metadata Adoption

Consistent Categorization

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Enrichment Tool

Content Repository

Search Platform

Front End App

INTEGRATE – BUSINESS VALUE

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Case Study1: Products and Services Faceted Navigation

DELIVER - Content Navigation

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Business Impact of Faceted Navigation

• Products:- Significant increase in Revenue ($ confidential)

• Instrument Drivers:- 1400% increase in Search Referrals

• Support :- Highest number of technical problems solved ever reported in recorded history

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Case Study2: Sales Contact 360

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Business Impact – Sales 360

• A holistic view that could not be done before.

• 660% Increase in Operational Efficiency

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The Platform Supports the Enterprise

Corporate Metadata & Search Platforms

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Q&A