New to Business Intelligence. From .Net to Oracle Hyperion

As you can see from the list I have on the right side of this blog, one of the tools that I am currently learning is Oracle Hyperion. This is my newest task and biggest task for the third quarter of this year.

From a .Net developers view, I feel a bit lost. Oracle Hyperion looks sooo big that it kinda scares me to try it out. But awhile ago after our ceo gave us a glimpse of what this tool is and how big this tool is, I am starting to feel the challenge.

My task for this week is to research on Hyperion Planning - System 9. To start, I had to register at the OPN (Oracle Partner Network). If you're new to this, you have to have an OPN PIN first to do this. Done with that. Now, I'm downloading the application. Ofcourse there is no better way to understand something new than to see the tool and play around with it. While I'm downloading, I am also searching and downloading documents related to Hyperion Planning so I can have more time read at home. I might not be in the office tomorrow afternoon so I really have to download the documents!

So I guess that's all for today. I plan to scribble some research I've done here so I can also share with you some ideas about this new Business Inteligence tool from Oracle.

By the way, don't forget to read about the installation guide prior to your installation.

Authentication vs Authorization

These are two of the most common misused or misunderstood jargons in IT. These two mechanisms are normally performed by the same physical hardware and, at times, also with the same software. But how does one differ from the other?

Authentication is the mechanism that allows system to securely identify its users. This is related to questions such as :

- Who is the user?, and
- Is the user really who he says he is?

Authorization on the other hand is the mechanism whereby system identify to what access level a particular authenticated and logged user should have. This mechanism ensures that sytem users are given access rights and limitations based on their assigned roles on the system. This mechanism is related to questions such as :

- Is this user authorized to access this resource?
- Is this user authorized to perform this operation? and
- Is this user authorized to perform this operation on this resource?