Chapter 2. Defining Business Intelligence
There are numerous formal definitions of Business Intelligence. Many may be found by searching the World Wide Web. If you use a web search tool and use Business Intelligence as a keyword, the number of hits is staggering. I did this as an exercise and got 2,520,000 hits.
If I refine the search to “Business Intelligence,” I have now pared the list down to 911,000. Obviously, many have something to say or present about BI. You may now surf the web and take a break from reading if you wish!
BI solutions involve many elements such as databases, security, access via communications from remote locations (Internet, extranet, and so on), and more. We'll lead with the query aspect of BI because it is the part in ...
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