Chapter 13
A look at technical considerations
Historically, BI deployments have been very data centric and IT-focused. Data warehousing, data integration, and multi-dimensional analysis were the cornerstones of BI use and development. Most of the time this meant that those involved were technically-inclined resources. As the market shifts towards self-service and SaaS models, more and more business people are getting involved in managing their BI platforms. Within OSBI, there are two ways of looking at things. First, community development is still highly dependent on the technical resources that download the software and get it up and running. Second, commercial deployments are starting to follow the shift in the market with a greater focus ...
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