CHAPTER 1Introduction to Business Intelligence
Study the past if you would divine the future.—Confucius
Business intelligence (BI) is a way of exploring data to improve business performance, whether to drive profitability or to manage costs. It is not a technology you implement and then put in maintenance mode. It is an approach that evolves, morphs, and starts over again as the business climate changes, the users discover new opportunities to leverage information, and technology advances.
When you implement a BI platform, the focus of the project is not to finish, but rather to deliver a certain amount of value and functionality within a predefined period. As you implement SAP BusinessObjects BI, you will need to prioritize which applications ...
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